-3-
                                                               opinions             good                 fair                  bad
                             altogether
Keeping of winter intermediate
     crops over winter . . . . .                       5,193              1239                   3172              782
 
 in %.......................................................100%           23.9%                  61.1%            15%   
         
                                                               estimates              favor-                normal         unfavor-
                              altogether              able                                        able
Weather for the produotion
of the winter intermediate
crops . . . . . . . . . . . .                       5,366                     184                   l900            3282
 
in %...........................................................100%                       3.4%                 35.4%      61.2%
 
 
                              V.
                         General Observations
A deterioration of at least 10% in the condition of the crops during the month of April is to be
counted on, because of dampness and cold. Hence the general figure for the crop condition at this
date ought to be from 3.2 to 3.3. If the weather in May also remains unfavoravle, a rather poor
crop, 3.5, to to be counted on.
     The winter damage is less than for the winter of 1939-1940; it is to be caluculated at about
35%, on the whole. The winter intermediate crops are in an average position (3).
     Thus the general picture in the Great German Reich, with the inclusion of the famed
granary of the East (the Warthe Valley, Posen to litzmannstadt), is that of a poor harvest.
     According to the general (not Statistical) reports