The state herald., 1916-06-02
is being worked up in the same man
BID Crop. Expected rhIs Year.

W WuCot tyc up " ldbL
years figures. There had been some
fear that sending millions Of men to
the front would SO denude the farms
that planting would be held back. But
nature was most generous, with balmy
fall weather. which lasted almost un-
til Christmas. This made Il possible
for the decreased farm population to
finish its work.
In addition there is promised an In
creased acreage In spring planting.
The rights of way along the railroads
throughout the empire are to be
planted. as far as possible. In pota.
toes. These will be planted at the
cost of the railroads and turned over
to the employees for their personal
use.
Lar-e areas o. r-lvate domains
which have not been cultivated will be
used this year. On the famous Luene.
burger Heath extensive operations are
to be undertaken to make the land
arabic.
Prisoners to Be cultlvators.
For this purpose prisoners OF war
are to be used In the same way Rus
sian prisoners on the eastern frontier
will be pressed into service to In
crease production there. They were
used to some extent last fall to
harvest the potato crop. In France
and Belgium the German soldiers
have been helping to plant crops.
Probably the most interesting fea.
lures of this problem OF food conserva.
. tion are the arrangements that have
been made with reference to the grain
supply. Last fall the imperial govern.
ment. the cities Of the empire with
more than 100000 population and
some Of the larger Industrial organi-
cations subscribed a capital of 3d.
1 100000 to buy up grain supplies. 1t
was the intention of the government
to lay aside sufficient grain to carry
the nation from May Is to the next
harvest
/ By careful financlering in the way
Of loans on grain bought to make pos
sible further purchases. this organiza.
ton has accumulated approximately
100000 tons of wheat and rye This.
| It is figured. would have carried the
nation to the harvest with surplus Of
10 per cent. However. when II was
found that the present consumption
increased too rapidly the government
decided on its order Of January under
which all OF the grain and -four sup
plies of the empire are put into the
hands Of this organization.
Communities Direct Distribution.
II will pay for supplies at the max
imum price" fixed by the government
last fall for grain transactions. II
Will then allot to each community an
amount equivalent 10 go pounds n per.
son and the community governmen.
will be intrusted with its individual
distribution. The communities must
pay In the internal organization the
cost price. plus interest and milling.
| A special premium Of 10 per cent re.
bate Is provided on the amounts saved
by communities out OF their allow.
| ances.
Certain important restrictions have
| been imposed by the government up
on the community distribution. All
wheat bread must contain NJ least 90
per cent OF rye flour. All rye bread
must contain at least 10 per cent OF
| potatoes. No cake is to bc baked that
contains more than 10 per cent OF
flour. am not enough OF n culinary
expert to say what kind OF cake this
will make.
In addition the communities have
the authority entirely to forbid the
baking OF cake or Of wheat bread and
to ix standard prices for rye bread,
with even greater percentages OF pota-
toes. They may also TX maximum
prices for the sale Of bread
The decrcnsc In the bread produc.
tlon as result OF the new restriction
Is about 2' per cent. This. OF course.
has meant q corresponding decrease
| In the business Of the bakers. There.
upon some OF the latter raised the
price. II was TO check this that power
was given the communities to set max.
imum prices.
Labor Unions Pledge Support.
All the labor unions OF the empire
have pledged their support 10 the gov
ernment plan and are helping In It's
enforcement. The same Is true OF tho
agricultural organizations. Wherever
there has been opposition the govern.
ment has made short work OF II. In
Chemnitz. for instance. the mayor
called meeting OF the bakers for Sat.
urday night. Almost all Of them sent
as an excuse for their absence the
fact that II was their cnke.bakins
night.
There will be no more cake In
Chcmnitx." said the mayor. and tho
decree wns issued.
Now the bakers can take Saturday
nights on and there will be no fur.
ther difficulty about attending tho
mayors meetings.
Special appeals are being made Ia
housewives 10 help In the conserva.
tion OF the food supplies. In Berlin