The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-18
IN NO DANGER OF
FOOD STORAGE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.
TURE ISSUES STATEMENT
TO PUBLIC
BETTER SUPPLIED
THAN FOR YEARS
Wheat Surplus VIII Permit Exc
portation of Nearly 1900.
600 Bushels Daily
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.-Assur-
ance that the United States is in no
danger of o food shortage, despite
enormous exports to Europe, was CIV
en- tonight by the department of agri-
culture in statement to the public.
The surplus OF wheat. above domes-
tic needs, ON hand February 1. the
statement said, would permit the ex-
portation OF nearly 100000 bushels
daily-about the recent average-un-
til the new crop is available. More
over, there were larger supplies of
corn and other grains, meat animals.
dairy products, potatoes and fruit at
the opening OF 1915 than for many
years.
incidentally, 1t was pointed out that
the average price of meat animals
was seven per cent. lower in January
than a year ago; butter Q per cent,
potatoes 80 per cent. apples 81 per
cent, and the price OF chickens slight
ly lower. W
9Th 1914 wheat crop of the United
States was estimated TO be 891 ,0Q0, 600
bushels" the statement said. "The
estimated surplus carried over from
the 1913 crop was about 76.000,0o0
bushels, making total available sup
ply or 967 100000 bushels. As the
normal annual per capita consumption
of wheat in the United States is about
5.3 bushels, 520,000,000 bushels should
meet our normal domestic require
ments for food; 80, 10000 bushels are
required annually for seeding, there
fore, 610,000,e00 should supply the
normal domestic demand. This would
leave surplus OF 357 ,000, 600 bushels.
"Of this surplus about 10000, 900
bushels were exported by January 80.
This left f47,000,000 bushels or 100000
900 bushels fore than our average an
nual export for the past five years, for
export between February / and the ap.
pearance OF the new crop, or for car
rying over into the next crop year.
The new American crop will begin
| to appear before July. The Argess
tine crop is now coming on the mar
ket. 1t is estimated that from tha.
source there Will he available 100, ,e0e.-
600 bushels. A surplus of 5000 900
bushels or more from India will be
available In May and June. The In
crease in the fall sown wheat acreage
or the United States IN 1914 was III 4
per cert, or over 100000 acres,
the = sate,eeut sdicd tiIas tie arro.
| age OF winter wheat sown In Denmark.
Italy. Switzerland. United Kingdom.
United States, India and Canadn
shows an Increase of from three 10
thirty three per cent.
But suppose shortage In wheat,
should develop In the next three
| months, what would be the situation ~,
the department asked. There is n
great surplus in other food crops in.
the United States, number of which
can be used as substitutes. The most
important competing products are
corn and potatoes Normally only
about 3 per cent. of tha es.r,. a-n.. 4.
consumed as food. The potato bro
duetion In the United States averages
3:s bushels per capita. This year tho
available EuDply is fl bushels.
would seem that the United
states iE not likely to be threatened
with q shortage OF foodstuffs.'' - b