English Translation

31 Group II/2 Food and Agriculture Prague, 2 December 1941. l./verm e r k. Subject: Results and measures for the delivery of cereals. As in previous years, the supply of cereals was prepared this year on the basis of the harvest estimates of the Central Statistical Office. These official estimates were carried out by the harvest rapporteurs of the statistical centre and yielded the following average hectolitre yields for the four main cereals in g : ( l. forecast ) Wheat rye barley oats 14.-12.- 14.5 13.6 The 2nd crop yield was carried out under unfavourable conditions as a result of the wet weather which occurred later on. Forecasts showed a decrease to 13.5 11.4 13.5 13.3. A 4th harvest estimate was carried out after the harvest was completed. 12.4 10.6 12.1 12.3 The 6-year average was (1934 - 1939 ): 19.1 17.8 19.9 18.8 Since weather conditions were abnormal both in the past and this year, which resulted in a harvest below the previous average, lower yields per hectare are to be expected but not in the same range as in the harvest estimates, especially from the 4. The reports of the Oberlandrats, the