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• Publication Date: January 31, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASP'"- ATION
CENTRAL INTEL REPORT
INFORMA Zygm
COUNTRY Czeaboslovakia
SUBJECT Economic
HOW
PUBLISHED Nerapapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Prague
DATE
PUBLISHED September, October 1948
LANGUAGE Czech
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Ar.R1CTj1?M3 AND ?QW3G IN CZ!=00LOVAUA
A ICU1d'UEAL PROM"OTIOJ -- Lidova Denokracie, lo 229, 1 Oct 48
Instead of the eltpeoted harvnt of 147,0CA carloads of wheat in 1947,
only 88,360 were ha vested, or 58 percent. Instead of the expected 128,000
carloads of rye, only 98,760 were harvested, or 77 percent of the plan. In-
stead of 916,000 carloads of potatoes, 467,776 carloads were harvested, or
about 51 percent. Instead of 483,000 carloads of sugar beets, only 2W,7
carloads were harvested, or half the expected quantity.
In livestock production, the plan was fulfilled inadequately in the first
half of 1948- thus the production of beef in Csechoslavakia in the first 6
montbe of 1948 was 46,327 tons, in contrast with the expected production of
_aver 80,000 tons, that is, only 58 percent. Produption of park was 71,382
toss Instead of the expected 135,000, that is 54 percent. Instead of. the
expected production of. over 16 minim hectaliters of *ilk, only 10 million
were prop tled, or 62 percent. As a result of the failrre of the. a iouitera7.
plea, the food industry could not fulfill its plenj the lattW fulfilled its
plan only 71.5 percent, in 1947, and 82.8 percent for the first half of 1948.
MAI31 1ARV Z IN BOLA -- 8vobodne Slovo, No 211, 10 Sep 48
In the Csooh Provinces the harvest of whsOt had been 99 percent ocspleted
on 7 SeptesEi-erjrsye, 100 percent; berla, 99 percent; cats, 911- yorcentj and
beets, 100 pecent. The following areas had a lOJ percent harvest in the
e ,sorioultural products t Benesav, Me" Eolesl.aw, lavliokuv B rod, Rrndeo
Rslove, bolin, Tabor, Uherake )gradiste, and Jihlava.
AALL PLA TnG -- Svobodne slovo,,Jo 209, 8 Sep 48
In certain pleaee in 1311a Sfai 30 and sore quintals of grain per hectare
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Vitkovice
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autumn work Lae begun in the fields. in bohemia 62 percent of the ground
has been plowed, and In Moravia, 71 percent. In Bohemia 21 percent or the
plowed land has been planted with stubble crops; in Moravia, 20 percent. In
Bohemia, 1,645 hectares have been planted with oil plants; in Moravia, 880
hectares.
HOPS HARV= -- Svobodne Slovo, No 210, 9 Sep 48
The 2948 harvest of hops was estirmted in advance ac frt* 95,000 to 10%000
light huidredveights, In the Czech Provinces 15,859 full hundredweights of hope
of provicuo years are in storage to date.
RAY RARVEST n CZSCH PROVINCES -- Ltdova Demokracie, No 232, 5 Oct 48
According to a report sent by J. Durie, Minister of Agriculture, to Prime
Minister A. Zapotooky on the progress of the harr9sting of bey and fodder, and
the autumn field work, up to 26 Bepteaber 1948, the hay harvest In the Czech
Provinces in the interior was carried out 100 percent. In tha'bordor districts,
cc? the entlrs area of 275,107 hectares, 272,867 hectares or 99.1 percent were
reaped; 272,1423 hectares. or 99 percent were harvested. In harvesting, only
2,210 uateres remained to be harvested.
By 26 Sertoober, 147,299 hectares of Iate potatoes bad been harvested, that
is, 46.2 prcont of the entire area to be harvested. On,, : housend two hondrod
bedtbreia or sugar beets, 0,0 percent, 32 hectares of chicory, 1.3 psroent, and
6,153 hectares of food beets, 5.9 percent, had alto been harvested.
Plowing is 81 percent finished in the Czech Provinces, and fall plowing, to
the extent of 552,919 hectares, which is 21.2 percent. As for winter sowing,
98,647 hectares of rye have beep.sown in the Czeoh Provinces, or 19.8 percent of
the plan; 49,589 becterec of wheat, or 10.8 percent; and 14,200 hectares cf
winter beets, or 94.6 percent.
