112 BULLETIN 1399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 103. — Cereals and -potatoes: Average yield -per acre in Germany, 1878-1924 
Year 
Rye 
Wheat 
Oats 
Sum- 
mer 
Pota- 
toes 
Year 
Rye 
Wheat 
Oats 
Sum- 
mer 
Pota- 
toes 
barley 
barley 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
Bush. 
1878 
.18.6 
21.4 
37.6 
26. 7 
127.5 
1902 
24.6 
30.3 
50.1 
35.1 
199.4 
1879 
15.0 
18.7 
31.8 
23.5 
102.0 
1903. 
26.3 
29.2 
51.2 
36.3 
197.0 
1880 
13.3 
19.2 
31.5 
24. (» 
104.8 
1904 
26.3 
29.5 
46.2 
33.7 
164.1 
1881 
14.7 
It). 
28.0 
23. 6 
137.1 
1905 
24.9 
28.5 
43.6 
33.3 
216.6 
1882 
17.2 
20.8 
33.6 
25. 7 
97.3 
1906 
25.1 
30.3 
55.7 
35.2 
193.4 
1883 
15.4 
18.2 
27.6 
22. r. 
127.6 
1907. 
25.7 
29.6 
58.3 
38.2 
205.3 
14.9 
19.2 
31.4 
23.9 
122. 9 
1908 
28.0 
29.7 
50.2 
34.9 
209.3 
L88£ 
15.9 
20.2 
32.1 
24.2 
1 12. 6 
1909 
29.5 
30.5 
59.0 
39.5 
208.9 
1886 
16.6 
20.7 
85. 6 
25. 1 
128.2 
1910 
27.1 
29.5 
51.4 
34.4 
196.1 
1887 
17.4 
21.9 
31.5 
23. 7 
128.8 
1911 
28.2 
30.6 
49.6 
37.1 
153.9 
1888 
15.1 
19.5 
33.8 
24.4 
111.6 
1912 
29.5 
33.7 
54.1 
40.7 
223.4 
1889 
14.7 
18.0 
30.1 
21.4 
135.6 
1913 
30.4 
35.1 
61.0 
41.3 
235.8 
1890 
16. 1 
21.5 
35.1 
25. 5 
119.3 
1914 
26.4 
29.6 
57.4 
36.9 
200.1 
1891 
13.9 
18.4 
35.4 
25.9 
94.4 
1915 
22.7 
28.6 
36.2 
28.5 
224.7 
1892 
19.2 
23.8 
33.2 
26.6 
112.0 
1916 
23.7 
27.3 
54.2 
34.1 
133.3 
1893 
19.8 
21.8 
23.1 
22.2 
1.58.0 
1917 
20.1 
22.4 
29.1 
23.7 
203.7 
1894 
18.6 
22.6 
37.4 
27.8 
142.8 
19181 
22.2 
25.4 
40.2 
31.2 
158.9 
1895 
17.8 
21.6 
36.3 
26.5 
155.0 
19191 
22.1 
19.8 
41.9 
31.6 
146.4 
1896 
19.3 
23.2 
34.8 
25.7 
142.6 
1920 1 
18.3 
24.3 
41.9 
27.9 
171.1 
1897 
18.5 
22.5 
33.7 
25.0 
144.4 
1921 i 
25.4 
30.3 
44.1 
31.7 
146.9 
1898 
20.2 
24.9 
40.3 
28.1 
153.4 
1922 1 
20.1 
21.2 
35.0 
25.9 
222.2 
1899 
23.5 
28.4 
48.0 
33.8 
182.7 
1923 1 
24.4 
29.1 
50.9 
2 33.7 
177.7 
1900 
22.9 
27.9 
48.0 
33.4 
187.5 
1924 1 
21.4 
24.6 
44.7 
2 30.9 
196.1 
1901. 
22.4 
23.5 
44.6 
33.2 
218.1 
1 New boundaries, beginning 1918; however, the boundaries differ from year to year between 1918 and 
1924. 
2 Includes winter barley. 
Table 104. — Livestock: Number in Germany, specified years, 1873 to 1924 
[In thousands— 000 omitted] 
Year and boundary 
Horses 
Cattle 
Swine 
Sheep 
Goats 
Empire: 
1873 
3,352 
3,523 
3,836 
4,038 
4,195 
4,267 
4,345 
4,523 
4,558 
3,822 
3,807 
3,691 
15, 777 
15, 787 
17,556 
18, 491 
18,940 
19, 332 
20, 631 
20, 182 
20,994 
17, 437 
18, 476 
16,316 
16, 091 
17,296 
7,124 
9,206 
12, 174 
14,275 
16, 807 
18, 921 
22, 147 
21, 924 
25, 659 
18, 877 
22,533 
14, 678 
15,832 
16,844 
24,999 
19,190 
13,590 
10,867 
9,693 
7,907 
7,704 
5,803 
5,521 
5,188 
4,988 
5,566 
5,859 
5,717 
2,320 
1882 
2,641 
1892 
3,092 
1897 
1900... 
3,267 
1904... 
3,330 
1907 
3,534 
19121 
1913 i 
3,410 
3,548 
1923 bout; 
1912 1 
2,997 
1913 1 
3,164 
1922 2 .. 
4,140 
1923 2 
4,654 
1924 2 
3,890 
4,351 
Germany, Kaiserliches Statistisches Aral, Die Deutsche Landwirtschaft, Berlin, 1913. 
1 Prepared in the German statistisches Reichsamt, September, 1923. 
J For sources, see Table 55. 
Table 105. — Utilization of land in the Empire of Germany, 1878 to 1900 
[Thousands of acres— 000 omitted] 
Classification 
1878 
1883 
1893 
1900 
64,401 
14,613 
11,405 
331 
34,280 
8,400 
64,684 
14, 587 
8, 463 
332 
34,368 
11,062 
64,847 
14,618 
7,099 
328 
34, 487 
12, 175 
64,882 
14, 718 
6,688 
Vineyards . 
334 
34,584 
O ther woodlands 
12,388 
Total 
133, 430 
133, 496 
133, 554 
133,594 
Germany, Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt, Die Deutsche Landwirtschaft, Berlin, 1913. 
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