ECONOMIC - AGRICULTURE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600250214-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 214
• Publication Date: September 1, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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ONDITYONS OF 1'P' ANTS IMPitOVE
(;dtAIN-PURCHASE CAS RECEIVE DELIVERIES -- Trybuna Ludu, No 220, 12 Aug 49
At a aeetirg of the Directors of the Regional, Branches of tho Central Administration
of tha Samoprnoc Chlopeka Cooperatives held in Warsaw, it wae.reported that the first
crops of this year's harvest have been delivered to the grain-purchase centers in
the southern and central wo~e+rod~twoa. According to pre]iminary data,- the Lublin
Wo~ewodztwo grain-purchase centers receive3 about 5,000 tone of grain.
There are 2,Of,3 active grain-purchase centers throughout the country. During
June and July the centers were dielnfesFed and eq?zipped with sachines to handlo the
cleaning of grain.
It xae agreed by the regional directors that the recent ruling of the Economic
Committee of the Council of Ministers in regard to grain prices was very satisfactory
to the peasants.
Warehouse repairs were also discussed. The farm cooperatives now have warehouse
accommodations for 600,000 tone. Of this the PZZ (Polish (canaries) are using
apace for 345,000 tone, the rema.tning apace being used by the village cooperatives.
Large credits were allotted to the PZZ and the village cooperatives for extensive
warehouse repairs.
STATE-LAND-FIIND FINANCIAL PLAN ACHIEVED -- Tryb-ana Ludu, No ?20, 12 Aug 49
At a press conference held cn 11 Auguot at the idinistry of Agriculture and
Agricultural Reformer fire aui?3ects under discussion included; the realization of
the PEZ (Financial. Plar. of the State hand Fund) the prob~e?? of transferring farm
machines from the ~'~~ci:os-r. +errltories, end. thr mztter of surplus property and
farm chattel ocmed by the State hind Fund.
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the '~roclraw, Szczecin., and Olsztyn wn,~ewodztwoa. Thews maohimeA will be tzVWA~'da~liC?
tc t!ie Wsreaw, Tradz, Ifielce,', Lrakow' and..other xoaewodztwce. The first treitii~'er '~$~'
various propertied, ti!e so-called surplus left aver lY?om the ?aeroaling as 9.at'ge
P~+eiteo, Of these 3,'200 parcels were e~llattetl. by the Pik to the '.be+s4~at Se13 Help
Asscciation a-~d 1,~+OQ.to Oawiata Ro1na. The remaining 1,068 pnroale ere being
distributed among,the rP.r?onn.l sasocistions of local governments tsar tho use of the
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properties will be asslgned'to the producing cooperatives now in the process of
organization, This year, the Minlstr}?'.of Agriculture allote4 ?O.atlliaalfeloty? to
rek!e.tiilitea?e the properties whici~ are being 9.ilotted to the rural local gcverame~e$s.
The sum of '000 millien zlotys has hen allotted to aaonpleta the rehabilitet3on oP
these properties in 1950. '
Of the 12,000 industr5~+1 onterprisee ouch as mills, distilleries, f:.uitaproooasing
glance, and others accuired by the State Iand Fuad through land. retopms, 4,6h2 wexe
transferred to the state industries, 5,k~~~ to community enterprises, and 927 were
given to repatriates in exchange for properties xhich they left betind them on the
other side of the Bug.
ELTTISR CONDITIONS P'OR PEASANT FARMER -- Rzeczpospollta, No 220, 12 Aug 49
One of the basic policies of the government is to assure prot_tnble farming for
the small and mediuT farmer.. The decisive factor, of course, is the price of
grain. The price paid the Parmer by the State Grsnariee or the eubardinate cooperatives
le established by the government, which ie guided by considerations of profit.
Since the area sown {n~rPased this year by 500,000 hectares and oultivaticn has
improved, it is expected that the harvest of this year x111 be greater than that of
last year. For the first time 0ince the xar, the harvesting of a sew Drop is in
progress while there ~e still a considerable grain reserve trams the previous year.
On the Soreige nar:::;to the r: Sce of amain is falling. 'Phis would have been a
catastrophy before the xar, since Poland was last on the list at exporters with the
low hvel of Polish farm econam~y.
This year, the domestic price is not affected by siach domestic o?' international
conditions. With a desire to benefit the national economy and the people, the government
not only has not loxered the price but in same cases has even raised the price of
grain. The price of common wheat has been retained at 3,200 - 3,300 zlotys per
100 kilograms. The price for No 1 grade wheat hse bean raised to 3,~i50 ~ 3,550 zlotys;
for common barley, frog 2,000 to 2,100 zlotys; and for No i grade barley, to 2,500
7~loyze por 100 kilograma;,f~or buckwheat, to 3,00 zlotys>
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Another indication at~the interest of the government in the welfare of the ?sll
and medtum farmer was the recent reduction -- from 8 to 30 percent depending on the
eq~tipntent -- in t1-e price of agricultural machines sad eeui~ment. For instance the
Pioneer potato digger was reduced from 32,000 to 22,000 zlotys.
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on the eztanei'en or vanaellation invpnr+.'tla~ in Sall o? Toff:
depends on the'.eize oY,the Ynrm and the inobama~,'C4GLli'@U
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MORE A~tICtTITI.TiTRkL ~kP.C33IlYSRY' -?' Rzsoapoapollta, Ro 220, 12 d~ hQ
reoentlyJ waa Yallorresd byes coaaieteat iner?newr in ~c>dubtA~~au~!ani~ ?fl~~'.
impl~nt~. inoludinp: 5,32'T ploxa, 11,492 }aarrav~f, 1,O$O anltiva'~a~ ,~ ~;,:.
mnchinse, 2172 patato diggers, 755 xiima~*sre, 300 hwfl ail3.e lqa~ grainy Tt_,>a6a~!
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