§ Mr. WHITEasked the Minister of Agriculture the estimated deficiency of the wheat crops in France and Italy for this year in relation to 1929; and the estimated surplus available for export this year from Russia?
§ Dr. ADDISONThe latest official estimates indicate that the wheat crops in France and Italy this year are smaller than those of 1929 by 47,500,000 and 25,000,000 cwts. respectively. No official estimate is available of the exportable surplus from this year's wheat crop in Russia, but trade estimates of the surplus range from 30,000,000 to 60,000,000 cwts.