1949 CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR SLOVENIAN AGRICULTURE FULFILLED BY 92 PERCENT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CO It' F7, cs!TM
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMA`-JON FROM
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SUBJECT
Yugoslavia
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DATE OF
INFORMATION
1950
conomic - Agriculture,
cooperatives
HOW
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED
DATE
Daily newspapers
Ljubljana; Cetinje
DATE DIST.
.1 Apr 1950
PUBLISHED
19 Jan 1950
LANGUACE
Slovenian; Serbo-Croatian
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1949 CONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR VFl7, iAN p(LaTrrrtmrmrr
FULFILLED BY 92 PERCENT
MINISTER MAKES REPORT -- Ljudska Pravica, No 16, 19 Jan 50
Joze Levstik, 'lovenian Minister of Agriculture, reported to 'he Skupetina
on 18 January that 60 percent of. the agricultural investments were invested
in the state socialist sector. The 1949 construction plan for co iculture,
which called for the construction of 438 projects, was fulfilled by 92 percent.
However, outside of the plan 139 additional projects were completed. As much
as 41 million diners were spent in 1949 for housing for farm workers, restaurants,
and children's homes.
In 1949 farms were built for 6,800 pigs, 2,900 head of cattle, 350 horses,
9,000 chickens, and 2,000 sheep. Also 2,400 cubic meters of silos and 6,000
square meters of storage houses and wineries were built in 1949. During the
same year 120 hectares of vineyards and orchards were planted.
In 1949 Slovenia had 460 state farms, of which 47 were republic and oblant
farms and 413 were srez, institutional, and private farms. Altogether the farm:;
oc&'upy 36,923.6 hectares of farm area, of which 7,741.1 hectares are arable. In
co=parison with 1948, the cultivated area in 1949 increased by 10,077 hectares,
or by 35 percent, and the arable land by 2,027.6 hectares,.or by 35 percent.
'ilhe yield in centners per hectare of wheat was 18.5 as compared to the planned
16.5, of rye 15.2 as compared to the planned 16, of barley 15.9 as compared to
the planned 15, of oats 11.5 as compared to the planned 14, and of potatoes 145
as compared to the planned 150. State farms delivered 101 carloads of seed
grain in 1949 as compared to 38 in 1948.
In 1949, state fares produced 350 carloads of fruit and 139 carloads of
wine, which is 179 carloads of fruit and 21 carloads of wine more than in 1948.
Compared to 1948, the 1949 plan for livestock was carried out by 95 per-
cent for cattle, which is an increase of 55 percent; by 118 percent for horses,
an increase of 42 percent; by 133 percent for pigs, an increase of 132 percent;
by 95 percent for sheep, an increase of 55 percent; and by 65 percent for poultry.
STATE NAW "SRS
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The number of rarms of various enterprises and establishments has in-
creased from 180 in 1948 to 413 in 1949, and farm areas from 5,816 hectares
to 14,230 hectares. These fai-ms own 4,500 head of cattle, 13,700 pigs, and
23,250 chickens.
The cooperative sector in 1949 constructed barns for 8,000 head of
cattle, 450 horses, 11,400 pigs, 1,600 sheep, 15,600 chickens, and 1,100
rabbits. It also constructed silos for 6,900 animals. The cooperative sector
completed 92 percent of the investment plan.
In 1949 the cooperative sector produced 139 tons of grain and 2,226 tons
of potatoes, while in 1949 it produced 11,350 tons of grain and 21,26C ions
of potatoes.
The number of livestock in cooperatives and on cooperative farms increased
in 1949 as compared to 1948 by 5,306 horses, 19,507 head of cattle, 12.120 pigs,
1,647 sheep, and 7,360 chickens.
The? average 1949 yield per hectare on cooperative farms was 15.9 centners
of zito hie grains7, 20 of corn, 13.6 of oats, 140 of potatoes, 45
quintals of clover, and 55 quintals of lucerne.
At the end of 1949, 384 cooperative farms owned 13,546 hectares of farm
area, 2,876 hectares of fields, 660 horses, 3,000 head of cattle, 2,300 pigs,
and 650 sheep.
The socialist sector provided 122 carloads of grain, 1,200 carloads of
potatoes, 1,000 carloads of fruit, 3,000 carloads of meat, and 263 carloads
of milk. In 1948, socialist farms delivered 1,100 p!gs and in 1949 delivered
8,017 pigs (1,069 tons). 60 800 hectares ofinewoareas haveebeennreclaimed. reclamation
expected lthat when sreclra-
mation in Slovenia is completed, about 50,000 hectares will have been reclaimed.
In 1910, 166,700,000 dinars are earmarked for Investments in the state
socialist sector. Of that amount, 53 million diners are intended for revenue-
producing construction, 14 million for the social standard, 79,500,000 for
reclamation, and 20,200,000 for various construction work, schools, and
scientific farm institutes.
