The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Crops Good in 1910 and Large
Carry-Overs Have Been
Built Up for 1941
GUY A. CARDWELL
General Agricultural Agent
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad C,

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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
1t is stated there are ample sup
plies of food for domestic con-
sumption in prospect for the first
half Of 1941. Crops were good in
1910 and for several years previ-
GUS, with the result that large
carry-over supplies of such stor-
able foods as wheat, rice and dry
edible beans, have been built up.
Feed supplies are also plentiful,
favoring continued large supplies
of the livestock products, meats,
eggs, and dairy products. The food
supplies resulting from favorable
growing conditions have been aug
mented by the marked decline in
agricultural exports which has &C.
companied the war. The favor
able food supply situation is re-
Elected in the course of r e l
prices, which showed much less
advance from 1889 to 1910 than
consumer income.
AS compared with the amounts
consumed in the first half of 1910,
here will be larger supplies of the
dairy products, edible fats and oils,
wheat, rice, fresh citrus fruits,
dried fruits, potatoes and other
fresh vegetables and dry beans
available in the first half of 1941.
Meat supplies are expected to be
less than a year ago because of
the smaller pig crop in 1910, and
poultry and egg supplies may also
be somewhat less than in 1910.
Although there we're smaller packs
of both canned fruits and vegeta-
bles last season, reduced exports
are expected to leave only slight
ly smaller current supplies avail
able for domestic consumption
than were consumed asst year.
Meat Supplies: Meat supplies
are expected to be smaller during
l941 than in 1910, largely as a
result of the reduced pig crop of
1910. However, beef and lamb sup
plies are expected to be a little
larger and total meat supplies will
be ample.
Poultry and Eggs: Storage hold
ings of eggs reach their seasonal
low during December, January,
o%f-storage movement was strong
and February and, since the out
last fall, storage stocks are very
low at this time. Egg supplies
during the first half of 1941 will
depend almost entirely upon pro.
duction and are expected to be
slightly smaller than in the first
half of 1910.
Storage holdings Of dressed poul-
try, by contrast, are high during
the winter. Stocks on December
l, 1910 were Is percent higher than
a year earlier and on January /,
l941, were indicated to have been
the largest on record. These larger
stocks will partly offset expected
smaller marketings of poultry in
the first part of 1871. The 1941
hatch of chicks is expected to be
larger than in 1910. A larger hatch
would be reflected in poultry mar
ketings soon after the middle of
1871 and in egg supplies by the
latter part of the year. The mum
Der of turkeys that will be raised
this year will depend considerably
on farmers reactions to last years
severe frost damage and, barring
other unusual weather conditions,
vegetable supplies will be consid-
erably larger during the first half
of 1941 than a year ago. The total
of canned vegetables for
the 1940-41 season is somewhat
smaller than that of the previous
season, a smaller carry-over about
a larger pack. There
is no record of stocks in whole.