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This indicates that the Czechs imported considerably more wheat 
(about 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 bushels) than their normal consumption 
rate would require. 
During this same period only 2,058,000 bushels of rye were im- 
ported and about 2,000,000 bushels were available in Slovakia, 
while the. statistical requirement rye deficit was about 4,000,000 
bushels. 
It would seem that not only are the Czechs eating more but they 
are to a certain extent substituting wheat and rye for other foods. 
1922 WHEAT AND RYE SITUATION. 
The following preliminary figures indicate the present Czech bread- 
stuffs situation: 
Table 102. — Wheat and rye balance in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia, 1922. 
Crop. 
Area sown. 
Production. 
Seed. 
Net produc- 
tion. 
Food require- 
ments. 1 
Deficit. 
Wheat 
Acres. 
844,477 
1,695,248 
Bushels. 
19,849,739 
41,037,629 
Bushels. 
2,508,097 
5,407,841 
Bushels. 
17,341,642 
35,629,788 
Bushels. 
32,988,800 
41,950,044 
Bushels. 
-15,647,158 
-6,320,256 
Rye 
Total deficit. 
-21,967,414 
Same as in Table 101. 
This total statistical deficit would indicate that the imports by 
Czechs during 1922-23 would be about twice what they were from 
July 1, 1921 to June 30, 1922. 
TENDENCIES IN CZECH AGRICULTURE. 
Table 103 compares the manner in which the territories of Bohemia, 
Moravia, and Silesia were utilized in 1922 under the Czechoslovak 
Republic and the manner in which the same territory was utilized 
when part of the Austrian Monarchy during the period 1903-1912. 
Table 103. — Utilization of Czech land, average 1903-1912 and 1922. 
Item. 
Pre-war 
area 
(1903-1912). 
1922 area. 
Plow land: 
Cereals 
1,000 acres. 
6,160 
214 
150 
1,944 
65 
1,442 
1,000 acres. 
4,913 
309 
Leguminous plants 
Fiber plants 
87 
Tubers, roots, etc 
1,708 
Vegetables 
50 
Forage crops 
2,24>2 
Other crops 
11 
Fallow 
14.3 
125 
Total 
10, 120 
9,445 
Decrease from pre-war 
675 
Plow land 
10, 120 
1,748 
256 
28 
1,041 
5,709 
107 
627 
9,445 
Natural prairies 
1,898 
Gardens 
231 
Vineyards 
14 
Pastures 
1,005 
5,845 
Forests 
Lakes, marshes, etc 
153 
Unproductive 
875 
Total statistical area 
19,636 
19,466 
170 
Difference 
19,636 
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