GERMANY'S SUPPLIES
WHAT THE HARVEST REVEALS GREAT SHORTAGE OF CEREALS.
LONDON, December 1 8. .The completion of the German harvest reveals a serious situation. The potato crop is twenty million tons compared with fifty million tons in I The shortage equals five million tons of cereals. As it is certain that the harvest has increased by 3,500;---600 *ons. the deficit will be equivalent to 1,500,000 tons. The remains ot' the barley will be used instead of potatoes for bread-making. Tt is honed that a million tons of barley will be obtained from Roumania. Ger' many has bre.n promised increased moat, ra:tjon.=. till F^brnorv. Some joo.ooo. Berliners are fed , municipally daily. I
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Grey River Argus, 20 December 1916, Page 3
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