Show predict another full larder for U S total food available for civilians in 1946 will be considerably greater than in 1945 with average food consumption per capita expected to be larger 0 than in 1945 the department of agriculture reported all foods how however ever will not be equally plentiful with pork the better grades of beef and fats oils and sugar in in shorter supply most of the expected improvement in civilian food supplies next year stems from the sharp cutback in military food requirements which will d drop rop to one third or even one quarter of the 1945 level exports and shipments of food in 1946 will continue large assuming that satisfactory financial arrangements are completed the greater part of these exports will move in the early months of the year mainly to the united kingdom and the liberated areas of europe more ice cream cheese condensed and evaporated milk fluid cream canned vegetables and fresh and frozen fish will be available than in in 1945 eggs and fluid milk will continue plentiful although average consumption per person is likely to be somewhat smaller than this years records consumption of chicken turkey fresh fruits and vegetables frozen and dried fruits potatoes and sweet potatoes and cereal products probably will average substantially the same next year as in 1945 with civilian supplies of some meats and fats other than butter larger than before the war consumption per person in 1946 is expected to reach to pounds compared with pounds this year although there will be more butter next year than in 1945 it will still be relatively scarce sugar supplies should improve but will still be considerably sider ably below full consumer demand at present prices much larger stocks of canned fruits will be available than in 1945 but military needs will be sufficiently large to prevent civilian supplies from exceeding the prewar level |