Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1915 — IMMENSE QUANTITY OF WHEAT TIED UP [ARTICLE]

IMMENSE QUANTITY OF WHEAT TIED UP

There WHI Still, However, Be a Heavy Deficit of the World’s Normal Crop.

A grain expert who has been watching the grain markets and the world’s grain fields for a number of years, says:— “There is at the present time about two billion bushels of wheat,* the production of the countries at war, tied up. This is about one-half the world’s total production of Wheat, which is four billion bushels. One writer argues that, granting that the warring nations produce a one-half crop in the coming year, a deficit of one billion bushels will still be shown. The three countries upon which the filling of this deficit of one billion bushels will rest are the United States, Canada, and Argentina. The combined output of these three countries Is only 1,249,000,000, their exportable surplus would of course be much less, so it can easily be seen that the question Is not one to be easily solved and it behooves all the above countries to increase their respective productions as much as they possibly can, for when the war is over and trade begins to reestablish itself and the nations undergo a process of rehabilitation, the demand for all breadstuffs will be enormous. “During the three years following the declaration of peace the farmers of all neutral wheat-producing countries will have ample opportunity to market their wheat at good prices, and It may safely be assumed that the demand will be heavy. Canada has an unusual opportunity In that she has the natural environment for wheat production; she is under the protectton of the British flag, and she will not be molested upon the water to any great extent; she can Increase her acreage and greatly enhance her production. In other words, she can become a far greater wheat-producing country than she Is at the present time.” If the summing-up as made by this expert be correct, Is there not the very best reason for the continued effort that is being made by the Government of the Dominion of Canada to secure settlers on the productive vacant lands of the country? Not only arc these lands capable of producing high class wheat In large quantities, but cattle, pigs, sheep and horses also do well. The climate Is admirably suited. —Advertisement. / -

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