GERMAN CROP RETURNS
BIG DECREASE IN THE SUPPLY i ; OF.BIVEADSTUFFS. The U.S.A. Consul-General in Berlin, reporting to Washington in November, says:— Sinoe in normal years the German' Empire does not produce enough breadstuffs and cattle food to supply its requirements, much interest lias been manifested in grain conditions. Tlio following table, taken from official statistics which have recently been published, shows the total crop production of 1914, compared with, that of 1913: a 1913. , 1914. Metric Metric Crop. ■ tons. tons. Wheat 4,655,956 3,971,995 Winter spelt... '438,469 . 370,565 Rye 12,222,394 10,426,718 ■ Total breadstuffs .... 17,316,819 14,769,278 Slimmer barley 3,673,254 3,137,983 Oats 9,713,965 .9,038,185 Total barley & ' . . oats 13,387,219 12,176,168; Potatoes 54,121,146 45,569,559 Potatoes in good condition. ... 51,828,757 ' Beets for the manufacture of sugar — 16,918,782 Clover 11,183,197 10,949,223 Lucerne .....'. 1,660,841 1,667,967 Hay 29,184,994 29,156,024 Total cattle , food 42,029,032 41,773,214 The large potato crop of Germany lias_ helped to make up for the lack of grain. The potato crop was conserved, find utilised by careful legislation.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2664, 8 January 1916, Page 8
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