English Translation

Copy. Division II No. II/Stat. = 1137/672o Prague, 3l July 1942. To the Secretary of State Subject: Harvest prospects in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1942. The weather was dry and dry in it second June - and in the first half of July. There is 25% less rainfall than in normal years.The temperature was also much lower than the normal temperature.Since μ dry and cool weather has affected the development of cereals, i.e. summer cereals,something, root crops and futtr plants more strongly. According to the first official estimate made in mid-July 1942 by the Statistisches Zentralamt (Statistics Central Office) for the rapporteurs on seed levels and harvests, a talk of about 21 million is to be expected, i.e. 1 million dz or 5%veniger, when in the middle of June the year was chiseled on the basis of the seed levels. On the basis of the Saaenstandsnoten, the early potatoes can be expected to have an oversized yield, which is also confirmed by the harvest results of the previously carried out grubbings.A normal yield is to be expected for the late potatoes.On the other hand, the sugar beet did not develop well in the too dry and too cool weather. Their level is by lo% worse than in average jars. Meadows, pastures and forage plants have an average level. e.g.Bertsch.