The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-06

wheat shortage approximating 20
per cent. The deficit in the occupied
territories-and this Is the famine
danger point-will be about 40 per
cent.
In some aspects the feed grain
situation is better than that of
bread grain, but the geographical
distribution is worse. In Denmark,
Holland, Belgium, France and even
in parts of Germany the situation is
serious.
In peace times much feed grain
and oil cake has been imported. The
British blockade has stopped that.
Result is that f1ocks and herds will
have to be reduced.
This means for a short time an
abundance of meat, but with a fol-
lowing shortage of meat, butter,
milk and dairy products.
MATS BETTER
OFF THAN MOST
Nazi Germany is likely to escape
the famine, according to an anal
ysis of the German food problem
by experts of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
The Germans have achieved 80
per cent food self-sufdciency. They
have nearly complete self-suhi-
cheney in sugar, potatoes, bread
grains, cabbage, carrots, plums and
cherries.
Their chief lack is meat, and par
ticularly, edible fats and oils.
Norway, Denmark, Holland, Bel
GUM, northern France, German-oc-
cupied Poland-in all these there is
reported a serious lack of food.
The American Red Cross and
other American relief agencies are
ready to feed the hungry in those
conqured countries when the road
is clear.
Here war policy enters. Nobody
in Washington knows definitely
what Britain will do. The intention
is to starve Germany and Italy of
food and raw materials and to pre-
vent their trading abroad.
The government may not be will
ling to let foodships carry supplies
to the needy in German occupied
territory. If Britain maintains the
blockade, the Germans will have to
share their food supplies with the
conquered peoples or let them die.
The German people are great pork
eaters. Reports to the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture show that
January /, 1910, Germany had u.s.
100000 pigs, an increase OF per
cent over 1889. But increased feed
ing of pigs with household garbage
indicated Germany's trouble-lack
of feed stuffs for food animals.
The same thing hampers their
raising of cattle and sheep. Germany
had 100000 head of cattle at the
beginning of 1910, an increase OF 4
per cent over 1885. In recent weeks
the German meat situation has
been eased by the killing of cattle
and pigs in Holland and Denmark.
ITALY LOSES
BATTLE OF WHEAT"
Italy is not as well off as its Axis
partner. Reports to the U. S. De-
partment OF Agriculture indicates
that Mussolini has lost his much
touted battle of wheat"
The average consumption has been
295 100000 bushels and in the past
three years that figure has been
acieved by the farmers But the out
look for this year is only 268,000,000
bushels.
Bread has already ben rationed
in the restaurants. One more meat
less day has been ordered, making
four per week.
FRANCE, BELGIUM
IN BAD SHAPE
The Todd situation is serious in
France. Seven of the invaded pro-
vinces-Ardennes Asine, Nord, Som
me, Pas de Calais, Mouse and Marine
in past years produced so per cent
of French sugar beets, Is per cent of
the wheat, one-third of the fax, IA
per cent of the potatoes and II per