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tables include:
 
     a. status of vegetable crops at the end of April 1941;
 
     b. final figures for the cereal crop of 1940;
 
     c. slaughtering and meat supply statistics in March 1941.
 
                              3.
 
     The most important points are stated in brief, below,
 
according to the official reports on the requirements and
 
future capacity of agriculture:
 
     a. In agreement with the Office of the Price Com-
 
missioner, the Reich Ministry of Food and the Reich Food
 
Office will undertake to raise.prices for the fiscal cur-
 
rent year, in the interest of further and more rapid
 
increase in agricultural production. This applies to
 
the production of both cereals and feeding-stuffs,
 
and also to the main branches of the cattle business.
 
     A further stimulus to agriculture, in addition to
 
this direct raising of prices, is also said to be aimed
 
at by having the prices of manufactured goods which are
 
directly necessary for carrying on farming operations:
 
farm machinery, tools, etc., lowered within the frame-
 
work of the general scheme for diminution of profits
 
and reduction of prices.
 
     B.After the releasing of the quotas for the machine
 
industry, technical agricultural apparatus, machinery and
 
other