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That fresh apples from the United States will appear this winter 

 in the United Kingdom markets for the first time since 1941? VrFA offi- 

 cials say that every effort will be made to distribute purchases equitably 

 betvieen Eastern and Vfestem producing areas. Shipments from Eastern orch- 

 ards will consist of U. S. Ho. 1 and better grades in the 2 to 2 l/4 inch 

 and 2 l/4 to 2 l/2 inch size groups. Purchases from the Pacific Northwest 

 will consist of Extra Fancy and Fancy grades in the 175 to 252 (per box) 

 size range. 



That approximately 100,000 acres of orchards were sprayed v/ith hor- 

 mone materials in 1943 to prevent premature dropping? In 1940, tho first 

 year the chemical was used commercially, about 35,000 acres of apples wore 

 treated. In 1941, 50,000 acres vrere treated, and 75,000 to 80,000 acres 

 were sprayed in 1942. 



be 

 That more than 9 million bushels of appl&s will/used in the United 

 States in 1944 in making vinegar? Proposed utilization of the 1944 apple 

 crop is as followsj 



That the first potash was imported into this country from Germany 

 about 1870? From then until the outbreak of V/orld Vfer I in 1914 all of our 

 fertilizer potash camo from that country. The present annual production in 

 this country amounts to moro than 800,000 tons. 



That, according to U.S.D.A. estimates, the annual crop loss from 

 hail damage averages about $75,000,000? In 1943, 14 leading hail insurance 

 companies paid about $3,500,000 to farmers in the United States to cover 

 hail damage. 



That sawdust does not tend to acidify the soil as much as many people 

 suspect? It does not affect tlie acidity as much as it reduces the available 

 nitrogen which it utilizes in the course of disintegration. 



