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feathers) were used to fill pillows. An “American Turkish maize ginning
machine” was also known (Khackl 1845, 60).
Table 1. Cultivation and yields of cereals, legumes and root crops, as well as potatoes,
in Carinthia, 1830
Crop Yields Cultivation Share in the Yields in
in tons in hectares cultivated area in kilograms per
Rye
Oats 35,875 45,459 percent hectare
Buckwheat 22,871 32,289 35.1 788
Wheat 7,279 18,320 24.9 707
Barley 10,505 13,736 14.1 397
7,949 9,262 10.6 764
Maize 7.1 773
Millet 4,485 2,742
Mixed cereals 1,891 2,275 2.1 1.636
Foxtail millet 1,465 1,908 1.8 831
Linseed 511 556 1.5 766
Beets 123 381 0.4 919
Potatoes 8,034 1,705 0.3 322
Lentils 3,391 510 1.3 4.712
Beans 160 310 0.4 6.649
133 115 0.2 516
Collectively 0.1 1.156
104,673 129,568
100.0 808
Source: Zeloth 2013, 148.
The pre-March period was a time of upheaval in the everyday liv-
ing habits. The results of the cadastral estimates show that the cultivation
of maize was increasing throughout the province. In Upper Carinthia,
it had penetrated into the mountain valleys. In parts of the Möll Valley
and the Lesach Valley it was used as food, although in very small quan-
tities. In 1834, the estimates for the Franciscean Cadastre stated that the
main food of the population of the Lesacht Valley was polenta. It was pre-
pared less with maize and more with barley or oats. Maize was cultivated
only to a very small extent (Neumann 1997, 205). Not much had changed
there, compared to the eighteenth century, because of the lack of popula-
tion pressure.
The centres of maize cultivation with yields of 100 kilograms and
more per capita and per year were the Lower Gail Valley, the area around
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feathers) were used to fill pillows. An “American Turkish maize ginning
machine” was also known (Khackl 1845, 60).
Table 1. Cultivation and yields of cereals, legumes and root crops, as well as potatoes,
in Carinthia, 1830
Crop Yields Cultivation Share in the Yields in
in tons in hectares cultivated area in kilograms per
Rye
Oats 35,875 45,459 percent hectare
Buckwheat 22,871 32,289 35.1 788
Wheat 7,279 18,320 24.9 707
Barley 10,505 13,736 14.1 397
7,949 9,262 10.6 764
Maize 7.1 773
Millet 4,485 2,742
Mixed cereals 1,891 2,275 2.1 1.636
Foxtail millet 1,465 1,908 1.8 831
Linseed 511 556 1.5 766
Beets 123 381 0.4 919
Potatoes 8,034 1,705 0.3 322
Lentils 3,391 510 1.3 4.712
Beans 160 310 0.4 6.649
133 115 0.2 516
Collectively 0.1 1.156
104,673 129,568
100.0 808
Source: Zeloth 2013, 148.
The pre-March period was a time of upheaval in the everyday liv-
ing habits. The results of the cadastral estimates show that the cultivation
of maize was increasing throughout the province. In Upper Carinthia,
it had penetrated into the mountain valleys. In parts of the Möll Valley
and the Lesach Valley it was used as food, although in very small quan-
tities. In 1834, the estimates for the Franciscean Cadastre stated that the
main food of the population of the Lesacht Valley was polenta. It was pre-
pared less with maize and more with barley or oats. Maize was cultivated
only to a very small extent (Neumann 1997, 205). Not much had changed
there, compared to the eighteenth century, because of the lack of popula-
tion pressure.
The centres of maize cultivation with yields of 100 kilograms and
more per capita and per year were the Lower Gail Valley, the area around
124
