English Translation

2a to ensure that the regulations adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and the Bohemian-Moravian Association of Poultry, Eggs and Honey are complied with by the authorities and the population, Dr. As explained above, E-kold, who was informed both by the agricultural experts working with him and by the meeting with myself, was informed that these orders were directed by the Office of the Imperial Protector to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, any expert criticism. The orders given are based on the assumption that only the poultry (chickens, geese, ducks) which has its own natural basis for feeding should be kept. In the case of geese I have offered the early fattening and caused the ban on stews. Furthermore, on 30.9.1942 only so many geese and ducks may be kept by each keeper as at the same time as the previous year. In this way, I can achieve that geese farming is placed on the grazing of grass and lawns and that the stubble fields can be guarded with geese after harvesting. I do not understand how the rapporteur concludes that the arrangements would prevent the exploitation of grasslands and stubblefields. The reference to the conditions in Belgium and Holland, which I myself have drawn up in the discussion with the rapporteur, is also completely absurd: in order to prevent and in good time steer such a disastrous development in the Protectorate for the preservation of poultry farming, I first restricted poultry farming in the case of geese and ducks. As is well known, the poultry' feed consumption is very high. For 1 chicken, about 12o g of food is to be reckoned with daily next to the pasture. One half of this is grain feed and the other half is soft food (potatoes, bran, feed flour, etc.). It is clear that the poultry are already a sensitive competitor for human nutrition in the composition of their feed. The ratios are such that approximately 9 million chickens consume about 400,000 tonnes of fodder per year, of which about half is grain fodder. For a quantity of 72,000 tonnes of bread grain calculated for the war year I942/43, the quantity to be taken into account for chicken poultry alone at grain fodder is very considerable. Forage consumption for geese and ducks is about double - 2 - 11545