Agricultural Production Improved Leipzig, June 4.
Germany has to reckon with not only political but also economic encirclement, and she has to keep on equally vigilant guard against both, Herr R. W. Darre, Minister of Supply and Agriculture, stated in a speech here today, He added that the German people would form a solid bloc behind Feehrer Adolf Hitler to help him breck through the ring of the encircling powers.
He then revealed an improved state of affairs in the field of German agriculture, reporting increased production of many foodstuffs.
The campaign led by the authorities had served to raise production until, last year, it surpassed production in 1932 and the average between 1928 and 1932, The foodstuffs made available in increased quantities were bread cereals, forage cereals, potatoes, sugar beets, meats, butter, pork fat, eily grains and hay for the country's livestock.
"Had this increase not been obtained, it would have been necessary to import a further 2,000,000,000 marks worth of food," Herr Darre declared.
He emphasized that the Reich had created extraordinary reserves of flour cereals and announced that the Government would shortly take important decision to better the present system of grain supply in the Reich.
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