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BULLETIN L399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Based upon Tables 16 and 17 is the following distribution per 
100 inhabitants (Table L9) of the areas seeded to and the production 
of the chief field crops: 
Table 19 — Cereals, potatoes, and beets: Area and production per 100 inhabitants 
in Germany, 1921 H'.,, us <'<>mp<ir<<{ with the average, 1909-1913 
Boundaries of 1923 
Crop 
Pre-war 
average, 
1909-1913 i 
192P 
1922* 
1923* 
1924 5 
Wheat: 
Acres 
6. 1 
.9 
Bushels 
198. 1 
29.0 
Acres 
5.2 
.7 
Bushels 
157.'.* 
L8.6 
Acres 
4.7 
.8 
BU8hels 
99. 2 
17.:', 
Acres 
5.0 
Bushels 
146.8 
21. 1 
5.0 
.8 
Bushels 
122.3 
19.7 
Total wheat 
7.0 
227.1 
5.9 
176.5 
5.5 
116.5 
5.9 
170.9 
5.8 
142.0 
Rye: 
21.5 
628.2 
9.1 
16.9 
.3 
432.8 
5. 6 
16.3 
.3 
329. 8 
3.8 
7.0 
.3 
416.0 
6. 1 
16.2 
.5 
349.9 
.5 
9. 1 
Total rye 
22.0 
637.3 
17.2 
438.4 
16.6 
333. 6 
17.3 
422.4 
16.7 
359.0 
Spelt 
1.2 
40.6 
.6 
18.7 
.5 
10.1 
.5 
14.1 
.5 
10.2 
Total bread cereals 
30.2 
90.5. 23. 7 
633.6 
22.6 
460.2 
23.7 
607. 4 
23.0 
511.2 
Barley: 
.2 
5.8 
8.6 
222.9 
.5 
4..', 
20.3 
145.9 
.4 
4.6 
11.2 
119.6 
.4 
4.7 
17.3 
156.9 
.4 
5.3 
15.5 
160.0 
Total barley 
6.0 
231.5 
5.1 
166.2 
5.0 
130.8 
5.1 
174.2 
5.7 
175.5 
Oats 
16.5 
912. 1 12. 8 
564.8 
12.8 
448.0 
13.3 
675.6 
13.9 
620.0 
Total cereals 
52. 7 
11.7 
2,048.6* 41.6 
2,375.6 10.7 
1, 364. 6 
1, 573. 8 
Short 
tons 
14.4 
13.6 
32.2 
40.4 
10.9 
1.7 
1.4 
3.1 
1,039.0 
2, 419. 5 
Short 
tons 
19.3 
16.6 
44. 2 
42.1 
10.8 
1.5 
1.3 
3.0 
1,457.2 
1,922.3 
Short 
tons 
15. 4 
13.0 
- 
42.6 
10.9 
1.6 
1.4 
2.9 
1,306.7 
2, 129. 
Short 
tons 
18.0 
Short 
tons 
1.6 
1.3 
3.0 
1.9 
25.4 
17. 1 
40.8 
» Population, 1910, 57,799,808. 
2 Population, 1921, 61,055,000 (estimated). 
■ illation, 1922, 61,755,000 (estimated). 
« Population, 1923, 62,275,000 (estimated). 
* Population, 1924, 62,825,000 (estimated). 
6 Upper row calculated from area and production given in Statistisches Reichsamt and lower row from 
I ) i t ■ Deutsehes Zuckerindustrie. 
No estimate for acreage available. 
8 No estimate for production available. 
The difference between German pre-war cereal production and 
the wheat, rye. spelt, barley, and oats now produced shows a falling 
off of 250,000,000 to r>40*.000,000 bushels, and sugar beets have 
dropped off at least 4.000.000 tons. The shortage in cereal produc- 
tion is due for the nios't part to the great reduction in acreage, espe- 
cially in rye. Rye acreage has been from 2,000,000 to 2.500,000 
acres below the 1000-1913 average ever since the war. Barley 
alone in L924 was up to the pre-war acreage 4 , but other cereals have 
shown greatly decreased areas. Total cereals in 1924 were 12.2 
per cent, or around 3,700,000 acres, below normal. 
GERMAN FOOD SITUATION AS AFFECTED BY VERSAILLES TREATY AND POSTWAR 
DEPRESSION 
The territorial changes attending the Versailles treaty did not 
greatly affect Germany- s cereal situation, the total effect (contrast- 