FBRT11IZ k PRICES -. Uredni List, No 209, 5 Sep 48
The Supreaa Price Administration in a decree of 3 September 1948 establlabes
the Zollowing maximum retail prices for artif ioial fertilizer (prices are quoted
in crowns per 100 kilograms),
Calculated With added Without added
$ of substance Iron Iron
Calcareous saltpeter
15.5 N
309
312
Moravian saltpeter
20.5 N
401
404
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Calculated With added Without
Potass:.iim fertilizer. ~$ of substance iron added iron
Potr}seium salt 40 K2O 259 262
Electrolyte 40 reo 259 262
Combined fertilizer
Citrate-phosphorus 7N, 13 P2O 5 463 439
Effective 1 September 1948, the price may be raised one crown for each kilo-
meter from the place of supply.
PRODUCTION OF (MILK IN JULY -- Lidova Demnkracle, No 222, 23 Sep 48
In Czech territory in July 1948 on an average day of milking, 3.7 liters of
milk per cow were produced, that Is, 30.8 percent leas the. before the war. If one
takes into account 1,359,597 cows (officially announced 1 July 1948), and adds the
208,996 hectaliters of milk, the estimated amount need by calves, It is possible
to estimate the over-all production of milk at 1,755,393 hectalitere, a daily
average per cow of about 4.2 liters. From January to the end of July 1948, 9,059,027
hectoliters of milk were produced, that ia, 1,806,667 hectaliters less (16.6 percent)
than In 1947 for the same period. In July 1948, 868,63.3 hectolitere of milk and
77,688 kilograms of butter were delivered to milk collectors. In oomperieom with
June, this was an increase of 69,303 hectoliters or 8 percent. From January to the
and of July 1948, 4,848,969 hectoliters of milk were delivered to milk collectors,
that is, 984,170 hectaliters (16,9 percent) less than in the same period of 1947.
Of the milk produced Is July 1948, 529,977 hectoliters of milk with 2 percent fat
content were produced ljr the dairy industry, compared with-496,177 hectalitera in
June. In JILly 1948, 10,519 hectoliters of milk were delivered directly to can-
Deliveries of milk in the last third of August were not at all satisfactory.
In the Czech Provinces an the average only 86.5 Percent was delivered; this is
only an insignificant inoreaed of 0.6 percent.
MILK PRODUCTION IN LADN0 -- Uredni List, No 209, 5 Sep 48
Milk production increase's `(.62 percent in Kladno district in Jrly 1948.
PRODUCTION OF BIOS IN JULY -- Lidova Demokracie, No 222, 23 Sep 48
There ware officially 7,979,430 hand on 15 July 1948. Theme hens laid
101,761,337 eggs in Ji,ly, according to official statistics. The average collec-
tion from each hen was 12.8 eggs in July. In comparison with-the average ccli.eo-
tion in July 1947, the July 1943 collection was greater by 1.6 eggs.
MEAT PRODUCITZ.ON IN JUNE -- Srobodne Slovo, No 211, 10 Sep 48
In Czech provinces In Jape 1948, according to official data, 38,614 head of
cattle, 36,539 calves, 94,614 pigs, including suckling pigs (23,554 were slaughtered
domestically), 975 sheep, 550 goats, and 1,191 horses were slaughtered- In all,
172,483 animals were slaughtered. From these animals the following amounts of meat
were obtained: 68,874 quintals of beef, 12,910 quintals of veal, 185 quintals of
mutton., 8ti ;aintals of goat meat; 2,384 quintals of h reesieat, 12,746 quintals of
fat, and 2,082 quintals of beef, mutton, and goat tallow!.
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MCAT PRODUCTION -- Rude Pravo, No "51, 2 Oct 48
According to a report by Engineer L. FreJka,director, national economic
section, Chancellery of the President of the Republic, in the first months of
1948 only 58 percent of the beef quota, 54 percent of the pork quota, and 62
percent of the milk quota were produced.
SUGAR I1S -- Lidove Noviny, No 249, 23 Oct 48
On 21 October, there were 61 sugar refineries in operation in Bohemia,
21 in Moravia, and four in Slovakia: a total of 86. About one half of these
plants exceed the norm in aompetttion, not only in output but also in eoonomy
and quality: of production. The sugar refineries have undertaken 24 million
q:~intals of beets. More than 7 million quintals of beets had been processed
by 21 October.
NW TL PLAR:ING -- Svobodne Slovo, No 237, 10 Oct 48
Suctions of the unsettled land in the border districts of western Bohasia
have, been planted with fit. There is a lack of manpower, and volunteer brigades
of students, teachers, etc., are helping in the harvftt.
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