AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF EUROPE: GERMANY 
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Table 16. — Cereals, potatoes, and beets: Area seeded in Germany, 1921-1924, as 
compared with the pre-war average, 1909-1913 
[Thousands of acres— 000 omitted] 
Boundaries of 1923 
Crop 
Pre-war aver- 
age, 1909-1913 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 (prelim- 
inary) 
Wheat: 
Winter 
Acres 
3,522 
506 
Per cent 
11.6 
1.6 
Acres 
3,149 
412 
Per cent 
12.4 
1.6 
Acres 
2.931 
464 
Per cent 
11.7 
1.9 
Acres 
3,123 
530 
Per cent 
11.9 
2.0 
Acres 
3,143 
481 
Per cent 
11.8 
1.8 
Total wheat— 
4,028 
13.2 
3,561 
14.0 
3, 395 
13.6 
3,653 
13.9 
3,624 
13.6 
Rye: 
12,450 
263 
40.9 
.9 
10, 340 
199 
40.7 
.8 
10, 073 
164 
40.4 
. 7 
10, 577 
212 
40.3 
.8 
10, 189 
336 
38.1 
1.3 
Total rye 
12, 713 
41.8 
10,539 
41.5 
10, 237 
41.1 
10,789 
41.1 
10,525 
39.4 
Spelt 
706 
2.3 
372 
1.0 
313 
1.2 
317 
1.2 
304 
1.1 
Total bread 
cereals 
17,447 
57.3 
14, 472 
57.0 
13,945 
55.9 
14, 759 
56.2 
14,453 
54.1 
Barley: 
i 116 
3,348 
.4 
11.0 
2 306 
2,808 
1.2 
11.0 
2 257 
2,846 
1.0 
11.4 
267 
2,949 
1.0 
11.3 
265 
3,306 
1.0 
12.3 
Total barley- _ 
3,464 
11.4 
3,114 
12.2 
3,103 
12.4 
3,216 
12.3 
3,571 
13.3 
Oats 
9,529 
31.3 
7,814 
30.8 
7,912 
31.7 
8,265 
31.5 
8,712 
32.6 
Total cereals- - 
30,440 
100. 
25,400 
100.0 
24, 960 
100.0 
26, 240 
100.0 
26, 736 
100.0 
Decrease below pre- 
war average... ..- 
5,040 
16.6 
5, 480 
18.0 
4,200 
13.8 
3,704 
12.2 
Potatoes 
Sugar beets 5 - 
6,775 
6,541 
962 
821 
1,803 
6, 725 
1,031 
881 
1,939 
6,738 
947 
829 
1,869 
6,820 
975 
876 
1,809 
Sugar beets 3 
Fodder beets 
1,075 
1909-1913: Prussia Konigliches Statistisches Landesamt, Statistik der Landwirtschaft, 1909-1913 
(Preussiscne Statistik, no. 221, 225, 230, 235, 240.) 
1921: Germany. Statistisches Reichsamt Vierteljahrshefte zur Statistik des Deutschen Reichs. 
1922, 1923, 1924: Germany. Statistisches Reichsamt, Jan. 7, 1925. 
i Estimate for 1913 only. No basis for an estimate for earlier years. 
2 Estimate made in the Statistisches Reichsamt. 
3 Upper row of figures from Statistisches Reichsamt and lower row from estimates of Die Deutsche Zuck- 
erindustrie, exclusive of area for seed beets. 
* Xo estimates available 
