CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF GERMAN CROPS.
Now that there is no longer any military reason for withholding the information, the "Statlstische Korrespondenz" publishes interesting data of the German harvests during the five years of war. Summed up In millions of tons, the quantities of five or the principal foodstuffs grown were as follow: — Millions of Tons. 1914.1013. 1910. 1917. 1918Wheat 2.4 2.3 I.S 1.2 1-4 Bye 8.1 7.0 6.9 5.3 0.1 Barley IS 1.3 1.6 0.9 1.1 Oats 6.0 4.0 4.7 2.4 3.0 Potatoes ... 33.0 35.5 15.4 24.7 2_a Commenting on the shrivelling of output, the journal says that the catastrophic failure of German agriculture along with the British blockade was the main cause ot the military debacle. "The bad weather, especially of 1910-17, the gradual deterioration In the working and mauagement ol farms, the degeneration in the moral of farmers, and the increasing lack of artificial manures all helped towards the final dow—f—U.'* '
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 153, 28 June 1919, Page 19
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