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IitvrnrO0i

Here YOU see still lower prices than
I quoted IN my March rs letter and not
much change from a year ago at the
same date.
Now let Or. Ohe,!ohren stop his but
teray Hights and get down to cases.
The Doctors original contention was
(see his letter OF March ao) Thus
England Is feeling the pinch OF war and
the calamity IL becoming greater from
dav to day owing to the successful OPP
eration< 81 the German submarines
The stocks on MalVh I in Britain
were greater than IN any previous year.
the shipments from America were never
greater than in the present season. the
-four prices are little different from a
wear ago and are lower than they were
when tho second submarine campaign
began, about "A month ago. Bread cards
have not yet been issued in London
odd | hear Rer!in SPEAK ', nor are
some other Inventions ''made and used
only in Germany plaguing the British
people,
"A to the losses Of ships adduced by
the Doctor, no one denies that German
submarines, mines. raiders passing as
neutrals and other fo.ns or assaSsina-
ton have reduced the number OF Brit
ish and neutral ships and lives. but let
the Doctor please remember that the
Allies have under arrest IN allied ports
a tonnage of Teutonic ships equal to
those destroyed. and IA when the set
Ting time arrives the Allies Will have
their prizes, while the Germans will
have wasted and destroyed theirs. All
that is left now is for the Allies 20 re-
place their lost vessels with a perfectly
good collection "made in Germany
The fact is that the Doctor II not
sorry the people of Britain are starving,
oh, no! lie IL sorry that they are not
starving. AS the old song would say [:
That's what makes the wildcat wild"
FRANK GREENE.
Nv-,, v1o,S Ap,il
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A NeutraI's Notes In Germany.

The impression that the German
people are living isolated from the
rest of the world in dense ignorance
of what is happening beyond their
boundaries has been confirmed by the
Swedish professor PATRIK HAGLUND.
who visited Germany recently on a
tour of observation. 1.-The people In
the shops. in the streets. In the res
taurants know nothing" says Profess
sor HAGLUNp. When he met old
friends or made new ones they "thOr-
oughly drained" him VI news. He
found that the censorship kept the
people ''in ignorance of everything
that might give rise to i%nconvenient
reflections" The papers contained
only official war news, and all of 1t
favorable to German arms. Picking
up a copy Of the Frankturter Neucsfe
N~dchrichten at a railway station Pro-
fessor HAGLrHD was amazed To sec
spread all over the front page an ar
ticle entitled ASSASSINATION in War"
which told its readers how the British
Government had murdered ten or
more Englishmen whose offence was
that they had shown sympathy for
Germany.
The newspapers were filled with
propaganda articles, in which a specl-
men was a panegyric upon the new
Belgium as ruled by German army
officers and their civilian aids, (which
gave anybody with an ordinary sense
Of justice little more" says Professor
HAGLuND, with reserve. than n feel
Ing Of discomfort"
That the German people had no
doubt Of the satisfactory prosecution
OF tho war by the Government and Its
| successful issue was plain from a
talk the professor had with a doctor
| about the value Of the German mark
In Sweden. 1t circulates there at n
discount. The German doctor when
! so Informed asked how the Swedes
could be so mad MS to deprcciate the
mark, and he was dumfounded when
told that II was not considered to he
worth any more. Even officers and
medical men who returned from the
front 'were absolutely ignorant of
everything that had not happened In
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PROPHETS OF No.pRoFlTS.
Suspicion Awakened By Act Of . More
or Less M~ercensry Concern.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. Mr..
Schwab, president Of the Bethlehem
Steel Company. told the stockholders OF
that corporation at their meeting In
Newark on Tuesday that the company
Ii prepared to manufacture armor for
an indefinite period at any price which
the Federal Trade Commission shall.
after an examination Of all the facts.
decide to DO fair-in other words, at
the Governments own price.
An very fine. no doubt. but Is Mr.
SchwWb prepared to prove that the Beth
lehsm company Will not mako some
money even at the Government Trade
Commissions price for arrnor? That is
the pivotal point. II ne can demonstrate
that his company will not make a cent.
or better still. that Il will actually lose
money by taking Government armor
contracts on the basis named. then his
proposition might a certain claims
for consideration. As II stands II does
Of profit earning.
On It's face 1t distinctly emacks OF an
attempt to undermine that vital function
Of Government control which shields the
plain people from the evil OF private
business enterprises conducted on a
money making basis. Pray, what In
Government for II 1t il not to drive pri-
vate persons out Of business by seeing
we'll to 1t hat their business Is Grip
pied into impotence? What earthly
hope Is there Of the great BOOB OF Gov
eminent ownership and operation OF
everything IL the way II to be left open
for private concerns to live and Incl
dentally to demoraAxe the public mind
by exhibits Of money made by narrow
scientific economy in administration rs
compared with that hearty. free handed
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shall be protected. but carries q PEN
atty for omission to protect them /; and
II Is not less in the business interests
Of the owners than IN expression Of
humane feeling, for the injuries re.
sulting from strains. sprains and falls
cost a large sum OF money in the
course Of a season.
Before the snow flies again the
town should have on the books a COM
%prehenslve ordinance regulating the
treatment Of draught animals In this
particular, and when the cold weather
comes II should be- enforced.
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giants constituted a picture within
the meaning Of the act, and that hence
their introduction from Canada Is n
violation Of the prohibition II was
sought to evade?
We foresee a long and interesting
litigation arising from this interest.
ing device. with customs authorities
and experts in the science Of optics
called to give testimony. 1t may not
suit the wishes Of the sporting fra.
ternity, but It should be welcomed by
the legal profession.
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No La ndin9 for <eutrais.

