PEOPLE IN MANY LANDS
WHEAT AND RIGE CROPS BELOW AVERAGE AMERICA'S ENVIABLE POSITION (Rec. 11 a.m.) J WASHINGTON, Februry 10. The Agricultural Department food, survey of 65 countries discloses that Americans in 1946 will eat more than ever while the people in many lands will be near starvation. United States total food supplies continue at record levels, but Italy, Germany, France, French North Africa, Spain, and India offer the most difficult food and bread problem. The Argentine wheat crop is expected to be two-thirds reduced and Canada's wheat 10 per cent less. Typhoons and unfavourable weather have reduced the rice crop in Japan and South-east Asia, and drought has seriously affected food production in South Africa and South India. The world wheat demand, (for the first time since Word War 1., exceeds the supply by 200,000,000 bushels. The world rice supplies are 15 to 20 per cent, below pre-war average.
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Evening Star, Issue 25714, 11 February 1946, Page 5
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150PEOPLE IN MANY LANDS Evening Star, Issue 25714, 11 February 1946, Page 5
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