UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1234 
Washington, D. C. 
April, 1924 
AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF EUROPE: 
THE DANUBE BASIN— Part I. 
By Louis G. Michael, Foreign Agricultural Economist, Bureau of Agricultural 
Economics. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
The agricultural survey of the world 1 
The Danube states defined 2 
Agricultural surpluses and deficits 4 
Trade routes 5 
The agricultural situation in Hungary 7 
General character of the country 7 
Utilisation of land 8 
Large estate versus peasant fanning 11 
Pre-war wheat balance in old Kingdom 
of Hungary 13 
Pre-war rye balance in old Kingdom of 
Hungary lfi 
Wheat and rve situation in 1922 IS 
Corn (maize) 19 
Pre-war barley balance in old Kingdom 
of Hungary 22 
Pre-war oats balance in old Kingdom of 
Hungary 24 
Pre-war potato balance in old Kingdom 
of Hungary 27 
Sugar beets.". 29 
Fodder beetsin Hungary 30 
Animal industry in Hungary 31 
Consumption norms in Hungary 37 
Appendix I— The land reform in Hun- 
gary 39 
The agricultural situation in Austria 
Austria's post-war decrease in production 
Pre-war wheat and rye balance of the old 
Monarchy 
Drawbacks toeffective agricultural opera- 
tion in Austria 
Possibilities ofincreased food production. 
Total food requirement 
Relatively heavy food imports necessary. 
Origin ofimports 
The agricultural situation in Czechoslovakia. 
Geography and population 
Utilization of the land 
The wheat and rye situation 
Post-war changesin agriculture 
Former Austrian territory 
Former Hungarian territory 
Hypothetical wheat and rye balance 
General tendencies of post-war Slovak 
farming 
Former Hungarian territory (Ruthenia). 
Conclusions 
Page. 
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THE AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF THE WORLD. 
The farmers of the United States need to know the world demand 
for the commodities which they produce for the world markets and 
the conditions under which their competitors are producing in order 
that they may adjust their production to demands and successfully 
compete with the farmers of other countries. From a national 
point of view all have a vital interest in maintaining in the United 
States a prosperous agricultural industry and therefore have a vital 
interest m the foreign demand for agricultural products and the 
competition of foreign producers in the world markets. 
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