English Translation

The Head of Division V Prague, 4 October 1943 No. V/Stat. - 1304/6721 Strictly vertraulid. a An - bon 4 Obergruppenführer Staasminister Frank S Subject: The harvest results in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Grain harvest:According to the third cereal harvest forecast, which the Central Statistical Office based on the at the beginning of September the year before. In the absence of any incident, however, it is to be expected that the rapporteurs will further increase their estimates in the final determination of the harvest. For the collection of bread grain harvests and the estimation of the supply quotas for fodder cereals, the Central Statistical Office transmits to the district heads continuous results of production by region, this year also for the first time by communes. Pulse fruit harvests of meal pods were harvested almost 10 %, and feed pods harvested about 20 % less than in the previous year. In the case of legumes, this is the result of slightly less yield per hectare, in the case forage crops, it is also a consequence of the considerable reduction in the area under cultivation. Oil crops are more than $2 times higher at about 64 000 tonnes than in the previous year and about $3 times higher than in 1939/42 on average. This considerable increase in the oil crop is a consequence of the expansion of the oil-fruit production from about 30 O00 ha in 1942 to about 90 000 ha in 1943. The yields per hectare are partly significantly below the previous year's and average yields due to drought and animal pests. Root crops: The root crops have suffered greatly under the constant drought. They are about 30 to 40 % worse than in normal years. The harvest prospects of sugar beet can improve if soon abundant