STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1865, sig. 109-5/93

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English Translation

1 Farmers do not own spring rye and wheat, and grains and oats will have only a sufficient quantity for the regular spring harvest. The Privileged Grain Selkhaft has prescribed the final quantity of cereals which the districts are obliged to supply. According to the reports of the district authorities, deliveries according to the seed data from the past years are written - which are in considerable contradiction with the actual area of the stalks in the year 1 940. The data of the reporters of the central statistical office have not been taken into account, and yields have been increased by 3 a per hectare. The deliveries will therefore be able to be carried out in full. Forcible potato deliveries could not be made as a result of the frosts. It is to be feared that a lot of potatoes froze in the rents. Feed deliveries were divided, but the farmers cannot meet them due to complete hay and straw shortages. In the district of Königgrätz, 20 % of the onions were delivered by the eight wagons required. Livestock farming suffers from a considerable lack of feed. The need for feed, mainly nuclear fuels, continues. In many cases, the blame lies in a visible distribution. In the Semil district, the two-month allocation for a dairy cow with a yield up to