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BULLETIN L399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
barley to Germany, as a result of the expansion of barley acreage in 
that country. Russian barley exports may be expected to increase 
and those from Rumania to continue in importance, since barley is a 
favorite grain in peasant agriculture, just as wheat was the favored 
cereal on the large estates of these two countries. America's export 
of barley to Germany, though double the pre-war quantity, is not 
significant. 
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producing regions 
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of deficit production 
Average net import 9 > 732,000 
bushels 
Fig. 5. Average 1'.hw-1913 production of oats in the German Empire balanced agatnsl disappeai 
The shaded areas roughly indicate the districts in which local production exceeded local con- 
sumption ii\ about 38,059,000 bushels annually. In northwest ana a atral Germany was a region 
(roughly indicated by the unshaded areas) in winch local production fell short of supplying local 
requirements by about 17,791,000 bushi Is. The net annual deficit of the entire Empire covered by 
importations from abroad amounted to aboul 9,732,000 bushels annually. 
Germany's crop for the season of 1924-25, according to the estimate 
of January 5, is 1,780,000 bushels larger than that for last year. 
With increasing aumbers of livestock, particularly hogs, it is probable 
that Germany's demand for feeding barley will increase and with a 
stabilization of her currency her ability to purchase abroad will 
improve. But with Russia coming back into the market it is to be 
expected that Germany will turn as far as possible to her former 
source of supply to meet her future needs. 
OATS 
Oats are the chief (odder grain in Germany. Production is fairly 
uniformly distributed throughout the country. Consumption is 
centralized more in the western districts, and the surplus production 
of the east is shipped wesf to help supply the deficit 01 these districts. 
Oal production in Germany very nearly balanced consumption, 
before the war the Empire importing only about 2 per cent of its 
supply from foreign sources. 
