Author: United States; Dept; Of Agricult Europe

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Published: 2015-08-09

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9781332531158

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Excerpt from Report of Agricultural Commission to Europe, 1919: Observations Made by American Agriculturists in Great Britain, France, and Italy for the United States Department of Agriculture It is difficult to summarize the reports of the Agricultural Commission to Europe because they contain so many facts that in order to comprehend the whole situation one must read the reports in detail. Moreover, the observations were made prior to the armistice, which was signed on November 11, and the purpose of the visit was to ascertain conditions of European agriculture as they related to the agriculture of the United States under a continuance of the war. The Commission arrived in Liverpool on September 5, and, returning, sailed from Liverpool on October 20. In some respects, therefore, the reports lose interest except for their historical value, but for the most part the data, the suggestions, and the recommendations possess large economic value in appraising agricultural responsibilities in the United States for the year 1919 and for the years immediately following, and they exhibit some new angles of mutual responsibility and interest. Some of the outstanding facts are: Great Britain's war agriculture in 1915 increased her home-grown bread supplies fourfold. The reports for the harvest of 1918 indicate that in the matter of breadstuffs England could supply herself forty weeks of the year as against ten weeks in 1916. - Thompson. France's production of foods decreased sharply, especially in sugar beets, which were grown principally in the northern area, where the ravages of war were greatest. Prior to the war France was producing about 800,000 tons of sugar and consuming about 600,000 tons. The present production of France amounts to about 250,000 tons, or possibly with favored crop it may run to 300.000 tons. -- Thompson. France's production of hreadstuffs also declined, though the production of 1918 was somewhat better than the production of 1914. In Italy there has been some reduction of the cultivated area, but except for wheat the reduction in the volume of breadstuffs has not been very serious. The yield per acre also has decreased, the two chief direct causes being shortage of fertiliser and uncontrolled growth of weeds. - Pearson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Download or read book Report of Agricultural Commission to Europe, 1919 written by United States; Dept; Of Agricult Europe and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of Agricultural Commission to Europe, 1919: Observations Made by American Agriculturists in Great Britain, France, and Italy for the United States Department of Agriculture It is difficult to summarize the reports of the Agricultural Commission to Europe because they contain so many facts that in order to comprehend the whole situation one must read the reports in detail. Moreover, the observations were made prior to the armistice, which was signed on November 11, and the purpose of the visit was to ascertain conditions of European agriculture as they related to the agriculture of the United States under a continuance of the war. The Commission arrived in Liverpool on September 5, and, returning, sailed from Liverpool on October 20. In some respects, therefore, the reports lose interest except for their historical value, but for the most part the data, the suggestions, and the recommendations possess large economic value in appraising agricultural responsibilities in the United States for the year 1919 and for the years immediately following, and they exhibit some new angles of mutual responsibility and interest. Some of the outstanding facts are: Great Britain's war agriculture in 1915 increased her home-grown bread supplies fourfold. The reports for the harvest of 1918 indicate that in the matter of breadstuffs England could supply herself forty weeks of the year as against ten weeks in 1916. - Thompson. France's production of foods decreased sharply, especially in sugar beets, which were grown principally in the northern area, where the ravages of war were greatest. Prior to the war France was producing about 800,000 tons of sugar and consuming about 600,000 tons. The present production of France amounts to about 250,000 tons, or possibly with favored crop it may run to 300.000 tons. -- Thompson. France's production of hreadstuffs also declined, though the production of 1918 was somewhat better than the production of 1914. In Italy there has been some reduction of the cultivated area, but except for wheat the reduction in the volume of breadstuffs has not been very serious. The yield per acre also has decreased, the two chief direct causes being shortage of fertiliser and uncontrolled growth of weeds. - Pearson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."