THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1463, sig. 109-4/1217

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- 5 Table 5 Area cultivated l938 in l000 ha Protective Sudeten Histor. Slovakia Total land countries including 375 lo 485 210 695 rye 500 270 770 160 930 barley 260 110 370 205 575 oats 365 210 575 140 715 potatoes . 350 160 510 180 069 sugar beet .. 115 18 133 20 153 Total ...... 1 965 878 2 843 915 3 758 The yields per hectare in the Protectorate - as well as in the Sudetenland - are below the German average yields, but still above those of Austria; they are approaching the Bavarian yields for example. Table 6 per hectare yields in dz/ha Protel Sudetten Histor Slowa- Deutsch- Bayern Öster- torat1 land) Länder kei 1 land (Al.treich) 2) Rich 3) Wheat ..... 20.4 17.4 19.7 13.6 21.6 18.7 15.5 rye........... 17.0 15.5 16.5 1l.0 17.2 16.2 14.2 barley.... 200 17.5 19.2 12.8 20.4 18.4 16.1 oats..... 17,0 17,0 18.0 108 19.6 13.9 potatoes.. 128 128 128 92 157.9 143.1 128.3 sugar beet 265 265 240 291.6 325.0 250.3 1) in general 1935/37. - 2) 1931/36. - 3) 1925/34. An overview of the "normal harvests" gives the following table. Normal harvests were calculated by multiplying the crops of l938 with the average yield per hectare. Table 7