GERMAN FARMING — I938 



Before I leave the question of crops I did obtain 

 one piece of information to the effect that Httle, if 

 any, importation of grain would be required that 

 year, and if they get a surplus it would be stored in 

 silos, and not exported as in other years of 

 plenty. 



The universal greeting " Heil Hitler " instead of 

 *' How do you do," seems uncommonly strange to 

 one from a free and easy country like old England 

 who has, as my friend remarked, a lead of some three 

 centuries in the art of democratic Government. 

 However, the fact remains that in 1933 the country- 

 side of Germany was apparently on the verge of a 

 great social upheaval and by 1 938 a sense of satis- 

 faction seemed to prevail. 



It is difficult to get away from the country's 

 politics, they are so fascinating, but then a display of 

 force generally is fascinating if a little disturbing. 

 Perhaps I shall be on firmer ground if I return to 

 the cows, these are practically all of the Friesian 

 breed and much good work is being done in grading 

 up the better milking strains. But when we took 

 a look at the sheep, which are mostly of the Hamp- 

 shire Down type, or what I saw there were, these 

 apparently were originally imported from England, 

 and are now showing signs of a lack of fresh blood. 

 Importation presented difficulties, for it is no easy 

 matter to get money out of the country for any 

 purpose. However, this I think is a short-sighted 

 policy which I believe they must find a way of 

 overcoming, and then our breed societies must get 

 busy and be ready for business. 



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