The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-18
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ln certain parts Of Germany
and predictions 81 famine should the
war continue tor any length Of ume.
These ropurts Cnmc from hostile
s"urces aud are fatty drGicd in an
Interesting .tutcment issued by the
bli,ity department of the cham
Der 90 German-Amcricn Commerce
in New YORK. which. curiously
enough, spcms To- have been pre-
pared .n ndtauce 10 meet just such
predictions OF famine iu h empire
The statement gives on interesting
INSIGHT into German a|gricuitrnl
methods anL into the preparations
under way tor years against The war
nov being wagcd u foliows
The foundation of the wealth aud
OF b economic strength - u nation
is in lts productions. especially the
production Of raw materials and 81
v%ictuals. Recognizing this fact. pri-
mdrily. Germans adopted for Years
an economic policy that has been
energctically directed toward the
fullest development of their u
try's agriculture with the yicw 81
resisting The impctuous pressure Of
induHtrialism And now. m the face
at a great war. the wisdom Of this
policy Is strongly evident with an
advantage 10 the German people al
most incstimable.
German crops This year have been
readily harvested. despite the war,
aud Il Is possible now 60 exactly csti-
mate the value of the potato and
fodder output and a. the immense
size Of this crop guarantees proper
care 81 the cattle. the German peo-
pie ate approaching the future with
no misgivings. Indeed II would seem
that as 10 provisions the Germans
are So situated that there II bound
to be a quick recovery In an trades
and productive associations from the
effects of the war.
German agriculture has made
enormous progress In the past thirty
years The production Of the most
important breadstuff. rye. has dou-
BLEED since 1850, So that now with
thirteen millions Of tuns the German
home demand Is fully covered since
1850 the wheat harvest m Germany
has increased from 81 millions to
80 millions Of tons and tho produc-
tion OF potatoes has increased from
1914 millions Ca 81 millions Of tons
Cattlc raising shows q like increase.
ana the breeding Of pigs has more
than doubled ne ngrues of thirty
years ago, Sugar manufacture and
the production of seed show m
dous gains IN hat period. Grcut
would have been the disaster Go Ger
many al this time had her aEricul-
tural products. valued az about nine
billions of marks, suffered Boy storms
or discusses 90 Tor lack of labor IN
gathering the harvest. or for want
care Of the livestock. Nonc 81
these misfoftunes however. has 10
an %apprcciublc degree affected The
German prospect consequently tho
German people are nov rejoicing
their ability To- get their needs
FOR the next ycar without recourse
10 the outside world. care Of the
crops and the harvesting was not a
serious problem From the very be-
OF the war there were yolun-
teers enougn who, with paid work
on the farms. tool oare of the
agricultural @situuton nicely.
The figures OF the potato crop give
an Idea OF the Attendance ot this food
ihis year Germans have been Civ
clos" attention 20 potato produc-
ton la recent years and they know
the drying of potatoes increases
their vain" as q fodder. So with a
prohibition o. the exporting ~ sugar
and "a close limitation by the govern
ment on the use % rye for the pro-
ductiou of LIQUORS, there viii be an
abundance of food for the livestock,
especially tho cattle. Tho German
hay crop this car Is estimated at
forty millions Of tons.
% Is not at all unlikely that m
Districts in Germany there may
be local diiemmns as 10 the anal out
come uf the crops. but on the whole
German agriculture has been so well
cared Tor In this war thnt there Is
no possibility of a scarcity Of pro-
visions for the whole German home
market
The slight difficulties that existed
al the outbreak OF the war In con-
noction with the distribution Of la
Dor were speedily overcome strong
ORGANIZATIONS have been formed for
this work and the disposition of
workmen has proceeded smoothly.