AGRICULTURAL, SURVEY OF EUROPE. 
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that is investigating the lands of southern Yugoslavia that were 
until recent years in the hands of the Turks. 
During the past two years there has been a general increase in 
cultivated land and a decrease in marsh lands, due no doubt to the 
fact that the seasons of 1921 and 1922 have been drier than 1920, and 
therefore low-lying lands were plowed. One million nine hundred 
thousand acres more productive land are reported in 1922 than in 
1920. This is for the most part an increase in meadows and pasture. 
However, taking into consideration the fact that a great part of 
Yugoslavia's records were destroyed during the war and that the 
entire crop-reporting service of the country has had to be reorganized 
from the very foundation, it is realized even by Yugoslavian officials 
that most of the following statistics are "sketchy," to say the least. 
They should be accepted only in the most general way. 
THE CEREAL SITUATION. 
The cereal crops for which comparable data have been obtained 
are wheat, rye, barley, oats, and corn. The acreage harvested for 
each of these cereals is shown in Table 121 for 1920 and 1921 as 
compared with the pre-war average: 
Table 121. — Area harvested in Yugoslavia, pre-war and 1920-1922. 
Crop. 
Pre-war. 
1920 
1921 
19221 
Wheat 
1,000 
acres. 
3,982 
732 
Per 
cent. 
33.4 
6.1 
1,000 
acres. 
3,560 
578 
Per 
cent. 
33.6 
5.5 
1,000 
acres. 
3,699 
461 
Per 
cent. 
34.5 
4.3 
1,000 
acres. 
3,669 
487 
Per 
cent. 
34.1 
Rye 2 
4.5 
Total bread cereals 
Barley 
4,714 
1,058 
1,358 
4,786 
39.5 
8.9 
11.4 
40.2 
4,138 
926 
1,029 
4,485 
39.1 
8.8 
9.7 
42.4 
4,160 
910 
1,003 
4,646 
38.8 
8.5 
9.4 
43.3 
4,156 
927 
966 
4,706 
38.6 
8.6 
Oats 
9.0 
43.8 
Total 5 cereals 
11,916 
100.0 
10, 578 
1,338 
100.0 
""ii.2" 
10, 719 
1,197 
100.0 
"iofo* 
10, 755 
1,161 
100.0 
Decrease below pre-war 
9.7 
Potatoes 
504 
39 
516 
41 
532 
48 
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Report Consul K. S. Patton, Belgrade, June 11, 1923. 
s Includes maslin. 
In 1920 the areas from which cereals were harvested were 11.2 
per cent below the pre-war average. The estimated harvested area 
in 1922 is only 9.7 per cent below pre-war. If this estimate proves 
to approximate the truth, the territories comprising the Kingdom of 
Yugoslavia will have recovered from the disrupting influences of the 
war more rapidly than any other of the States of the Danube Basin. 
Table 122. — Production in Yugoslavia, pre-war and 1920-1922. 
Crop. 
Pre-war. 
1920 
1921 
1922 1 
Wheat 
1,000 bush. 
62,024 
9,004 
1,000 bush. 
43,011 
6,507 
1,000 bush. 
51,809 
5,813 
1,000 bush. 
44,400 
4,561 
Rye a 
Total bread cereals 
71, 028 
20, 229 
33,516 
111,897 
49, 518 
11,699 
22, 242 
101, 136 
57, 622 
13, 378 
18,907 
73,788 
48, 961 
Ba rley 
11,069 
18,272 
Oats 
Corn 
89. 136 
Total 5 cereals 
236, 670 
184,595 
52, 993 
163, 695 
73, 893 
167, 438 
70, 150 
Decrease from pre-war 
Potatoes 
41,078 
226 
208 
31, 100 
Sugar beets short tons 
34") 
Report Consul K. S. Patton, Belgrade, June 11, 1923. 
'Includes maslin. 