NJ Fort said The boarding 81 p VS.
Il member OF the Egyptian pri,r. Nact
as IN" ace OF spades and 'l,"i Wa -
Importance of his position. Ert.-H sIh.
jocts, holders OF British passports. ~
e. ashore and one others :; ~ ..
TO avail THAI my passport WAS 90, 70
order: that II had been visci for a s'oJ
IL Egypt and that | had compiled ~.
every regulation. | was A. allow arl
al'eVs were not allowed t. land N -tl.
protested tina: | was = ,t 1877. +,
non-combataut and a ucutlai tUtt Ia
British had no right 10 cumi,' ,
cross III" dangerous war Ron" ''"p No:
SAID 10 Marse!.les on q htiiEerrrt ="
sci they must Civ me the opVHi ...fy
to 20 ASHORE and wait FOR - urIt; e. '''-
sci ~ which 10 cross the War zone TIE
black boarding officer smiled ans J.
mar"ed h "A there were no ucgt,dl 'ui.
sells.
We left Port said about ) o.r'o's n
the evening. The ship WAS a n G
Ener twenty years old. sister shy e.. ''.
Persia, which was sent to the bottom ~
a submarine off Port Said.
rs We lay In Port said n d.ta,tW''i
OF British bluejackets came aboard "!
mounted "A ~ Inch u at the stern y
supply OF ammunition Was made "ct'"
Tor Instant use. and from tho ''1'l' >
the u was mountcd un,il ;N' 70
reached Marsellles the GuLH,rs Wa
rssdy1 fov immediate action.
Before IN" journey was ended '"t '"I
We h1i a ha'f a milliOl. pounds STE. :
n gold from \us!rliia in tn" s'r.sE
Therc were sixty mun.,ioN W.r,. b
australia among the passeuG,"-. .vat '
WIN n military detail, a I.ir.h
eral and two Major-,ienerala r.s
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The Big Man in City Hall Park
has come back. but nc has no yet
the appearance Of a permanent settler.
This time he has turned his back
upon the city's Capitol, and Is look
ing hard at the huge architectural
blurb that blots out the lower end Of
the old time park. Since his former
visit he has taken on color. and Ia
a handsomer Civic Virtue. Ills sword
looks businesslike, and the winged
worm at his feet. with the bouncing
cats fangs at It's jugular. seems 20
prefiEure a hard time coming for Civic
Wickedness.
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Possible Results OF a ThermOdynamiC
lnXeStigatlOn.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: ~.
H." asks n It would not be possible to
utilize the gas supply In our legislative
chambers in view of the prevailing high
price OF gasolene. II Is my humble
opinion that -. r." gives honor where
honor is not due: ! very much fear that
the commodity In question is not gas hut
consists solely OF hot air, The heating
power OF tho output. which. as your
correspondent Justly remarks, is con-
stantly on the increase. cannot he denied {:
ask the taxpayers who foo, the bill. The
illuminating power of this ho, air iS
nil. and IA thermodynamic investigation
undertaken with a view to detcrmin-
ing its efficiency as a source OF motive
power would prove discouraginE.
ALBERT n. GAIIATTN.
NEW YORK, April 6.
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signature Reform Proposed From
Honduras.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Don't
YOU think that il would be a good idea
" pcople when writing letters would
let tho stenographer finish the letter,
that ia. to put in the writer's name In
full ana then the writer sign on ono
side? Am sure that this would save
a lot OF worry and guesswork. Often
a letter Ia thrown in the waste basket
unanswered because the writer's name
cannot he made out. Another point. We
thus get familiar with IA mans first
ame. HENRY GEORGE CHALkLEy,
SAN PEDRO SuI.A, Honduras. March 81.
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Senior GARCIA. the Carranza Consul
at lei Paso. who is quoted as saying
that 'there Is no reason for the Ameri-
can army to pursue the Villa cam
paign further" may speak for restless
Mexicans in the border cities, but he
does not speak for the Government at
Queretaro. which I'm General C,SprDE
AGuiLAR has II Minister OF Foreign
Affairs familiar with diplomatic pro-
cedure. II Mexico had an organized
Constitutional Government with lts
functions in proper working order the
recall Of Consul GARCIA would perhaps
be required.
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AN Old Sub-Lieutenant" writes IN
n letter to the London Spectator:

