New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-12-26
FOOD INVENTORY
sT|!!RIE|D| IN STATE !
SURVEY 70 De BROAD COVERING
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD.
MORE WINTER WHEATANDRYF
Government Crop Estimate Show. Far
mers Of State Have Periodically
Answered country's Call
For More Acreage.
MORE WINTER WHEATANDRYE

lOOu resources TO be conducted in Tie
United States has been started in
Minnesota.
Many wholesalers state that they
had received inventory blanks FROM
the Washington office of the food adj
ministration to make report on the
stock of foodstuffs on hand.
The salesman of the large whole
sale concerns have been enlisted by
the food administration officials to
explain to the merchants in the small
er communities what the government
expects of them when they make out
their inventories. While the statesmen
have been supplied with banks, The re-
tail merchants will not receive them
for few days
The survey will be bro ad, the ques-
tionnaires containing questions rela-
tive to the eighty-six items and cover
ing more than 100 different foods.
Officials in the office Of A. D. VII
son, food administrator for Minne-
apolis. said they had not been advised
OF the start Of the inventory, but be-
ieved 1t was being conducted from
the Washington Office.
Schedules also will be sent soon to
number OF selected homes, returns
from which will be. used to compute
q general average Of the food on
hand in the homes; throughout the
state. IS
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Acreage Of Winter Wheat and Rye.
Estimates compiled by the bureau
Of crop estimates. United States de-
partment Of agriculture indicate that
farmers have periodically respond
ed to the call for increased acreage Of
both winter wheat and rye. Figures
for Minnesota given out from the Of
flee of the Minnesota field agent, Paul
81. Kirk. at Fergus Falls, make the
following showing;
Winter wheat Preliminary esti-
mate, area planted in fall of 1917 49,
900 acres as compared with $1,000
acres last year. The increase of
acreage is largely in the south central
part of the state where crop is in
creasing inssaereage. Conditions Dec.
1, was SO per cent normal, compared
with 81 year ago and SO the four
year average. Soil conditions and
growth were favorable in the south
Ger .ral counties. :. ,.4s ss:
Winter Rye.-Preliminary estimates
of area planted in fall of 1917 452,-
900 acres as compared with 43O 900
last year. The. dry fall seriously ham
pered the seeding of fall rye in the
northwestern part of the state, where
under favorable conditions the acre
age would have been considerably In
creased. However, with favorable
spring weather spring rye will be
planted. Condition, Dec. 1, was Copper
cent Of normal compared with 80 a
year ago and 90 the ten year aver
age on Dec. i.
The extreme dryness in the north
western part Of the state was unfay-
orable to the best growth and develops
ment OF crop. The crop In other parts
OF the state is reported as having made
most excellent growth and goes In
to the winter under the most favor
able conditions.
Mr.. u. G. Purssell, Meteorological Of
the y. s. Weather Bureau, Minneapo-
lis says. Weather conditions were un-
usually fine during November. The
precipitation was sufficient over The
entire state. No sub-zero temperatures
were recorded.
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State Offers Cheap Wood.
Dead and down cord wood at %
cents q cord will be offered by the
state through resolution adopted
by the Public Safety Commission.
Sales on application to the state audi
tor will be limited to 100 cords to a
customer to prevent commercial deal
ing, according to the plan developed
by Oscar Arneson of the State audi
tors Office. Means to. provide fuel
for residents in Northern Minnesota
was adopted following the report Of j..
+. MCGEE, Minnesota fuel administered
or, that only $4,000 tons Of coal re-
main on the docks at the head of the
lakes.
I'LL Gopher State Banks.
There are ILL active state banks
in Minnesota, F. Il. PearsJr, state
superintendent of banks announces
The number will hf, incrna aod coon l,rY