English Translation

- 4 The agricultural area available to each of the inhabitants is decisive for the supply of food to the regions. It is evident that in the Protectorate there are about 10% more agricultural crops available than in the Old Reich and about 5% more than in Great Germany. Since the soil in the Protectorate is on average more fertile than in Germany, the possibilities for self-sufficiency in the protectorate are considerably more favourable than those in Germany. As a result of the continental climate, the area of grassland available to each loo of inhabitants is less than in the Reich. Thus, in order to feed the livestock population, more use must be made of field fodder than in Germany. However, compensation is obviously not completely possible, so that, as explained below, the benefits of the viéh stock in the Protectorate are below those of the German Reich. Table_4 The food area (beginning of 1939) (on loo inhabitants are accounted for .... (ha) Protek-Sudeten Histo-Slowa- Insge- Groß- Alt- rische deutsch- torat land Lander kei ausl Land reich 1) 2) Total area..... 70 78 73 148 87 74 69 of which: Forests........... 19 26 21 57 28 21 19 Land use 46 45 46 77 52 44 42 of which : Agricultural land.....37 33 35 46 37 29 28 Grassland ..... 9 12 10 3 14 14 13 1 Area according to the level of late March l939. 2 Including Saarland. - The six most important crops are rye, wheat, oats, potatoes, barley and sugar beet in the Protectorate. The cultivation of maize does not matter - contrary to expectations - in protectorate. It is also striking that in the protectorate the area of rye cultivation is considerably larger than the area under wheat cultivation. Table 5