NORTH CHINA PLANS WINTER PRODUCTION; NORTHEAST RELEASES HARVEST DATA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2011
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• Publication Date: January 23, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Economic - Agriculture
Daily newspapers
Hong Kong
13, 16 Dec 1949
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NORTH CHINA WINNER PRODUCTION;
NORTHEAST RELEASES HARVEST DATA
NORTH CHINA COMPLETING AUTUMN PLANTING -- Wen-hui Pao, 13 Dec 49
Pei-ping, 10 December (NCNA) -- Autumn planting activities in the various
provinces of North China has been practically finished. The planted area has been
considerably increased over the autumn planting of 1948. In some areas where there
has been a lag, authorities have sent out organizers to get the work done. Where
planting has been finished, farmers are organizing winter prI-oilction and arc plan-
ning for the 1950 ,u?'mner season.
In Shansi the authorities have mobilized large numbers of farmers for water-
conservancy projects. In the Han-tan Special District, plans are being formulated.
-Lo oink 10,000 new wells for the irrigation of over 30,000 acres.
In t.le matter of winter production, authorities ever,rrhare are promoting the
development of various home industries that can be carried on during the winter
months to furnish an edditional source of farm income. They include weaving, animal
husbandry, oil pressing, and fishing. Loans totaling almost 3 billion yuan in peorle's
currency have been made to encourage such developments. Many cooperatives are being
organized to facilitate the purchase of supplies bnd marketing.
NORTHEAST AREAS REPORT PRODUCTION -- Ta Kung Pao, 16 Dec 49
Shen-yang, i4 December (NCN.) -- The Northeast People's government has published
data on its 1949 harvest and made some predictions for 1950. The leading products
in the Manchurian production plan include Asian hemp, silk, cotton, peanuts, fruit,
sugar beets, and tobacco.
The North Manchuria provinces are all able to grow Asian hemp. In 1949, some
21,000 acres were devoted to its production. This figure marked a 31-percent increase
over what had been originally planned. About 10,000 acres in Liaotung, Kirin, and
Liaos provinces were devoted to various types of nemp, the total yield of which would
make about 10,800,000 gunny sacks. Ramie fiber is also being utilized in the making
of varnish, dyestuffs, and rope. The fiber produced locally is usually processed In
the hemp factories of the Northeast.
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The 1950 plan of the Ministry of Agricultire and Forestry of the Northeast
People's government calls for planting 58,000 acres in Asian hemp and 98,000
acres in other types.
Liactung provides about 90 percent of South Manchuaias'e silk production.
Natural calamities both in spring and autumn led to a very small yield of only
1,700,000,000 cocoons. "everthe less, pure silk plus the type used in making
artificial fur and -?-aper can supply half of the needs of the An-tung silk fil
aturep.
The 1949 cotton harvest was about 60 percent of an optimum yield or 13
percent more than was anticipated. in 1949, 230,000 acres were devoted to
tton; in 1950, the f'.gere will be increased to 366,600 acres. The goal. of
the ?ortheast is some day to surpass the record figure of 398,333 acres of the
puppet Manchurian regime.
Peanut oil plays a major role in the maintenance of machinery essential to
the recovery program. In 1949, the harvest was more than 90 percent of on
cpti.*nun, yield. In South Manchuria, 36,500 acres are devoted to peauct production.
The South Manchuria apple orchards contain approximately 1,440,000 trees
trees throughout the Nor'heast. special efforts will be made to double the 1949
production figure and still _omlly with rearchandlee quality standards.
Only 12,000 acres in Sungkiang :.,o7irce were devoted to sugar beets in
1949. The average yield was 2,000 catties per acre, enough to meet only a part
of the demand in Ha-erh-pin and ho-ch'eng.
Tobacco grown in Liao-tung and Kirin occupied only 30,000 acres and the
production amountad to 7,000 teas. This low figure ij due to the limited
market available to tobacco,
On every level the Northeast People's gcvernment is giving strong support
to producers of special products. According tc an incomplete estimate, the North-
east Bank only this fa.:.l granted 57,680 million ioitheast yuan to special producers.
Despite adverse weather conditions and other natural calamities, organization
and progress in the Northeast are making great stridee. In Fu Hsien there are 136
production cooperatives. Similar examples of organization and planning are to be
found throughout the entire area. The average harvest of 1949 was 70 percent of
the optimum. It is anticipated that, with the experience derived, the advances
already made, aid a minimum of good fortune, 1940 will bring to the people of the
Northeast an era of long-awaited prosperity.
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