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North Africa 50 percent more food for the October-December quarter than In the preced- 

 ing quarter. The allocation totals nearly four million tons from a fourth- quarter 

 supply of about 37 million tons. Of this food being sent to liberated areas, more 

 than three-fourths of it vill be wheat and flour. The production and shipments of 

 sugar to the U. S. are held up by fighting and unrest in Jara euad the East Indies and 

 the inability of the Philippines to get production back to normal within about l8 

 months. . 



The total food available for civilians in 19**6 will be considerably greater 

 th€ui in 19*^5 both on a total and per capita basis and may even exceed the high record 

 of IS'^f which was 11 percent above the prewar level of 1935-59. In addition to sugar 

 and fats and oils (peurbicularly butter), supplies of pork, the better grades of beef 

 and veal euid cemned fish will not be abundant. 



The October national milk output established a record high, but egg produc- 

 tion fel^5 percent below October 19^*^*. Average production per cow on November 1 was 

 12.92 pounds, a record for the date. October egg production was below that of October 

 19Wf but k^ percent above the monthly average for the jeors 193^-**^3 • Sgg production 

 per hen hit a new record for a^ 30-day period. 



Large fraction of farm land sales for cash . During the first quarter of 

 19**'5* 56 percent of all farmland sales were entirely for cash, according to a study 

 by the U. S. Depturtment of Agriculture. This conq;>ares with 51 percent cash sales for 

 the first quarter of 19Wf, 55 percent for the full year 19Mf, 52 percent for 19i>3 and 

 k^ percent for 19if2. On sales financed by mortgages, the down payment has continued 

 to increase as a percentage of the purchase price. During the first . quarter of 19^*5, 

 the down payment was kk percent of the purchase price. For the first quarter of l^kh 

 it was k2 percent; for the full year 19*^^, it was Uo percent; for 19^3, 59 percent; 

 and for 19if2, 55 percent. In conti^st with World War I, to date farmers not only 

 have curtailed use of credit in land purchases, but have reduced outsteuiding farm 

 mortgages by more than 1 l/U billion dollars during the war and at the same time have 

 accumulated record amounts of U. S. saving bonds, bank deposits, life insurance and 

 other savings. 



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