Serious Effect Of Drought In Denmark
Received Monday, 8.50 p.m. LONDON, March 22. The serious effect of last year's drought upon the agricultural production oi Denmark is reveaieci 111 the ofiicial crop and live-stock surveys wliieh are now compieted. These show that the Danish harvest for 1947, including grain, root crops. hay, straw, grass and green fodder, was 25 per cent. less than ' in 1946 ineasured in texins of fodder value, and the lowest for 20 years. The hread grain harvest was "only one-third of the normal yield. The poor cro-p harvest niade necessary the extensive siaugntermg oi live-stock and caused a decrease in production of dairy products. The destruction of live stoc'i and enforped exports due to lack of food caused a general reciuction oi lu per cent. m rien mark's cattle population. The survey reveals that Denmark was able to increase her butter ex ports only by reducing her own domestic rations.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 March 1948, Page 5
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