Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-02-18
WE WILL HAVE BREAD.

There will be no shortage Of wheat.
Let us all breathe easier.
There has been a widespread belief !
that our wheat supply would be ex'
hausted, because Of Heavy exporta'
tions, before the new crop comes in.
Many prominent men, newspapers
and even members Of Congress have
advocated shutting of all wheat ex-
ports that we may have enough for
ourselves.
These fears were uniounded. and
a report, just issued by the Depart.
ment OF Agriculture. sets at rest all
fears and shows there will not only
be enough for the United States, but
for export also The report is so
complete and contains such valuable
information on the wheat supply OF
the United States and Of the whole
world, that we herewith reproduce Il
for the information and benefit Of the
readers OF The Eagle:
"The surplus OF wheat, above do
nestle needs on hand February /, the
statement said, would permit the ex.
portatlon Of nearly 100000 bushels
dally-about the recent average-un-
III 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 Il was pointed out
that the average price OF meat ami
mails was per cent lower in January
than a year ago; butter. per cent:
potatoes, 35 per cent; apples. 81 per
cent. and the price of chickens slight.
ly lower.
"The 1914 wheat crop Of the United
States was estimated to be S91 .OOO. 900
bushels the statement said The
estimated surplus carried over from
the 1913 crop was about 10000. 900
bushels, making a total available sup
ply Of 967.OO0.00O bushels. As to the
normal annual per capita consump-
ton Of wheat in the United States
is about 5.3 bushels. 520,O0O,OOO should
meet our normal domestic require
ments for food; 9O.OOO.OOO bushels are
required annually for seeding. There.
fore 61O,0OO.OOO bushels should sup.
ply the normal domestic demand. This
would leave a surplus Of 357. 900 900
bushels.
"Of the surplus about 100000. 900
bushels were exported by January
30. This left 1i7OOO,OOO bushels or
4O'OOO.OOO bushels more than our an.
nual export for the past five years
Tor export between February l and
the appearance Of the new crop or
for carrying over into the next crop
year.
The new American crop will begin
to appear before July. The Argentine
crop is now coming on the market.
1t is estimated that from that source
there will be available 1000 900. 900
bushels. A surplus of $4,000. 900
bushels or more from India will be
available in May and June. The in.
crease in the fall sown wheat acre.
age of the United States in 1914 was
Ill per cent or over 100000 acres. a"
The statement added that the avre.
age of winter wheat sown in Den.
mark, Italy, Switzerland, United King.
dom, United States, India and Canada
shows an increase of from to 80 per
cent.
But suppose shortage of wheat
should develop in the next three
months, what would be the situa.
tion" the department asked.
Ihere is a great surplus in other
food crops in the United States, a
number of which can be used as sub.
stitutes The most important com.
peting products are corn and potatoes.
Normally only about per cent of the
corn crop is consumed as food. The
potato production in the United
States averages S.S bushels per capita.
This year the available supply is Al
bushels.
ut would seem that the United
States is not likely to be threatened
with a shortage of foodstuffs."