surely the bond which exists betwcen
officers n men IN the British army
Is the bond OF discipline. that discipline
which Is 40 gravely conspicuous by its
absence In civil life. The want OF dis
cipline IL the very cankerworm which
has eaten out the heart Of English civil
life during past years"
Thoughtful Americans dare 10 say
the very same thing about civil life N
their own country.
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Problem for the schoolmen.

To THx EpiroR ~ THE suN-Siv'
II men are truly what women make them
And women truly what men have made
them, then
1.-THE m being better than the men)
Are not the men better than tho women.
what! JoHN r. EDISON,
SAILORS SSuG HARRoB. .Apri! O.
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General CARRASzA is said to be TAX
ing the hot baths at the Hacienda
San Bartolo. Queretaro. The hot baths
taken by his old commander the out
lawed VILLA on the Chihuahua desert
trails are not so comfortable and re-
freshing.
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TT rvfE Enrrnn 49, TVlR 0YyN-Slrs I'm
tho ,ubisot ~ ths s.ai OF the treasury
Dsnsrfmsnt I am send,nr YOU a short
srticIa I vvrots |. sev wears r which
nav \. ~ tn,s.s.,
r. vas ,ncivdsd IN thu annual report
~ the Reristsr of ths treasury. 1911.
EMMA N. v. TRfKP.L,
Librarian, Treasury Department
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 3.
-
from me eHSv0! report OF inc "es'"" ~
shs 1TeoSsVt'
A % appointed oy tne
Congress, septcmoer 49,
Tnere were three members Johh WIuFsr.
spoon. 0ouverneur Morris ana n. ~.
Lee. IN the journals or TOT .ne
Soiin,,ins r-ssar.nca. 90 ,hs ssai we're
ssLsr.
.,,
resolved. That tne comp.,oner a."
keep 'he treasury oooss sno = " "e
al accounts shaii ara" o'''' u""e'
sa'd seai
No reference to any report from this
committee 10 to be found In the publica.
lions Of the Continental Congress, 40 the
date canno be given Of It's adoption. hut
Impressions Of the Continental seal have
| been found on documents dated 1883.
| When ths present form OF government
was Instituted in i7sS the Treasury seal
Of the Confederation was continued In
| use and II found on papers Issued in the
latter part Of the eighteenth century.
Chapter 81, section 3, Of the Statutes
at Large for 1S&s 10 as follows:
Ava =. A., ,,r,,.. .n.c,.a Thu, nj,
,onLs a.,.,. dnc,,r.r,. ana r.cord. In
az w. So T,...n,y "a Dos, Omc.
n.,..,. -. ~. x,,nrn.y.c.,sr.I.,
co... m.v =. 5000 .na c.r,;e.h vnd.,
80 .. = -. -. ,hos. in IN.
80. H".-"s 80. 80 So ,v ,.v
80 ~.., -,
~" y s."o ' ~,
~. -
80. !" ~"
wv. s'sn I've .s a '" -
."'e' ''A'.' s".'' A'P'''e'
II IL probably duo to his legislation
that the old seal OF the Continental pc
Rod was replaced In 164s by another cut
In cast steel by Edward Stabler OF Mont
gomery county. Maryland. lie was or.
dered TO make a facsimile or the old one.
which was nearly worn out. Mr.. Stabler
suggested some minor improvements.
but was informed that the design must
be copied exactly in accordance with the
law. However. on comparing an i'm
preston from the Continental seal taken
In 1915 with one from the seal now In
use "A slight difference In the wreaths
on the sides OF the shield II to be found
n tiny dots have been introduced on
what was at the previous date blank
space about the principal features within
the shield. LOSING. In an article In
Hdrper's Md0dstne Of February. 1859.
entitled Executive Departments and
Seals gives a drawing OF an knpres-
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MIR. WILLARD defeated Mr.. MORAN In
the ring. but the loser at fisticuTs has
outdone his hated rival In post bellum
performances. WrLLARb's lectures on
temperance and thrift are nowhere.
now that Moran has quoted Latin to
the Sing Sing convicts. The old p. r.
Is dead indeed.
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1t Ia a full days news that carries
two such proclamations as the Ger
man Reichskanzler's declaration OF Ger
many's peace terms" and Mr.. RoosE-
vELr's Of the conditions OF his candi-
dacy." In each ease there are I'M
stated factors whose force will not be
fully known until the other side Is
ready TO enter upon official. final ne
6otiations.
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Noah Webster was compiling his in
mortal dictionary.
~ wanted 20 collect a few words 10
describe a circus he explained.
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Are not the stocks larger than At Inc
81 me date In any preceding year BACK 10
lall' As to these stocks and the rour
prices given In my last letter. ! would
saw they are from "A perfectly good
source, the Liverpool Corn Trade Ners.
Lest the Doctor forget. here are the
English hour quotations brought down
to Marrh II:
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There IL something wrong with any
house In this town or its suburbs that
hasn't in It to-day at least a one ring
circus,
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Cmm-el-Iienna is a welcome sue
cessor to Kut-el-Amara in the Mesu-
potamian bulletins. 1t is cuphonious
and sedative. May il last a while.
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Knicker-what ere the principal STYLES
Of architecture
Bocksr-vila, waite House and bunsa-
low.
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Senator WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH Of
Michigan will be a very impressive ex-
favorite son at the. Chicago convention.
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A Minnesotsn Roughly Used.

