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BULLETIN 1234, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 74. — Production and yield per acre of crops in Austria, 190J+-1921, and 
Government plans for the future. 
Before the war 
average, 
1904-1913, 
During the war 
average, 
1914-1918. 
After the war 
average 
1919-1921. 
Proposed 
1922-1926. 
Estimated 
maximum. 
Crop. 
Produc- 
tion. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Produc- 
tion. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Produc- 
tion. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Produc- 
tion. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Produc- 
tion. 
Yield 
per 
acre. 
Wheat 
Rve 
Bushels. 
9,321,784 
21,758,615 
Bush . 
20.1 
21.5 
Bushels. 
6.958,820 
13,642,931 
Bush. 
16.1 
15.4 
Busheh. 
5,692,560 
10,943,067 
Bush. 
15.3 
14.7 
Bushels. 
13,779,000 
25,983,000 
Bush. 
22.3 
23.9 
Bushels. 
19,841,000 
39,368,000 
Bush. 
26. S 
31.9 
Total 
bread 
grains.. 
31,0S0,399 
21.1 
20,601,751 
15.7 
16,635,627 
14.9 
39,762,000 
23.3 
59,209,000 
29.9 
Barley 
Oats 
Corn 
7,729,879 
25,173,776 
2,708,509 
23.3 
31.3 
23.8 
5, 412, 293 
18.897,556 
3,137,618 
19.0 
24.8 
25.5 
4,575,528 
16, 196, 450 
2,254,937 
IS. 6 
25.6 
21.2 
10,417,000 
30,809,000 
4,803,000 
26.0 
36.2 
31.8 
16,534,000 33.5 
44,092,000 44.6 
7,165.000 41.4 
Total 
fodder 
grains.. 
35,612,164 
28.5 
27,447,467 
23.5 
23,026,915 
23.4 
46,029,000 
32.9 
67,791,000 
41.0 
Beans, peas, 
626, 474 
44,529,245 
Short tons. 
276, 236 
1,233,804 
' 768,744 
14.6 
132.5 
Short 
tons. 
8.6 
6.7 
„ 
422,916 
37,696,455 
Short tons. 
239, 442 
845,310 
740,580 
12.9 
107.8 
Short 
tons. 
9.0 
5.8 
1.6 
282,924' 14.1 
970,000 
60,626,000 
Short tons. 
485,000 
1,587,000 
893,000 
18.0 
148.6 
Short 
tons. 
9.0 
8.0 
2.0 
1,378,000 22.2 
Potatoes 
Sugar beets . . 
Fodder beets. 
Hay, clover, 
etc 
25,111,752 
Short tons. 
110,018 
563,859 
562,006 
87.8 
Short 
tons. 
6.6 
5.8 
1.4 
90,756,000 
Short tons. 
744,000 
3,086,000 
1,323,000 
193.5 
Short 
tons. 
11.1 
2.7 
Artificial 
meadows... 
Natural 
meadows... 
356,263 1.4 
3,400,044 1.6 
367,000 1.2 
3,194,653 1.4 
300,000 .9 
2,600,000, 1.1 
3S6,000 1.6 
4,056,000 l.S 
551,000 2.2 
4,712,000 2.0 
Total hay 
( all' 
kinds) . 
4,525,051 
1.6 4,302,233 
1.4 
3,462,006 
1. lj 5,335,000' 1.8 6,586,000[ 2.1 
Straw (all 
kinds) 
3,333,906 
Pounds. 1 
732,081,522 
Gallons. 
2, 900, 597 
! 
2,160,199 
1,960,551 
Pounds. 
423,327,292 
Gallons. 
856,332 
4,230,000 4 944 000 
Fruit 
Pounds. 
619,272,140 
Gallons. 
2,613,244 
! Pounds. \ 
771.610.000 
Pounds. 
1,543,220,000 
Gallons. | 
3 904 000 
Gallons. I 
2 603 000 
' 
Taking cereals as an index, the Government plans not only to 
increase greatly the areas under cultivation, but also to increase 
production per acre at least 40 per cent above pre-war levels. 
This is a heavy program that can be carried into effect only by 
concerted action by the Austrian Government and the Austrian 
farmer. 
The farmer must have credits to enable him to get the necessary 
fertilizers and to bring his equipment of farm implements up to an 
efficient modern standard. 
There must be an active land reform, not a splitting up of big 
estal '■ into small holdings, as in the case in many parts of south- 
eastern Europe, but the concentration of the minute 4 strips of land 
owned by one man into a few units that can be effectively operated 
with modern farm implements. 
All this i^ within the realm of the possible, but requires time and 
capital to bring it into reality. Kven if the ideal i< not attained 
