AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF EUROPE. 
59 
The actual survey of the fields showed the total area of the com- 
munity to be 579 acres. The number of fields are reduced from 690 
to 119, a reduction of 83 per cent. The average size of each field 
was increased to about 5 acres. 
Only by doing away with this absurd system of land tenure can 
Austria hope to bring her production up to maximum. 
AUSTRIA PLANS TO INCREASE CROP PRODUCTION. 
The Austrian Government is keenly alive to the needs of the 
present situation and a campaign is planned to bring production up 
as high as possible in an effort to meet internal requirements. This 
campaign includes use of better seed and fertilizers, and it also 
includes an active land reform which will increase the size of indi- 
vidual fields so that they can be cultivated effectively. Tables 73 
and 74 contrast the previous performance (before the war, during 
the war, and immediately after the war) with what Austria hopes 
to accomplish in the next five years, and the highest to which the 
farmers can probably attain. These high points may not be at- 
tained in practice, but they at least fix the maximums set by the 
experts of the Austrian Government. 
Table 73. — Areas seeded in Austria in past years and proposed seedings of various 
crops, 1904- 
Crop. 
Before 
the war, 
1904-1913. 
Total 
tided 
land.i 
During 
the war. 
1914-1918. 
Total After 
tilled the war, 
land.i|1919-192l. 
1 
Total Proposed, 
tilled for 
land.i 1922-1926. 
1 
Total 
tilled 
land.i 
Highest 
attain- 
able. 
Total 
tilled 
land.i 
Wheat 
Acres. 
463, 312 
1,010,700 
Per 
cent. 
10.1 
22.1 
Acres. 
430, 201 
885.606 
Per 
cent. 
9.5 
19.7 
Acres. 
373, 256 
744, 593 
Per 
cent. 
8.3 
16.5 
Acres. 
618,000 
1,087,000 
Per 
cent. 
12.4 
21.8 
Acres. 
741,000 
1,236,000 
Per 
cent. 
14.9 
Rye 
24.8 
Total bread 
grains 
1,474,012 
32.2 
1,315,807 
29.2 
1,117,849 
24.8 
1,705,000 
34.2 
1,977,000 
39.7 
Barley 
331,114 
805, 546 
113,666 
7.2 
17.6 
2.5 
285, 648 
758, 844 
123, 056 
6.3 
16.8 
2.7 
246, 318 
632, 702 
106, 157 
5.5 
14.0 
2.4 
400,000 
850,000 
151, 000 
8.1 
17.1 
3.0 
494,000 
988,000 
173,000 
9.9 
Oats 
19.8 
Corn 
3.5 
Total fodder 
grains 
1, 250, 326 
27.3 
1, 167, 548 
25.8 
985, 177 
21.9 
1, 401, 000 
28.2 
1,655,000 
33.2 
Beans, peas, etc 
Potatoes 
42, 995 
336, 056 
32,123 
185,325 
442, 309 
247, 100 
2,113,940 
.9 
7.3 
4^0 
9.7 
32,864 
350, 141 
26, 687 
145, 789 
4.52, 440 
303, 439 
2,322,740 
7^8 
.6 
3.2 
10.1 
20,015 
285,913 
16, 785 
96, 859 
414,042 
326, 666 
2, 396, 870 
.4 
6.3 
.4 
2.2 
9.2 
54,000 
408,000 
54,000 
198,000 
445,000 
247,000 
2,273,000 
1.1 
8.2 
1.1 
4.0 
8.9 
62,000 
469,000 
67,000 
247,000 
494,000 
247,000 
2, 348, 000 
1.2 
9.4 
Sugar beets 
1.3 
Fodder beets 
Hay, clover, etc 
Artificial meadows 2 . 
Natural meadows 2 . . 
5.0 
9.9 
Total forage... 
2,803,349 
3, 078, 619 

3, 137, 578 
2, 965, 000 
3, 089, 000 
1 These percentages are copied, with slight adjustments, from the original data furnished by Court Coun- 
cilor Thalruaver. The base figure for total tilled land is not given in the original. 
2 Not tilled laud. 
