66 BULLETIN 1234, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 81. — Yearly production and consumption of food in Austria — Continued. 
Article. 
Consump- 
tion. 
After the war (1919-1921). 
Domestic produc- 
tion. 
Required 
import. 
Proposed for 1922-1926. 
Consump- 
tion. 
Domestic produc- 
tion. 
Required 
import. 
Flour 
Rolled barley, etc . 
Beans, peas, etc... 
Potatoes 
Sugar 
Meat 
Cooking fat 
Butter 
Milk, 1,000 gallons. 
Eggs, millions 
Short tons, 
567,685 
60, 627 
101, 412 
1, 215, 837 
101.412 
202,823 
40,785 
34, 171 
207,373 
319 
Short tons. 
270,885 
33, 069 
4,691 
397, 551 
11,814 
127. 221 
19. 602 
23, 369 
162. 993 
222 
Per cent 
of require- 
ment. 
47.7 
54.5 
4.6 
32.7 
11.6 
62.7 
48.1 
68.4 
78.6 
Short tons. 
296,800 
27, 558 
96, 721 
817, 286 
89, 598 
75, 602 
21,183 
10,802 
44,381 
97 
Short 
tons. 
1,116,630 
36, 376 
92, 593 
i; 488, 105 
143, 299 
286, 598 
57, 320 
57,320 
305, 116 
455 
Short 
tons. 
692, 135 
55, 115 
16, 976 
878, 022 
55, 291 
166, 304 
24,535 
26, 014 
259, 943 
315 
Per cent 
ofrequire- 
ment. 
62.0 
151.5 
18.3 
59.0 
38.6 
58.0 
42.8 
45.4 
So. 2 
69.2 
Short 
tons. 
424, 495 
"To.'ei? 
610, 083 
SS, 008 
120, 294 
32, 785 
31,306 
45, 173 
140 
Article. 
Government plan for future yean 
Consump- 
tion. 
Flour 
Rolled barley, etc 
Beans, peas, etc 
Potatoes 
Sugar 
Meat 
Cooking fat 
Butter 
Milk 1,000 gallons' 
Eggs millions 
Short 
tons. 
256, 622 
39,6S3 
94, 798 
636, 916 
157, 629 
378, 089 
79, 366 
79,366 
3S8, 330 
600 
Domestic produc- 
tion. 
Short 
tons. 
1,064,822 
66, 138 
25,077 
1,382,284 
84, 822 
284, 580 
40,693 
32, 408 
388, 330 
480 
Per cent 
ofrequire- 
ment. 
84.7 
166.7 
26.5 
84.4 
53.8 
75.3 
51.3 
40.8 
100.0 
80.0 
Required 
import. 
Short 
tons. 
191, S00 
69, 721 
254,632 
72, 807 
93,509 
3S,673 
46,958 
120 
RELATIVELY HEAVY FOOD IMPORTS NECESSARY. 
Before the war the area now comprising the Republic of Austria 
imported 53.5 per cent of the flour, 84.2 per cent of its beans and peas, 
53.8 per cent of its meat, 15.3 per cent of its milk, and 47.1 per cent of 
its eggs consumed within the country. During the 3-vear post war 
period terminating in 1921 these percentages of imports nad somewhat 
fallen off although production had decreased. This was due to the 
fact that the people had reduced their food consumption about one- 
third of normal. 
When normal food consumption is resumed after at least another 
four years, it is the aim of the Government to have so increased pro- 
duction that the imports will be reduced to 15.3 per cent of the flour, 
73.5 per cent of beans and peas, 15.0 per cent of the potatoes, 46.2 per 
cent of the sugar, 48.7 per cent of the cooking fat, 59.2 per cent of the 
butter, and 20 per cent of the eggs consumed within the country. 
This means that the Austrian Republic, through its agricultural 
reforms, expects to so raise production that the amounts of the yearly 
imports of Foodstuffs will be greatly reduced below pre-war averages. 
tlie figures in the Last column of Table 81 take into consideration 
a possible increase in population to 7,150,000. But they do not take 
into consideration I be higher standard of living that has been adopted 
by the Austrian peasants and the working men in the industrial cen- 
tere. It is too early to predict numerically the effect of this demand 
