ECONOMIC - AGRICULTURE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600250872-6
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• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 872
• Publication Date: October 4, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGE q'.fu ~EPOR
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Economic - Agriculture
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PUBLISHED 2, II Sep 19:'
LANGUAGE Polish
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
NEW USES FOR PEAT P11S RED
60 NEW FACTORIES TO FROCES3 PEAT --- Rzeczno,,polita, No 21+1, 2 Sep 49
Many new uses for peat are contemplated in the Six-Year Plan. Peat will be
processed into litter in 60 new factories, thus covering domestic needs and pro-
viding a surplus for esporu. Another item will be biohumua, or peat saturatsa
with sewer sludge. iluilding slabs from peat are already being produced and are of
excellent quality. If the search for peat with higher fiber content is eu.cgdeful,
it will be used to produce tcxtilea simulating woollens, like those already pro-
duced in Sweden. Some samples indicate high phenol and pitch content. The use of
peat coke for the metallurgical industry is also be_ng'contemplated.. Feat for fuel
will be produced in cooperatives nor consumption on farms.
The preeen* capacity for processing peat into stable litter is 400,000 bales
of 75 kilograms each. The domestic sales price Is 500 zlotys for 75 kilograms, or
about 7 zlotys a kilogram. It may, therefore, seem more expensive than straw, which
sells for 5-6 zlotys a kilogram, but the absorbent quality of peat litter is far
greater and compensates for the difference in price. Two seasons of exposure tc
freezing temperature enhances this quality. While its germicidal quality makes it
highly useful in stables, it cannot be used ac a fertilizer spread, unless It is
combined with straw and manure. The use of peat litter has decreased livestock
mortality: chicken epidemics have decreased from 50 percent to 2 percent. Cows
have yielded 20 percent more milk?
Peat spread in powder form is also used in storing and shipping fruits and
vegetables.
OVER 90,000 SHEEP IN KRAKOW WOkdWODZTWO -- Rzcczpospolite, No 241, 2 Sep 49?
Due to government subsidies, new pantur> lande, and more efficient oconomy,
the number of sheep in Krakow Wojevodztwo has iuureased from '72,000 head in 1948
to over 90,000 at present, thus excmcdinC the prewar figure of 86,000 head.
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HOG-CONTRACTING PROGRAM FO?'JrA1 IN UZC2EC'I r I/OJEWODZT'd0 -- Rzeczpoepolite, No 2h3,
p 1i9,
During July, th- small and medium hold r ~ in Pomorze Zachod-iie (Szczecin
Wojouodztwo)-contracted to deli,er 12,306 (11'? percent of plan) porkers in Jan-
uary;INFO. The leading posriat;l in the hoF..contra tin,; 1i?ogran ale Bytow, Olupek,
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NEW SEPARATOR FOR IRON CASTING -- Rzcc zpospolita, No 24.L, 2 Sep 4
The foreman of the TOO (Tc f iral Acmicultm'ej rr?ce) in l;r teszya Wl dye1ati
Szaminski, has constructed a -nee tyro of mold for centrifugal casting of i.rnr,.
The invention has substantially improved th; quality of tractor parts and has Zo-
vided 768,000 zlotys In anneal eavinfe .
Wff. AT AND RAPE SOWIIiGINCREASFD -- Rzeczpospolita, No 241? 2 Sep Pp
In Gdansk Wojewodzt?eo, the aroa for wheat and rape seed cultivation will he
increased by 14,000 hectares. About 130,000 hectares are destined for winter rye,
about 4^,OOO hectares for vintor wheat, and about 8,000 hectares for winter rang
seed. Farmers in this wojiruodztwa" 've received from -^oCervt.ives a!,h tnn. n'a
high-i^?ad, ry? 1or4!inter soarinte and more than t'5() tonm ?a
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