The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-06
WORLDS 1915 FOOD HARVEST.

WORLDS 1915 FOOD HARVEST.
Discussing the food situation OF
1915, the American Bureau OF tie
views for August under the captain,
1.-THE Progress of the World, con-
tanned the following:
Much German land formerly used
for pasturage, for sugar beets, and
for non-agricultural purposes, has
this year been devoted to potatoes
cereals, beans and garden crops. The
total volume of food thus produced
will probably prove much greater
than in any former year
The same thing seems to be true
of Austria All reports from Vienna
refer to the harvest season in Aus
tria and Hungary as unusually bountl-
full. The Hungarian plain has al
ways been famous for it's wheat, and
it is the leading region in the produc-
tion of our great American staple
maize, or Indian corn-to be found
outside Of our hemisphere. The very
old, the very young. the women. the
war prisoners, the city folks, and
the soldiers on furlough have all
helped in raising and harvesting the
crops.
Very little information has come
from France regarding current crops,
but France is farming country and
ordinarily produces ample bread ma
terials. This years supply seems to
be on normal basis.
The British islands never produce
food enough for the whole popula-
ton They will in one way or anoth-
er have maintained their average
this year, and Germany's submarine
campaign has not impaired to any
appreciable extent the facility with
which England can import all that
she needs from North and South
America, Australia, India and parts
of Africa
Stimulated by the high price of
wheat and the European demand,
American and Canadian farmers in
creased their acreage of cereals for
this seasons crop to very marked
event. The result is that, according
to the estimates of the agricultural
department early in July, the wheat
yield of the United States will be far
the greatest in the history Of the
country. going we'll beyond the I'M
precedented crop of last year and
reaching a total of almost thous-
and million bushels.
There were, however, in many
parts of the country, very bad condi-
tons during the period Of ripening
and harvesting Of the winter wheat,
which will, have caused shrtnkage
of millions OF bushels in the final out
come. In any case, the United
States will have large wheat sur
plus to export to Europe as needsd.
The Canadian wheat crop, particu-
larly Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and
Alberta. will be harvested from a
greatly increased acreage, but esti-
mates OF the total crop, as compared
with that of last year, are not as yet
to be regarded as sufficiently accur-
ate for final acceptance. 1t is prob
two hundred million bushels, equal
ing that of the Dakotas and Mime
sofa.
tural effort in the empire of the
car. The Russian wheat crop, ac-
cordingly. is reported as the greatest,
both in acreage and in yield per acre,
that Russia has ever known. 1t is
presumable that rye and barley (the
BLACK bread" cereals) are being har.
vested In augmented quantities.
| There is large surplus of the 1914
crop in the Russian granaries and
store houses. This is partly due to
the cutting off of facilities for ex-
port, and also in part to the use of
the Russian railroads by the govern
ment for military purposes. This
summer. large amounts will perhaps
have gone out by way OF Archangel
and other northern ports. 1t is al
legged that until within a few weeks
past considerable quantities of Rus
sian wheat found their way into Ru-
mania, where they were in part
transhipped to Germany.
War and Christianity.
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