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with the increase in population, and it is probable that the per capita 
consumption has also increased materially, since potatoes have 
been substituted for wheat and rye which were both scarce and 
expensive. During the years 1921-22 and 1923-24 the quan- 
tities of domestic potatoes available for industrial purposes and for 
feeding livestock nave been considerably below the average for 
the pre-war period (1909-1913) and during 1923-24 importations 
rose to nearly 8.500,000 bushels. The season 1924-25 shows an 
increased production of 140,000,000 bushels more than the preceding 
year and it is probable that imports will decrease in volume. The 
Netherlands and Belgium will continue to ship some potatoes into 
the western provinces, where trade relationships have been long 
established: on the east, Polish territory contiguous to alcohol and 
starch manufactories will continue to ship potatoes over the boundary 
into Germany. 
Table 39. — Potatoes: Statistical balances, Germany, 1923 boundaries, 192 1-i 
1924-25, as compared with pre-war average, 1909-10 to 1913—14 
[In thousands — 000 omitted] 
to 
Unit 
Year beginning July 1 
Item 
Average 
1909-1913 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Acres ... 
Bushels . 
...do 
6,775 
6,541 
6, 725 
6,738 
6,820 
Production 
1, 373, 609 
201, 474 
960,888 
194, .531 
1, 494, 005 
199,998 
1, 197, 095 
200,300 
1,337,540 
Seed 
204,800 
...do 
...do 
...do.... 
...do 
...do 
Xet production 
Theoretical domestic requirement ». 
1, 172, 135 
491, 298 
766, 357 
518, 968 
1, 294, 007 
524, 918 
996, 795 
529,300 
1, 132. 740 
534, 000 
T heoretical surplus 
Actual net imports 
680,837 
2 1, 363 
247, 389 
1,376 
769, 089 
2,936 
467, 495 
8,478 
598. 740 
( 3 ) 
Total available _ .. 
682,200 
248, 765 
772, 025 
475, 973 
1 Based upon pre-war disappearance norm, 8.5 bushels, times population. See Table 19 for population. 
' Estimated for the Republic. 
3 Total year not Svailable. 
ORIGIN OF POTATOES IMPORTED TO COVER PRE-WAR DEFICIT (1909 -1913) 
Germany's small import and export trade in potatoes was confined 
largely to local transactions along the frontiers. On the east a few 
million bushels were shipped from Russia and Austria to near-by 
factories and distilleries, and on the west and south a few million 
bushels were shipped in from the Netherlands, Belgium, France 
Italy, and Austria. Likewise local producers snipped potatoes in 
small quantities to Austria, Switzerland, and England. (Table 40.) 
