Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1942Yet the demand outstripped the supply. Reflecting military and lend-lease needs, as well as an exceptional civilian demand, the need seemed illimitable. Consumers could not buy as much of some foods as they would have liked to buy, and faced the prospect of further restrictions. Lend-lease purchases of meat alone passed the half-billion-dollar mark. United States mili tary requirements made a heavy draft on the meat supply. The total meat demand could not be filled, though the year's meat production was the greatest in our history. Civilians had to share other food supplies with our armed forces and our allies. Unbelievably productive though it was, our agriculture was not equal to the full demand upon it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.