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Of the total area under cereals io per cent. has thus been
lost. The loss is greatest in the case of spring wheat, no less than
14.9 per cent., and next greatest in the case of rye. Relatively
little winter wheat and barley was grown in the ceded territory.
A considerable part of the ceded territory was comparatively
poor soil from the agricultural point of view. This applies in
particular to the areas ceded along the eastern frontier. For this
reason the yield per hectare in the ceded territory has been
smaller than the average for the whole of Finland, so that the
loss of crops is not quite as big as the percentual loss of arable
land. Table 2 gives the aggregate net yield (harvest minus seed)
for various crops in the whole of Finland, in the ceded territory
and in the present territory, together with the percentual loss;
the figures are in this case averages struck for the years 1935—
37. As about half of the barley grown in Finland is used for
human consumption, the barley crop has been evenly apportioned
between the separate categories »cereals for human consumption«
and »cereals for cattle feeding«.
Table 2.
Net yield tons Total whole of Finland Ceded territory Remaining territory Loss %
Winter wheat 47,032 1,608 45,424 3.4
Spring wheat 156,415 21,559 134,856 13.8
Rye 314,870 34,829 280,041 11.1
Barley /2 73,910 4,427 69,483 6.0
Cereals for human
consumption 592,227 62,423 529,804 10.5
Barley /2 73,910 4,427 69,483 6.0
Oats 630,984 57,798 573,186 9.2
Mixed crops 13,583 528 13,055 3.9
Cereals for cattle
feeding 718,477 62,753 655,724 8.7
Total cereals 1,310,704 125,176 1,185,528 9.6
Thus, of the cereals for human consumption 10.5 per cent.
is now lost, of the cereals for cattle feeding 8.7 per cent., and
of the total cereal crop 9.6 per cent.
Another important element in food production is the hay
crop. The area under hay in the ceded territory was about