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BULLETIN 1399, V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
The striking fact brought out in Table 55, page 73, is that there 
was a decrease of 198 head of livestock per 1,000 inhabitants within 
the territories of the Republic of Germany between 1913 and 1922. 
Sheep and 
increased in number. Considering cattle and swine 
there was a per capita decrease of 17.5 per cent in the case of the 
former and 39 per cent in the latter. In 1923 slaughterings were 
relatively somewhat less than in 1922, and there were consequently 
increased numbers of all classes of livestock carried over into 1924. 
At the end of 1924 the numbers of cattle and swine per capita had 
risen to 85.9 per cent of pre-war in the case of cattle and 68.7 per 
cent in the case of swine. 
Referring to Tables 60 to 62, it is seen that the German people 
since the war have been on short meat and edible fats and oil rations. 
In 1921 per capita meat rations were estimated at 98 pounds, against 
140 pounds in 1912; in 1922 they were 92, and in 1923 had fallen off 
to 78 pounds. Beginning with November, 1923, economic conditions 
in Germany began to improve, so that not only was home production 
greatly stimulated but importations were greater than before the 
war (1912) and the per capita supply increased to approximately 
106.9 pounds, or 76.4 per cent, of the pre-war ration. 
Table 60. 
Meats: Per capita supply in Germany, 1921-1924, as compared with 
1912 
Meat classification 
German 
Empire 
Germany 
(1923 
bounda- 
ries) 
Republic of Germany 
1912 
1912 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
Home produced: 
Beef 
Pounds 
32.6 
6.0 
70.9 
2.3 
. 7 
1.4 
2.5 
1.6 
t 2 
L4 
5.9 
Pounds 
31.7 
5.7 
68.7 
2.3 
.6 
1.4 
2.4 
1.5 
.2 
1.4 
6.6 
Pounds 
23.8 
4.5 
38.1 
2.2 
.7 
1.3 
1.9 
1.4 
.2 
1.3 
5.9 
Pounds 
24.6 
4.6 
37.7 
1.9 
.6 
2.0 
2.9 
1.7 
.2 
1.3 
5. 9 
Pounds 
15.0 
3.7 
32.5 
1.1 
.3 
1.3 
2.1 
1.3 
. 1 
1.3 
5.9 
Pounds 
24.9 
Veal 
5 5 
Pig 
46 1 
Mutton 
1.8 
Goat 
.4 
H orse 
.9 
Chicken .. 
2.0 
Geese . 
1. 3 
Ducks 
. 1 
Other domestic stock and game 
Fish 
1.3 
5.8 
Total 
125. 5 
122, 5 
81.3 
83.4 
64.6 
90. 1 
Imported: 
Beef and veal . 
1.3 
(>) '■ 
P) 
.3 
(') 
0) 
12.1 
2.5 
2.9 
1.1 
3.7 
! »" 
0) 
11.4 
1.8 
1.6 
.1 
(') 
(0 
5.3 
2.9 
2.3 
. 1 
(') 
(') 
8.2 
3.8 
Pig 
2.3 
Mutton 
Goat 
. 1 
.4 
. 1 
(') 
Chicken 
Geese 
. 1 
Other domestic stock and game... 
(') 
10.6 
Kish 
11.4 
Total 
14.4 
17.4 
16.3 
8.8 
13.5 
16.8 
Total -apply: 
Beef and veal 
39.9 
71.fi 
2.3 
.7 
1.4 
2.8 
1.6 
.2 
1.4 
|v 
39.9 
71.6 
2.3 
.7 
1.4 
2.8 
1.6 
.2 
1.4 
18.0 
29.4 
41.8 
3.0 
1.3 
3.3 
.2 
1.3 
17.3 
31.0 
39. 3 
2.6 
2.0 
4.6 
o 
L3 
11.2 
21.6 
34 8 
1.5 
1.3 
3.4 
. 1 
1.3 
14. 1 
34.2 
48.4 

Mutton 
2.2 

e 
9 
Chicken. 
3.4 

Ducks 
. 1 
< >ther domestic stock and game 
1.3 
16.4 
Total 
139.9 
139.8 
97.6 
92.2 
78.1 
106.9 
Note— Derived from Table 59, refer to it for notes, and for populations, see Tables 9 and 19. 
' Less than 0.05. 
