GERMANY'S CROPS PANNING OUT WELL

Chronicle (Levin), 24 July 1947, Page 5

GERMANY'S CROPS PANNING OUT WELL

Received Wednesday, 7 p.m. LON DON, J uly 23. The Tiines' Berlin correspondent say? that after the afflictions of last year h grim winter, Germauy so far has beer blessed with a f'air summer and reports from the British zone show that th 1 crops will be good. Barlev has alread„ beeu, and rve is in the proc-ess of beinj cut, the harvesting of wheat has begui early. Vlid-earlv potatoes are bomj lifted aud in some districts the yield if expected to be 30 per cent above lasi vear's. There is tlius every prospeet that agrieultural production will be up to reasonable expeetations and perhaps a little above but against this compara tivelv bright picture has to be set in dustry 's fai-lure to revive aud tho Jatest report 'of.the BritisH Cohtrol Commission is glooniy. During June it says ii. dustrial production showed 'Tio real iu creases and gives liftle cause for optx mism", There can be no hope of re vival with the present supplies of coax and power which, the report says, are insufficient even for the ms.intenance oi essential serviees ami basic mdustries.