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From Table 2 it is seen that the per capita rates of production of 
the farm crops itemized were considerably less during 1909-1913 in 
the territories now comprising the Republic than they were for the 
whole Empire, except in the case of oats, which were produced at a 
higher rate per horse in the territory of the Republic, but the follow- 
ing items .must be considered: 
Potatoes were imported into the Empire during the pre-war period 1909-1913 
at the rate of 10,874,000 bushels annually. Of this quantity only about 1,400,000 
bushels were required to cover the statistical deficit of the territories of the 
present Republic; over 9,000,000 bushels more potatoes were utilized (see Table 
38, p. 56) than were produced in the segregated districts. 
Wheat was imported at the rate of 68,700,000 bushels annually, of which about 
7,300,000 bushels were shipped to the segregated districts — particularly Alsace- 
Lorraine — to balance local deficits (see Table 22, p. 34) and the per capita disap- 
pearance was less in the territories of the Republic than in the Empire as a whole. 
Rye: The former German Empire was a rye-exporting countrv, shipping 
abroad each year (1909-1913) an average of about 25,600,000 bushels. Of this 
exportable surplus approximately 15,000,000 bushels were produced in the dis- 
tricts segregated by the Versailles treaty from the territories now composing the 
Republic. (See Table 26, p. 41.) This loss in rye is offset somew hat by the gain 
in wheat. It is probable that the net cereal loss resulting from the provisions of 
the Versailles treaty may be placed roughly at 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels. 
Barley was imported at the rate of 141,500,000 bushels annually. The segre- 
gated districts produced a small surplus (see barley situation, p. 47), which was 
shipped to the territories of the present Republic, where a quantity of barley was 
fed to livestock equivalent to the total imports of the Empire plus the small 
surplus from the segregated districts. This surplus, compared with the total 
imports, was not sufficient to affect German agriculture materially. 
Oats were imported annually at the rate of 9,700,000 bushels net. (See Table 
34, p. 51.1 It is estimated that about 600,000 bushels more than the small sur- 
plus produced in the segregated districts were required to cover the statistical 
deficit of the Saar. 
Sugar. — During the season 1912-13 Germany exported about 
1,166,000 short tons of raw sugar, of whieh approximately 400,000 
short tons originated in the segregated districts. (See Table 44, 
p. 61.) Probably about one-half of the average (1909-1913) ex- 
portable sugar surplus of 953,000 3 short tons originated in the segre- 
gated districts, which meant a corresponding loss to Germany's 
international trade balance sheet. 
Livestock. — Based upon the enumeration of animals on December 
1, 1913, and the population of 1910, the percentage difference be- 
tween livestock per 1,000 inhabitants in the territories within the 
boundaries of the Republic as compared with the Empire as shown 
below is even less than the difference in field crops. (See Table 
2, p. 5.) 
Per cent 
difference 
Horses — 5. 7 
Swine —1. 3 
Cattle -. 9 
Sheep -1.2 
Total foregoing livestock — 1. 3 
Fowls — 1. 7 
Approximating the hay consumption of sheep and goats at one- 
seventh that of mature horses or cattle, the hay supply of the live- 
stock of the Empire during 1909-1913 was on the average 2,983 
pounds per head, against 3,016 pounds per head in the territories 
now comprised within the Republic. 
» Average of .sugar season Sept. I, 1908, to Aug. 31, 1913. 
