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powdered milk, eggs, cheese, potatoes, some dried beans and peas, dried fruits, rice, 

 some com and wheat, according to the United States Depeirtment of Agriculture. This 

 fall £ind winter U. S. supplies of most of the above-named foods plus canned fruits, 

 fruit Juices and vegetables, turkeys, chickens and fluid cream will be much larger 

 than in the same period last year. Especially large supplies of potatoes, eggs, and 

 lower grades of beef are anticipated. 



The world food situatibn . In contrast to the improving situation in the 

 United States, a survey made by the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations forecasts 

 em increas.ingly grave world food situation, reflecting lower production and diminished 

 stocks. Per capita output is expected to decline 10 percent if allowances are made 

 for the net increase in population during the war. The situation is worst among urban 

 populations In war-torn cureas. Supplies of rice, stagar, fats and oils are far below 

 prewar levels. Continental Europe (excluding the USSR) and North Africa have suffered 

 as the results of both the weu: and the drouth. Production is estimated at 25 percent 

 below prewar. The outlook in the Far East is also serious, although less so than in 

 Europe. The wheat and rice supplies in both China euid India cure very short. Some of 

 the restrictions that are being continued in the United States are kept to make it 

 possible for us to help relieve this world situation. The United Nations Relief and 

 Rehabilitation Administration will take over unused army rations for relief feeding, 

 according to a news release of October 5. 



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