78 BULLETIN 1300, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
In 1912 the general domestic per captia production of meat and 
fat supplies in the territories now constituting the Republic was some- 
what less than in the Empire as a whole. This was due to a greater 
density of population in the boundaries of the Republic than in the 
Empire, rather than to any marked difference in potential meat pro- 
duction between the territories ceded and those that remained to 
Germany. The decreases in per capita supply of meats and meat 
products are, approximately, 3 pounds of meat, 0.2 pound fats 
(except butter), 0.3 pound butter, 1.7 eggs, and 1.1 gallons of milk. 
In recent years the Republic of Germany has imported cattle, 
sheep, and swine from Memel, cattle and swine from Poland and cattle 
from Danzig, which is probably a continuation of trade relationships 
between shipping organizations in these districts and buying concerns 
in the interior that were established under the former Empire. 
These imports from the eastern ceded districts haye exceeded the 
exports of cattle, sheep, and swine to the Saar district. Taking all 
factors into consideration, it is probable that in 1912 the per capita 
meat requirement of the territories now comprised within the Republic 
of Germany was somewhat greater than the ayerage requirement of 
the Empire as a whole. The territory of the Republic consumed all of 
its locally produced meats and about 190,000,000 pounds in addition; 
the equivalent of the total imports of.meat and live animals intended 
for slaughter into the Empire as a whole plus shipments of meat and 
live animals from the districts that were ceded to surrounding 
countries. The effect of the Versailles treaty was to increase some- 
what (2 to 3 per cent) the burden of German meat and fat imports. 
POSTWAR MEAT AND FAT SITUATION IN GERMANY 
In order to compare post-war with pre-war conditions in the 
Republic of Germany, an approximate numerical expression of the 
Republic's meat supplies is essential. Lacking data as to the probable 
shipments of the ceded districts to the interior, the average per 
capita meat supply of the Empire has been employed in approxi- 
mating the total meat supplies available in the territory of the 
Republic in 1912, and the difference between total supply and local 
production is considered to be the quantity imported. (See Table 
59.) This gives an approximate figure with which to compare post- 
war data. 
