Evening star., 1941-09-08
Huge Export Demand
For Farm Products
Expected in 1912
Milk, Eggs, Pork, Lard
Top Government List
Of Requirements
By the Associated Press.

The Agriculture Department ex-
poets export demands for American
food in 1912 to include dairy prod
ucts from 5,420.000 900 pounds of
milk 500 900 900 dozen eggs. 1885,
000,0 900 pounds of pork and 640,-
600, 900 pounds OF lard.
Great Britain would get probably
80 per cent of such exports under
terms of the lease-lend program,
officials said.
Estimates of 1912 export require
ments, made in connection with a
farm program calling for sharp ex-
pansion in production of some farm
commodities, included:
Beef and veal, 10000, 900 pounds;
chickens, 21,000 900 pounds; cotton,
1000, 900 bales; wheat, 100000
bushels; tobacco, AL ,000, 600 pounds;
rice, 25,4O0,OO0 bushels; dry beans,
100000 bags; canned vegetables,
3,000,0 900 cases, and canned fruit,
100000 cases.
In announcing the farm program,
the department said Britain looked
to this country for about fourth of
its supply of animal protein foods
or the equivalent of enough to feed
100000 persons.
Production Goals Set.
Production goals of next years
Agricultural Department farm pro-
gram compared with estimated pro-
duction this year and with the
average production for the l936-40
period respectively, include.
Milk-125, ,000, 900 900 pounds, 49,
809 100000 and LOG SAC, 900 900.
Eggs-4,00O,000 dozen, 1885,
100000 and 3,400,000,0O0.
Hogs-7s, 10000 head slaughtered,
II 900 900 and 63,196 900.
Beef cattle and veal calves-28,-
100000 head slaughtered, 25,100,00O
and 24,8500o0.
Chickens-75o, 100000 slaughtered,
$50 100000 and 644,000,000.
Lambs and sheep-22, 900 900
slaughtered, %, 1000 and 81 ,9O2, 900.
Corn-90,0 100000 acres, 81 1863 900
and e3,98000O
Oats-4O,OOO,OOO acres, 3s,1s7,oOO
and 36,e92 900.
100000 acres, 1888. 900
and 1881 900.
Grain sorghums-9,500,00 900 acres,
9,285 900 and 9,303.000
All hay-75 100000 acres, 1898
900 and 6s,025 900.
Cotton-22, 100000 to 24.0CO, 900
acres. % 3,519000 and 27,853000.
Wheat-55 100000 acres, 63.5C3 900
and 72,049,C00.
T o b o. Flue- cured, 1862 900
acres. 747000 and 955 500; hurley,
$4,000 acres, $4,000 and 338 900;
other types, 247, 900 acres, 264 800 and
297 200.
Peanuts, SOC, 900 acres for nuts
and 1900 900 acres for oil, 1905. 900
acres for all purposes this year and
1,736,000 for all purposes 1936-4o.
More Soybeans Needed.
Soybeans for beans - 7 ZOO, 900
acres, 5,550,0O0 and 3,433,00O.
Flaxseed-3,228,OO acres or un-
changed from 1941 and 1906, 900 for
the five-year average.
Sugar beets and sugar cane-no
acreage limit expected, 100000 acres
of beet and 285, 900 acres of cane
produced this year.
Rye, 900 acres or unchanged
from 1941, and 1888, 900 for the FIVE
year average.
Rice, 200, 900 acres, 1,1s6, 900 and
1,047,00O
Dry beans, 10000 acres or un-
changed from 1941 and 100000 for
the f1ve-year average.
PotatoeS-3,0 3,060000 acres, 1888, 900
and 3,132,0OO
Sweet potatoes-850.00o acres,
$4,000 and $4,000.
Commercial vegetableS-For fresh
use, 1885 900 acres, 1,843,000 and
1,824.000; for processing. 100000
acres, 1,487, 900 and $4,000.
Fruits-Since fruit production
cannot be quickly increased en-
phasis will be placed on better dis
tribution and prevention of waste.
Forest products-Lumber, 32,000,-
000, 900 board feet, 81 SOC, 900 900 and
24,800, ,000,0 600; pulp wood. 15,800, 900
cords, 100000 and 9,300,000; all
other wood, 100000 900 cubic feet,
5,850,OO0,0O0 and 100000 900;
turpentine, 100000 barrels, 285,000
and 452, 900.