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left and the land of farming by " custom and habit" is found, the 
land where great political and. economic changes make but little 
impression on peasant traditions. 
To the west of this line of demarcation in Bohemia, Moravia, and 
Silesia, that is, in the region of scientific agriculture, the manner in 
which the Czechs reacted to post-war conditions is brought out in 
Table 107. 
Table 107. — Area of cereals in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia, 1903-101 J and 
1922. 
Crop. 
Average, 1903-1912. 
1922 
Acres. 
Per cent. 
Acres. 
Per cent. 
Wheat 
861,556 
2,043,211 
14.0 
33.1 
844,477 
1,695,248 
17.2 
Rye 
34.6 
Total bread cereals 
2,904,767 
1,426,990 
1,811,695 
26,909 
47.1 
23.1 
29.4 
.4 
2, 539, 725 
876, 566 
1,444,742 
40,047 
51.8 
Barley 
17.9 
Oats 
29.5 
Corn 
.8 
Total cereals 
6,170,361 
100.0 
4,901,080 
100.0 
Decrease below pre-war normal, 1,269,281 acres. Percentage of decrease, 20.6. 
In 1922 the Czechs seeded 51.8 per cent of their cereal area to 
bread grains (wheat and rye) as compared to 47.1 per cent in 1903- 
1912, an increase of 4.7 per cent, while barley decreased 5.2 per cent. 
This is due to the relatively higher price that wheat and rye com- 
manded above the price for barley. As the area under cereals 
decreased 1,269,281 acres, due to shortage in man power, animal 
power, and high cost of fertilizers, the Czechs exercised a selective 
judgment as to which cereals to retain, favoring wheat and r}^e and 
eliminating barley. 
In Slovak territory, on the other hand, 494,000 acres went out of 
cultivation after 1919, but from Table 108 it will be seen that no 
marked indication exists that a selective judgment was exercised by 
the Slovaks as to which cereals to eliminate, such as is found in the 
cases of wheat and barley in Table 107. 
In Slovakia the areas that should be dropped from cultivation were 
governed by the laws of chance and, since the chances governing the 
seeding of each crop were about equal, the ratios at which the cereals 
were seeded in 1922 remained about what they were before the war. 
In Table 108 note the similarity of percentages from year to year. 
Table 108. — Area of cereals, potatoes, and sugar beets in Slovakia, 1911-1915, 
1920-1922. 
Crop. 
Average, 1911-1915. 
1920 
1921 
1922 
Wheat 
Acres. 
761,204 
510,444 
Pa- 
cent. 
25.7 
17.2 
Acres. 
645, 732 
501,744 
Per 
cent. 
24.4 
19.0 
Acres. 
634,303 
479, 379 
Per 
cent. 
25.0 
18.9 
Acres. 
625, 247 
476,884 
Per 
cent. 
24.0 
Rye 
18.3 
Bread cereals... 
Barley 
1,271,648 
931, 261 
551,797 
211, G09 
42.9 
31.4 
18.6 
7.1 
1, 147, 476 
781, 587 
502,273 
212, 887 
43.4 
29.6 
19.0 
8.0 
1,113,6S2 
722, S76 
477, 680 
220, 398 
43.9 
28.5 
18.9 
8.7 
1,102,131 
778, 926 
492,119 
231,765 
42.3 
29.9 
Oats 
18.9 
Corn 
8.9 
Total cereals... 
Potatoes 
2,966,315 
571,918 
165,223 
100.0 
2,644,223 
451,995 
88,524 
100.0 
2, 534, 536 
492, 890 
90,661 
100.0 
2,604,941 
503,362 
88, 469 
100.0 
Sugar beets 
