AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF EUROPE : GERMANY 
95 
In 1924 the potato crop was normal and the numbers of swine per 
1.000 inhabitants increased to 268. It is expected that the swine 
density will tend to return to Germany's pre-war normal. 
Table 79. — Swine: X umber in Germany, 1921—1924, as compared with 1913 l 
*• 
Item 
Unit 
Boundaries of 1923 
1913 
1922 
1924 
Thousands.. 
do .. 
22,533 
14, 678 
7,855 
34.9 
238 
15,832 
6,701 
29.7 
254 
16,844 
5,689 
Percentage of drop.. . - 
Per cent 
. - 
Per 1,000 inhabitants '■ 
Number 
390 
268 
i Census as of Dec. 1. 
2 In 1923 the livestock census was taken on Oct. 1. The Dec. 1 figure is obtained by subtracting from 
17,308,000 the slaughtering during October and November. 
5 For populations see Table 19. 
FOREIGN TRADE IN SWINE 
Russia was Germany's chief source of supply for live pigs before the 
war with a relatively insignificant importation from other countries. 
(Table 80.) 
Table 80. — Swine: Foreign trade l of the German Republic, 1921-22 to 1923-24, 
compared with that of the Empire, 1909-10 to 1913-14 
Year beginning July 1 
Country 
Average 
1909-1913 
1921 
1922 
1923 
Yugoslavia 
Nu ruber 
Number 
+150,284 
( 2 ) 
+41, 082 
+15, 112 
+13, 402 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
+6, 624 
+4, 084 
+2,237 
+962 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
-23, 938 
+12, 034 
Number 
+1, 705 
( 2 ) 
+39, 926 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
+72 
+3, 578 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
-6, 867 
+30 
Nu mber 
( 2 ) 
Russia .. 
Memel . ... 

+120, 200 
( 2 ) 
+24, 071 
( 2 ) 
Poland 
Rumania 
( 2 ) 
-9,902 
} -807 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
Switzerland 
Austria 
Hungary 
Denmark 
Esthonia, Latvia, and Lithuania 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
Czechoslovakia- 
( 2 ) 
France... 
Great Britain . . 
+89 
+28 
+21 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
Netherlands 
(2) 
Saar district- . 
(2) 
Other countries 
+1,066 
+99, 915 
Total 
+110,695 
+221,883 
+38,444 
+123,986 
Germany, Statistisches Reichsamt (formerly Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt), Monatliche Nachweise 
fiber den Auswartigen Handel Deutschlands. 
1 Net imports are indicated by (+) and net exports by (— ). 
2 If any, included in other countries. 
There was a drop in swine importations during 1922-23, probably 
due to currency fluctuations, but the average importation of swine 
into the Republic (1921-1924) is well up to the pre-war average 
importation of the Empire. 
In addition to the considerable number of live pigs, Germany 
imported before the war an average of about 28,000,000 pounds of 
fresh and simply prepared pork. These importations were chiefly 
from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Russia. The United States 
