The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-25
EUROPE MAY NOT GET GRAIN FROM
 U. s, NEXT YEAR
Foreign Countries May Raise Grain But Will I'm
 port Dairy Products.

More wheat should be sown this
 fall than was the average in pre-war years, but not so much should be sown as was sown last year. This is the outstanding fall farming recom- mendauon of the United States De- partment of Agriculture. which Is
 watching the changes of world supply and demand while European coun- tries are getting back to normal in food production and thus affecting l the market for American products. The departments suggestions are bas- ed on the observations of specialists who were sent abroad to report on foreign conditions and probable needs. and on the most extensive reports it has been possible to obtain from l other sources in this country and | other countries.
 Winter Rye.
 The pressure of war demand for rye has ceased, and it does not seem probable that exports next year will | greatly exceed 25,OOO,OOO bushels l Consumption of rye in this country ! was stimulated by the war to about i 5O-000,O00 bushels. If this rate of l consumption is maintained, q crop of ! 75 to so million bushels would be | necessary to provide 25,OOO, ,OOO bu- | shels for export, indicating q total | acreage of 5,5OO,OOO to GOOO, 900 | acres, in comparison with 6,SOO,OO0 l acres sown last fall.
 'In any consideration of the pro | bable foreign demand for American
 wheat and rye based on pre-war con- | sumption eNperienCe,' says the De 1 partment, "a greatly increased trans | portation cost and the existing con- dition of international exchange can not be disregarded. IL seems | clear that if the foreign exchange 1 situation continues as it is or be- | comes more normal it will constitute l a powerful stimulus for some for i eirn countries to seek grain in coun-
 tries other than the United States,
 or to produce it."
 Dairying.
 It is probable that several years will be required for European coun- 1 tries to get back to their normal cat 1. tie population. In order Ito supply | their needs it will be necessary for | them to import dairy products, and al ! the present time this country is sup | plying large quantities. Last years , exports were so large that about l 100000. .OOO pounds of milk were 1 required to make the products, or | of 100 pounds from each COW in the | United States.
 1 The department expects that ex- ports will increase with the exception l of condensed milk. It recommends I that dairymen give particular atten- | ton to economical feeding, through i the buying of concentrates in large | lots or the cooperative buying of | feeds; attention to pastures that have | been allowed to run down; attention | to the feeding needs of their cows | by the use of COW testing associa- tions; and the best use of labor and 1 labor-saving devices.
 live Stock.
 What our foreign trade in meat and meat products will be in the fu- ture is impossible to predict with any | degree of accuracy. owing to the ! many factors which may affect it, the department says. "The exports | will probably decrease as compared with the past year, as the European countries increase their production of live stock towards the pre-war pro duction."
 Other factors affecting American export trade are rates of exchange,
 which in many cases are decidedly unfavorable to those countries most in need of our meat and meat pro- OuCLS5 cam npdlgnS DetnS WaBeu III Ile European countries for increased pro duction and decreased consumption; prices of meats and meat products in this country as compared with the prices in other countries having meats for export; available ocean
 tonnage for shipping from other countries
 However, pork exports at least
 probably will be greatly in excess
 next year of the pre-war annual ex- ports. The European countries prob ably will require two years to get back to pre-war pork production,
 and their present needs are great.
 Pre-war production of poultry in most European countries, the de-
 partment says, will soon be resumed | Emphasis in this country is placed |
 on more efficient methods of pro- |
 duction. Whether increased produc- !
 ton should be undertaken must nec-
 essarily depend on local conditions
 as to feed, labor and other factors.