AGRICULTURAL. SURVEY OF EUROPE. 
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The logical way for the Austrian farmer to increase his wealth was 
by building up his flocks and herds. Consequently he extended his 
animal breeding, let more land go to pasture, put in more grass for 
forage, and planted more fodder. 
The extent of the decrease in cereal production and the increase 
in forage area is brought out in Table 59, on page 48, in which the 
pre-war average 1904-1913 is contrasted with the post-war average 
1919-1921. From this table we have the following: 
Acres. 
Acreage under five cereals, 1904-1913 2, 724, 338 
Acreage under five cereals, 1919-1921 2, 103, 026 
Loss 621,312 
Acreage under forage crops, 1904-1913 2,988,674 
Acreage under forage crops, 1919-1921 3, 235, 272 
Gain 246, 598 
The acreage lost to cereals will be recovered in the future to just 
the extent that the production of wheat and other grains prove 
more profitable than the production of meat. The Austrian Gov- 
ernment is even looking forward to an increase of 25 per cent in the 
area under cereals. 
Table 61. — Yield per acre of crops in Austria, 1919, 1920, 1921, and 1922, com- 
pared with the average of 1904-1918. 
[Not including Burgenland.] 
Crop. 
1904-1913 
average. 
1919 final. 
1920 final. 
1921 pre- 
liminary. 
1922 pre- 
liminary. 
Wheat 
Bushels. 
20.1 
Bushels. 
13.8 
35.3 
12.6 
10.8 
16.4 
22.4 
20.3 
Bushels. 
14.6 
27.8 
14.1 
11.3 
18.4 
25.5 
20.8 
Bushels. 
17.3 
40.1 
17.4 
13.7 
20.6 
28.6 
22.5 
Bushels. 
16 7 
Spelt 
Rye 
21.5 
16.6 
23.3 
31.3 
23.8 
18.1 
Oats 
26.1 
23.9 
24.5 
132.5 
Short tons. 
S.6 
16.5 
83.6 
Short tons. 
6.2 
18.5 
84.9 
Short tans. 
8.0 
21.4 
93.5 
Short tons. 
5.4 
132.1 
Short tons. 
6. 1 
6.7 
1.7 
1.6 
1.4 
5.6 
1.4 
1.0 
1.0 
6.3 
1.4 
} - 
5. 5 
1.2 
1.0 
Hav, clover, etc 
1. 1 
.9 
Total forage 
1.9 
1.2 
1.4 
1.2 

1 Wheat and rve mixed. 
The decreases in yield per acre are due for the most part to lack 
of fertilizers (see page 56) and to insufficient tillage resulting from 
scarcity of labor. 
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