SHORTAGE 



THE present is a particularly opportune time to 

 bring more land into cultivation. It is obvious 

 that there will be a substantial diminution in the 

 quantity of food of all sorts, produced on the 

 Continent next year, and consequently we shall 

 not receive anything like our usual supplies 

 from that source. 



From the latest official information, we find that 

 the value of certain foods annually received in this 

 country from Russia, France, Belgium, Germany 

 and Austria-Hungary was as follows : 







Wheat 4,076,051 



Wheat meal and flour .... 477,045 



Meat 688,430 



Poultry 628,898 



Butter 5,228,415 



Cheese . . . . . . . 58,281 



Eggs 4,916,764 



Fruit (raw) 1,083,668 



Vegetables (raw) .... 810,486 



17,968,038 

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