FVom tho Rochester Post.
Mr.. Hissinser broke his right arm shows
the elbow. was also bruised severely abou,
the city.
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The Cabin or "IrOns."

Presently the chief steward came 70
me and asked for my passport. was
the only American on board. and there
was only one other non British subject.
a Greek. who was en- route home. Ms,
passport being in perfect order. | had NJ
suspicion that there could be ar,
roubl for me at Alden. But | wa
mistaken.
The boarding officer presently LEI, N.
snip and then the captain came to me
ard said that he had been ordered b,
the boarding officer TO see that ! went
my cabin and remained there while N,
ship was in Alden. There was no e,.
PLANTATION of this order and no poss.
oility OF discussing IL with the boarding
officer. for he had gone ashore.
IL was the cabin in peace or sor,e.
where else in irons. and | chose Iii.
cabin. So such glimpses of Alden as
could get were through an open air por,
fihaIIy we came to Port said. | WAS
ticReted TO Port Said. my baggage Wa
.atel'ed for Port Said. and all .ndica.
'ions said II was my destination. We
arrived about 10 o'clock in the morning
AFTER an interesting run through ths
Suez Canal. That run showed how ,rA
Rritish are guarding the canal from
iurKish attack. They have fortified A,
with water
Al snort intervals along the canal
oahk they ave set up big steam ,unt..
II are hitting tho Mediterranean =,
over oil to the northwest ,ur,,r ~
Arabia. From the deck ~ tho shin }.
when was possibl, twenty feet above .
canal bank, clear TO the eastern hork,.
there was nothing but water All dong
'he way the steam punp were lf''.
more. Military operations have leel
made Impossible across that stret % :
country and when the war is over %
part of Arabia will be nothing but a W.
salt mine.
The whole length OF the cs'al d.
ny patrolled by both British AVID l"|ut
troops. The British Tommiss ucrs .
aiNious to know who We we've and " :,
We were going. and when orc wsl
shouted nom tn" deck that We y = 9,
ing hom the answer from the ,nti
bank was Lucky fella."
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THE DOCTORS STATISTICS.
Are the German Submarines Really
Starving Great Britain?

