Excerpt from Foreign Crops and Markets, Vol. 42: June 16, 1941 Early unofficial estimates of the 1941 wheat crop of Spain point to a harvest very little larger than the small outturn of last year. According to information received in the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. In normal years (1931 - 1985) wheat production in Spain aver aged more than 160 million bushels, but since the recent civil war, the crop has not attained anything like that figure. In 1939, about million bushels were reported, but last year, and again during much of this season, weather conditions were unfavorable, labor and fertilizer supplies were inadequate and farmers reported reluctant to grow wheat une der the control imposed upon them by the Government. Furthermore, areas fought over during the war and neglected since then have gone out of cultivation, and it will require a number of years to restore their pro ductiveness. Under the control system introduced since the civil war ended, the farmer must declare to the Government the amount of wheat produced on his land. After deducting 200 kilos (441 pounds) for each member of the farm family and a certain reserve for seed, the crop is taken.over by the authorities at a fixed price. The farmer is thus not at liberty to dispose of his crop as he wishes, a situation which.is particularly trying when wheat is sent to other sections of the country, leaving the growing areas short of supplies to cover requirements until the next harvest. Bread has been rationed in Spain since August 1940, but in recent months the allowance permitted has not always been obtainable, it is reported. In addition, the duality of the bread is said to be poor, es pecially in some districts. To cover the domestic requirements of the present population at the pre-war level, it is estimated that about 147 million bushels of wheat will be needed. Accordingly, if the 1941 cr0p is no larger than unofficial forecasts indicate, there will be another deficit of considerable size in Spain during the coming season. 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.