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Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, and Holland. Since the war 
Russia has dropped out entirely. Imports from Argentina in 1921-22 
were not quite two-thirds the pre-war purchases, and in the last two 
years they have dropped to 8 and 10 per cent of pre-war. 'Neighboring 
countries, which used to take small quantities of oats, reexported 
from Germany, have been shipping oats to Germany since the war. 
In 1923-24 imports from all countries were insignificant and exports 
predominated. 
The United States has usually been one of the minor sources of the 
German oats supply. In 1922-23 Germany took between two and 
three times the usual quantity from the United States, owing to the 
short crop and consequent small surplus in Argentina. In 1923-24, 
with Germany exporting some of her own oats, she took only 165.000 
bushels from the United States. 
STATISTICAL OATS BALANCE OF GERMANY 
Table 36 gives a comparison between the post-war production- 
consumption balance ancl the years preceding the war, based on the 
German official figures: 
Table 36. — Oats: Statistical balances, Germany, 1923 boundaries, 1921-22 to 
1924-25, as compared with pre-war average, 1909-10 to 1913-14 
[Im 
housands— 000 omitted] 
Unit 
Average, 
1909-1913 
Year beginning July ] 
Item 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Area sown. _. 
Acre 
Bushel. . 
...do 
___do____ 
___do____ 
._.do_._. 
...do 
. do 
9, 529 7. 814 
7,912 
8,265 
8,709 
527,178 344.812 
276,643 420.731 
3S9, 525 
37, 636 
Seed 
40,066 
33,768 
34, 192 
35,704 
Net production 
Theoretical domestic requirement ' 
487, 112 
496,272 
311.044 
242, 451 
481, 144 
385, 027 
494,180 
351, 889 
507,085 
Theoretical deficit 
\ctual net imports (4-; or net exports (— ). 
-9, 160 
( 2 ) 
-166, 841 
+6,253 
-238, 693 
4-7,009 
-109, 153 
-4, 377 
-155, 196 
Uncovered deficit - ... 
160,588 
231,684 113. 53(1 
1 Based upon pre-war disappearance norm. 130. 356, times number of horses. Number of horses in 1913, 
3,807,000; 1921, 3,666,000: 1922, 3,691,000; 1923, 3,791,000 (estimated); and 1924, 3,890,000, including 40,000 
military horses. 
2 Imports for Germany, 1923 boundaries, assumed to be same as the deficit. 
It is evident that since the war horses in Germany have been fed 
oats rations of about two-thirds the pre-war normal. Basing post- 
war requirement upon the pre-war normal ration, Germany has had 
during the past four years a deficit ranging from 109,000,000 to 
239,000,000 bushels yearly. Importations have not been more than 
3 to 4 per cent of the requirement. During the season 1924-25 the 
indicated deficit is 155,000,000 bushels. It is improbable that any 
considerable portion of this deficit will be imported. 
POTATOES 
The commercial potato crop in the German Republic, even during 
the post-war depression in agriculture, has been greater than that of 
any other country in tne world. During the pre-war period (1909- 
1913) almost one-half of the potato crop of the Empire was produced 