Cv0IvbuB VEO0t DHlO0IuS
To TIN EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: I
am glad that DIR. Oberfohren has Sc
cured a few fresh statistics to brighten
UP his latest proof that the German sub
marines are starving Britain. Surely
his old ones Of stocks Of wheat at only
four British ports were a little too
meagre in view Of the unimportance Of
most OF the ports he cited n his tall
ure to include Somc really important
ones. What the Doctor supposes a. to
the stocks covered by the Items I'm
United Kingdom and afoat therefor" II
beyond my ken The grain trade knows
what is meant, however; and 1t also
knows what "a1oat for orders" and
'aioat for continent" mean They mean
that Britain. itself not a large pro-
Queer Of wheat, has on the way to-
ward II all the time. ear In and year
out, large quantities Of wheat that may
be and are diverted, not by cruel Brit
ish statesmen. but by prices offered.
which Is the sign Of the possession OF
free markets by a FREQ people.
However. the Doctor having a
doned his little 1.5SS,000 btBhel perch.
showing perfectly absurd conditions Of
supply, has 1T" or the n Of total i'm.
ports by Britain In 1915 ~ given by the
London Economist, placing them. cor.
TeCtIN cIOukU, III oo,OoA,UVU
weights. a decrease Of 15.245.000 hum
dredweights from the year before. but
In a typically Germanlc way of using
statistics, not mentioning that the de-
crease was caused by the closing OF the
Dardanelles TO 7.234.000 hundredweiehts
OF Russian wheat, and by the total fall
ure Of the Australian crop. from which
12,113.0oO hundredweights were taken
In 1914. They even bought 100000
hundredwcights less IN 1915 from Ger
many than they did In 1914. Here the
whole decrease is explained and 1t Is
not due to submarines either. On the
other hand. Britain helped TO exc out
this lack uf supply by taking 41.649.0 900
hundredwcights. or 100000 hundred-
weights more han In 1914. from the
United States: $500. 900 hundredweights
more from Argentina and 5000. 900 hum
dredweights more from India, despite
submarines; all these statistics come
from the same page OF the Economist,
the Doctors reliance.
Az to these takings. why isn't the
Doctor square minded enough to admit
that the decrease he sees In the year
1915 statistics VAS due to comparison
with those OF 1914. when the European
world, including Britain. went crazy buy
ing wheat, following the outbreak OF the
war and the realization at the same
time thai the worlds crop In 1914-15
vas hundreds OF millions of bushels
shor, Of Is13-iI, Pertains ~ the Doc
tor understood when the worlds wheat
crors uere ya,hered and marketed no
would not have made these mistakes.
As to the recent takings OF Britain.
say from August ]. 1915. to March II,
1916. let the Doctor look at these figures:
AMERICAN suirMEsrs.
AuS Same ne. In
,o,, n Rod pre. csc
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EGYPT CLOSED TO
YOYAGING NEUTRALS
TribulatiOns Of a Journey IN
the Near East "War
Zone"
CHOICE OF CABIN OR IRONS
ny OSCAR KING DAVIS.

Now that II liz all over and the snh.
marines and mines are left behind. I,
Ia possible to take a little less ser,ous
view Of travel through a war zone.
than II was while doing duty as an
active member OF a life belt br rads
or standing watch in a Mediterranean
snow squall.
In Calcutta, when I bought my ticket
from Bombay to Marseilies the agent
N""ded me a little book showing tina
things I must do In order TO make thai
Journey. The first was an GENERALIZATION
notice" which gave directions for the
medical examination every one mus, I'm.
dergo before he may leave bombay by
steamer. You cant board your shin un.
less you present the medical permit, A.
the gangway.
The next. and this was especially n.
terestinG TO me. was a slip headed "pau.
ports which said:
at In necessary for passengers yieh.
Ing TO and In Egypt to he provided wit,
either a British passport. II they are
british subjects. or with a passport, bear.
Ing the wise OF a British consul
With this was another slip announc.
Ing that II was necessary to give seven
days notice In applying for a passport
and that less notice was likely 10 re-.
suit In disa ppointment Here was a
distinct implication that II would he pos.
sible to land In Egypt. provided the
necessary arrangements were made n
India In advance.
There was a big sheet showing VIA,
must he done to lane At Marseilles and
two more sheets Of notices about. rer,.
lations for getting into and out % 10
United Kingdom. showing that I mus
have per mission from the Bombay GOV.
nj In order to go aboard ST. .
there.
planned to stop In Egypt. So | nut
In we days and a half In Calcutta get.
ting my papers properly nxed gu, In ac.
cordance with all those not fcations. In
order to land at Port said. I TOOK ~
other day in Bombay and AZ last wen,
aboard the ship knowing that so far as
the papers were concerned I was al
right.
] had heard some intimations a, az.
fcrcnt points along tn. road that there
might be some difficulty about my ge,.
ting ashore in Egypt.
At Alden | got an idea on wha. was
likely to happen further along.
This little outpost at the entrance :
the Red Sea fakes itself seriously. "a
the Turks are within hearing distance
and their gunflre was going on while
the ship lay there. As We came 70 an.
Choir an army officer came aboard and
went TO the captains cabin.
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Did submarines stop this Well.
hardly. only "A small fraction thereof.
To return to the question OF stocks
Here are the total stocks OF wheat IN
Britain and afoat therefor on March !
for A pcr,od OF Years. In bushels