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BULLETIN 1399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
Table 13. Cereals, potatoes, end sugar beets: Areas in Germany, boundaries of 
in.'.;, the ceded territories, and the Soar, as compared with the Herman 
Empire, average 1909-1913 
[tern 
Former Ger- 
man Empire, 
1909 L913 
1 h rmany (boundaries 
of 1923), 190'.) L913 
( Vdnl territories and 
the Saar, 1909-1913 
208, 822 
01,<)20,OOO 
181,524 
57, 800. 000 
Per cent 
86. 9 
89.0 
27. 298 
7. 120,000 
Per cent 
13.1 
11.0 
Area: 
Cereals - 
Wheat... 
1,000 a, res 
1. 768 
1 5, 387 
707 
10,750 
4,092 
1,000 antf 
1. 028 
12,713 
706 
9, 529 
3,464 
84. 5 
82. 6 
99. 9 
88.6 
84.7 
1,000 acres 
710 
2.071 
1 
1.221 
628 
15.6 
17.4 
Rye 
Spell 
Oats 
11.4 
15 3 
Barley... 
Total cereals... 
35,704 
8, 25 1 
30, 440 
6, 775 
1,075 
85. 3 
82.1 
79. 5 
5,264 
1,476 
278 
14 7 
Potatoes. _ 
17 9 
Sugar beets 
i 1,363 
20.5 
J One year only; sugar year 1912-13. 
Table 14. — Cereals, potatoes, and sugar beets: Production in Germany, boundaries 
of 1928, the ceded territories, and the Saar, as compared with the German Empire, 
average 1909-1918 
Crop 
Former < h rman Em- 
pire, 1909-1913 
Total pro- 
duction 
Per 100 in- 
habitants 
Germany (boundaries 
of 1923), 1909-1913 
Total pro- 
duction 
Per 100 in- 
habitants 
Ceded territories and 
the Saar, 1909-1913 
Total pro- 
duction 
Per 100 in- 
habitants 
Cereals: 
Wheal 
Rye 
Spell 
Oats 
Barlej 
1,000 bus. 
1 52, 1 1 9 
445, 222 
23. 529 
591,996 
158,517 
Bushels 
234. 3 
685. 7 
36. 2 
911.8 
244.2 
1,000 bus. 
131,274 
368, 337 
23.497 
527, 1 78 
133,787 
Bushels 
227. 1 
637.3 
40. 6 
912.1 
231.5 
1,000 bus. 
20, 845 
70. 885 
32 
04, MS 
24, 730 
Bushels 
292 5 
1,078 9 
.5 
909. o 
347.0 
Total cereals 
Potatoes . 
Sugar 
1,371,383 
1,681,959 
1,000 short 
tons 
■ 18,345 
2, 112.2 
2,590.6 
Short ton* 
28. 3 
1,184,073 
1,373,609 
1,000 short 
tons 
1 1, 079 
2, 048. 6 
2,376.5 
Short tons 
25.4 
187,310 
308,350 
IJxM) short 
tons 
3, 000 
2. 628. 5 
4, 327. 1 
Short tons 
51.4 
1 One year only; sugar year 1912-13 
POSTWAR GERMAN AGRICULTURAL SITUATION 
The most striking feature of the depression in Germany's agricul- 
ture following the World War is the decrease in the areas under crops. 
This decrease amounted to 3,958,000 acres in 1921, 4,274,000 acres 
in L922, and 3,632,000 acres in L923. (See Table 15.) 
Among the influences that have adversely affected German agri- 
culture, three general sets of factors may be mentioned: 
(1) There was a reversal of the Government policy from a protec- 
tion of the farmer before the war, making the country as nearly 
self-sufficing as possible, to a policy of favoring the industrial interests 
at the expense of the producers. This has included a reversal of the 
tariff policy, the establishment of export prohibitions, and the enact- 
menl of innumerable laws regulating the farmer's business to his 
disadvantage in the interest of the consumer, such as grain requisi- 
tions at confiscatory prices. 
