English Translation

35 BOHMISCH-MACHRICH ASSOCIATION FOR CAPITAL AND STARKE. PRAG II.. GRUBE NO. CESKOMORAVSKY SVAZ PRO BRAMBORY A ŠKROB. PRAHA II. JÁMA CÍSLO 1 5 December1. ilst naseho dopisu zo dne obtained documents from the Ministry of Agriculture, which was able to obtain an overall picture of potato needs. The documents made available to us by the Ministry of Agriculture now show that the compulsory delivery required by the association can be reduced from 140.ooo wagons to cca. llo.oOO wagons. Therefore, the purchase in Bohemia amounted to from l./9. to l5.00./ll. .................................................40,807 wagons together .............56.875 wagons By the working and processing industry were further bought up by the end of October .............6.545 so that a total purchase of ..... 63,420 wagons results. It should also be noted that the potato purchase and thus the securing of the potato supply of the population in this year was extremely difficult due to the extremely unfavourable weather conditions. The early appearance of frosts, lack of wagons, shortage of petrol, lacks of cars and in some cases shortages of workers had an extremely inhibiting effect, all the more so when the entire potato harvest started late. Nevertheless, with the exception of very small remnants, it has been possible to carry out the unreservedly high potato purchase in the short period of time available and thus to ensure the supply of the population in the intended way. As far as the needs of the people are not yet fully guaranteed, even now further sand are brought. In the case of the purchase by food and 1 since the purchase of the goods and services in the form of a monthly: