Disposition of the U.S. Crop 



Bushels 



Seed Requirements for 1916 crop (same as 1915 official) 86,000,000 



Bread Requirements (Broomhail) 550,000,000 



Damaged Wheat unsuitable for flour (10%). . ( l) 100,000,000 



Carry over in excess of last year (Broomhail) 25,000,000 



Total : 761,000,000 



Exportable surplus 250,000,000 



Total U.S. crop 1,011,000,000 



(1) Broomhail allows 150,000,000 bushels. 



Disposition of Canadian Crop 



Seed Requirements for 1916 (Census Office) 25,000,000 



Bread Requirements (Census Office) 50,000,000 



Damaged Wheat unsiutable for flour (10%), (Census Office) 37,000,000 



Carry over in excess of last year (2) 12,000,000 



Total 124,000,000 



Probable actual exports (Broomhail) 216,000,000 



Probably held over for subsequent export 36,000,000 



Total Canadian Crop 376,000,000 



(2) Double this quantity might be nearer the real requirements for reserve stocks. 



In view, therefore, of Europe's great needs, it seems providential that Nature 

 should have provided such an abundance of supplies. These, however, from our 

 analysis of. the situation, do not appear to materially exceed the requirements of import- 

 ing countries for food and the replenishing of reserve stocks nor do they exceed the 

 requirements of the exporting countries themselves to replenish their own stores against 

 the uncertainties of the future, some of which are already developing into serious 

 threats of future shortage. 



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