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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
3
The article argues dollar values mislead as relative purchasing power drives farming decisions. It compares prewar and current crop prices and fertilizer costs, noting fertilizer per ton rose from about 21 to 82 dollars and corn from about 0 to 1.80 dollars per bushel, arguing farmers should assess profitability by relative values rather than nominal dollars.
A garbled report notes elevated fertilizer costs driven by scarce phosphate and sulfur supplies. It cites cutoffs of phosphate rock from Florida and Tennessee, rail transport woes from Louisiana and Texas, and higher labor, coal, and machinery costs, signaling a general rise in raw material prices and farm fertilizer costs.
Herbert Hoover, U S Food Administrator, cites two main causes of the prewar food shortage. First, acts of nature including late spring droughts and heat waves. second, reduced European productivity. He notes bad management, unskilled labor, fertilizer shortages due to men leaving farms for war, and calls for mobilizing home front resources and a “women's army of food” to boost production.
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