The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-07
AMERICANS CAN SUPPLY WORLD,
 EXPERTS THINK
Wheat Running Normal, Other Crops Reported Running
 Over."

Washington, May 7.-The commit tee on statistics and standards of the l chamber of commerce of the United | Etates, after an investigation nation | wide, announced yesterday that the l United States will be equal to the l world food supply demand. "It is probable" a report from the | committee says, "the wheat crop will l be normal, but if not, other products will save the situation. |
 'In the last analysis, it seems that l the real problem of the European food importing countries will be one i of sufficient and safe transportation ] even more than the question of enough
 food supply"
 A statement issued by the chamber
 yesterday afternoon said:
 with favorable weather from now on, the total winter wheat yield may i somewhat, though not materially, ex- | ceed the harvest of last year. At this l stage of the growth of the spring
 wheat crop, all that can be reasonably said is that the law of chance is for a
 greater production than that of last season.
 Other Crops Running Over." eff however, we should not have as
 much wheat to export as would be necessary, there seems strong proba-
 billity that we shall have other availa-
 ble food supplies. such as corn, oats,
 potatoes and the hke-not only in full
 measure, but running over."
 ''There is much cheer in the way
 people in the town and on the farm
 are awake to the necessity of greatly increasing food products this year."
 says Archer Wall Douglass, chairman of the committee. ''Not only are gar dents being cultivated everywhere 3 and vacant lots being used, but lawns, l parks, railroad rights. of way and flower gardens are devoted to the rais- , | ing of all manner of vegetables. Of
 even greater moment is the story of an acreage of corn, oats and potatoes that will break all previous records.
 "Reckoning 1o,o00,oO0 inhabitants in round figures, we shall need ap- proximately $25,0oo.0o0 bushels of wheat for our own use and for seed . ing, and the remainder will be avai1a- . ble for export These figures will vary according to the amount which
 we carry over into the 1917 harvest
 from the 1916 crop. the amount of ] stocks of flour which we also carry
 over this year beyond the first of
 July, and the acreage which we shall plant this fall and next spring, for
 the 1918 harvest
 , .'So far as other principal wheat exporting countries are concerned, 1t is pointed out, it is known that the !; Argentine crop of wheat is short, and
 that their exports will be much less
 than last year. It Is very difficult to , get definite information as to the sit s uation in India. Apparently the In- , dian crop, and consequently exports. I l will not be quite so large as last year.
 but this is merely an estimate, since
 their harvest is not yet on. aI Australian Crop Ample. 5 .tOn the other hand, it looks very l much as if Australia will do her bit
 for her mother country. The Aus . tralian crop is harvested. It is of good quality and more than the aver , age production. After supplying the
 home wants. 1t seems likely that there
 will be 10o,o0o,o00 bushels available
 for export, in addition to about 14,- 000,0 ,000 bushels already shipped. "This problem is still further com
 plicated, 1t is said, by the possible wheat yields in Spain, France. Eng land and in the other countries in Europe, to which we are at present able to send wheat.
 "It seems quite sure that the Eng- fish production will be larger than usual. if the energy and interests of the government and the people can bring 1t about. There remains Can ada as tht most important factor, be- cause the Dominion. Is at once a large producing and large exporting coun- try. This is particularly true of the three Northwestern provinces. Mani toba, Alberta and Saskatchewan, since especially in those three prov inces there is much more grain raised than is consumed.
 .'Their serious difficulties are the lack of storage and transportation fla cilities, 1t Is declared. Seeding of spring wheat in Canada is late be- cause of wet, cold weather It is pro- gressing fast in southern portions of the northwest provinces With abund- ant moisture in the soil, the acreage seeded will depend upon the weather from now on.'
 Millions of Eggs Lost : One of the reasons for the scarc- ity and high cost of eggs in the fall and winter Is that, through careless ness in handling them. more than 13,- o0o,0 dozen receive tiny cracks. The United States Department of Agri- paign to teach proper packing to those who handle the eggs en route ! from hen to cold storage.
 An eggshell may be cracked so
 slightly that the eye cannot see it, and
 yet be damaged so greatly that germs
 and moulds find ready entrance in \ side the eggsheH and spoil the con- tents
 Nature" says the department in its first lesson. ''has provided the egg with delicate. protective, gela-
 tinous coating. which, as long as it is intact tends to keep out air and
 germs. Once this coating is pierced the keeping quantity of the egg is
 lessened immediately.
 t'Ffve per cent. of the 2,4oo, 100000
 dezen eggs put in cold storage, the specialists find. spoil because they
 were 'cheks-that is, eggs so slight ly cracked that they could not be de- tected in quick handling, during the spring rush of storing the bulk of z eggs for winter use.'
 a EYE