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ABSTRACT THE present high price of food has directed attention to the urgent need for increasing the production of wheat in this country so that we may be less dependent than at present on
foreign supplies. Prior to the outbreak of war the official statistics showed that we were producing only about one-fifth of the wheat we consumed. As the war came in August our homegrown
supply was at its maximum, and the Board of Agriculture was able to issue a reassuring report as to the quantities in hand. But the shortage of available shipping has so affected the amounts
of imported wheat that the demand has exceeded the supply, and in consequence prices have risen. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content,
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