Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1917 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1917 (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1917 Sm: When, on April 6, l9li, the existence of a state of war with Germany was declared by Congress, this country was facing an unsatisfactory situation in respect to its sup ply of foods and foodstuffs. The production in 1916 of the leading cereals, corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, rice, and kafirs was comparatively low, aggregating bushels, as against for 1915, 000 for 1914, and the annual average for 1910 1914. The wheat crop of 1916 especially was strikingly small. It was only bushels, as compared with the record production for 1915 of with for 1914, and with the average for the five years 1910 - 1914 of It was certain, too, that on account of adverse weather conditions, the output of winter wheat for 1917 would be greatly curtailed. The world production of wheat for 1916 also was unsatisfactory, and the prospects for the ensuing year were not good. The situation was no better in respect to another conspicuously important food commodity, the Irish potato. The yield of this crop for 1916 in the United States was only bushels, while for 1915 and 1914, respectively, it was and For the period 1910-1914 it averaged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.