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...second only to last year's alltime high of 6.2 billion bu. A third basic crop, soybeans, will yield 1.8 billion bu. v. a previous record of 1.5 billion bu. in 1973. Beyond what it can consume and export, the U.S. will have on hand 84 million metric tons of those products at year's end. In parts of the growing belts, storage bins are so full that excess grain is being dumped in parking lots and even in the middle of streets...
SOIL LOSS. The soil available for man to grow his crops is rapidly being frittered away by overcultivation, mismanagement and carelessness. Soil erosion may cost the world as much as 2.5 billion metric tons of soil a year, and has already reduced much of North Africa -once the Roman Empire's granary -to desert areas that must import most of their food. Improper irrigation, which can lead to salinization and waterlogging, is taking another 200,000 to 300,000 hectares (500,000 to 750,000 acres) of land out of production each year. As the world's population...
Enough! While TIME'S effort to get us all used to metric measurement is probably commendable, "The Battle of Alaska" [May 9] assaulted me with no less than 13 different parenthetical metric conversions. Go easy on us oldsters for a while, eh? May your Environment editors be exiled to God's Little .405 Hectare for a time...
...second-flight lightweights were not strong enough to overpower the Andover women, and the Crimson were unable to capture the lead at any time during the metric-mile sprint down the Charles. After a quick start, Andover sped to victory, well ahead of the Radcliffe boats. Radcliffe's novice boat finished second, and the JV boat stroked in third...
...taking species that are popular with Americans but will still be able to take limited amounts of fish like hake, which is popular in Eastern Europe, and squid, which is prized in Japan and in Mediterranean countries. The foreign take from American waters will be limited to 2 million metric tons, down from an estimated 3.3 million metric tons taken in 1974. U.S. fishermen will be allowed to net 1 million metric tons of fish this year, v. 910,000 metric tons harvested...