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Ireland has reduced deliveries of flour from the mills to gO 

 per cent of the volume of deliveries in 19^0, At the same time, the 

 extraction rates for flour milling was increased from 55 "to 100 per 

 cent. That mea.ns that the entire wheat kernel, including the bran, 

 must be ground into flour. Housewives were urged to use flour for 

 breadmaicing only, and where possible to substitute potatoes or other 

 products for bread in the family diet. 



In spite of the large carryover of i:heat in Canada, the 

 Canadian government recently fixed the price of wheat at 90 cents a 

 bushel for the 19^2 wheat crop, instead of 70 cents, the minimum fixed 

 for the past three seasons. It was expected that the war developments 

 might increase the demand for wheat. The Canada v;heat board has agreed 

 to take delivery on 2^0 million bushels of western vrheat instead of 223 

 million on which prices were guaranteed this season to prairie farmers. 



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