The 1950 investment plan for the cooperative sector is shown by the follow-
ing table (in dinars):
Financing
(Federal hel
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Credits
Own
means
Total
Cooperatives
170 000 000
,
8
0
,
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'000
54,000,000
316,000,000
Cooperative
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41,000,000
169,000,000
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220,000,000
190,000,000
95,000,000
485,000,000
In Of this sum, 180 million are earmarked for revenue-producing construction.
1950, 30 percent more stables for cattle, 114 percent more pigsties, and 125
percent more barns for sheep are to be constructed on state farms. Cooperatives
are to have 137 percent more stables for cattle, 109 percent more sties, 191
percent more barns for sheep, 283 percent more chicken coops, 995 percent more
rabbit hutches, and 175 percent more silos in 1950.
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The 1950 production plan for the state sector provides for an increase of
horses of 30 percent; cattle, 32 percent; pigs, 126 percent; and sheep, 129
percent. The plan for the cooperative sector provides for an increase in horses
of 3 percent; cattle, 52 percent; pigs, 207.2 percent, and sheep, 433 percent.
The 1950 plan for the state sector provides for a 58-percent increase in
slaughtered cattle and a 378-percent increase in slaughtered pigs. It also
provides for a 55 percent greater milk production, a 255 percent greater egg
production, and a 400 percent greater wool production. The 1950 plan for the
cooperative sector provides for a 500_perccnt increase in slaughtered and a 1,900-percent increase in slaughtered pigs. It also ovi raat5e
percent products norn 525
P rcenter milk pwoolctod, a 715 percent greater egg production, and a
1,340 percent greater wool production.
In 1949 as many as 1,200,000 fruit trees were sprayed. A bacteriological
institute will be built in Ljubljana this year.
MONTENEGRIN CO-OPS HAVE MEMBERSHIP OF 32,625 -- Pobjeda, No 16, 19 Jan 50
Komnen Cerovic, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry for Montenegro, re-
ported to the Skupstina that the number of cooperatives in Montenegro increased
from 28 at the beginning of 1949 to 482 in 1950. The cooperatives now hav.:
a total of 32,625 members.
The 1950 budget for heavy reclamation calls for 250 million dinars. Thus
far 500 hectares with five villages have been protected from floods from the
Moraca River by a levee, and 400 hectares have been reclaimed on the Ulcinj Pole
(Plain).
In Bijelopavlici, a 1,300-meter concrete canal was constructed. In the
Kosovo Lug area near Leskopolje, 16 kilometers of irrigation canals, and in
Sntorina, 1,140 meters of drainage canals, were constructed in 1949.
Nikola Diakonovic, Minister of Commerce and Supply for Montenegro, de-
clared to the Skupstina that the 1949 crop-purchase plan for purchasing meat
was completed by 107.5 percent, white grains 95.4 percent, cheese 94.2 per-
cent, wool 102.56 percent, hides from small livestock 105.8 percent, hides
from large livestock 170.8 percent, and pig skins 136 percent. The 1949 plan
for the guaranteed supply was completed by 119 percent.
The turnover of goods has increased from an index of 100 in 1947 to 140
in 1948 and 153 in 1949. The 1947 turnover of goods per capita was 2,700 diners,
the 1948 turnover was 3,800 dinars, and the 1949 turnover was 4,300 dinars. In
194y, 84 percent of the turnover provided for the entire Five-Year Plan was
realized.
Perisa Vujosevic, Chairman of the Committee for Local Economy and community
Affairs, declared that the Five-Year Plan for Montenegro calls for production
in the trades of 110 million dinars. During the first 3 years of the Plan,
133,937,879 dinars' worth, or 121 percent of the plan, has been realized,
REPORTS ON 1949 SLOVLqIAN LUMBER PLAN -- Ljudska Pravica, No 16, 19 Jan 50
Tone Fajfar, Slovenian Minister for the Lumber Industry, reported to the
Skupstina on 18.January that the Sloveni.an state sector completed 105 percent
of the 1949 plan for cutting and processing lumber, 101.2 percent of the plan
for storing it, and 97.4 percent of the plan for delivering lumber. The plan
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for assortment of lumber mj less ucccccaul, Since it was completed only 9b
percent in regard to cutting, processing, and storage, and only 95 percent in
regard to deliveries.
The lumber-processing industry completed its 1949 plan by 104 percent in
.quantity and by 97 percent in assortmnnt. The factories for the mechanical
processing of lumber completed their plan by 104 percent, and the factories for
the chemical processing of lumber by 105 percent.
The 1949 plan for lumber production, other than state, was complete, by
97 percent as follows: 104 percent was cut, 93 percent was stored, and 94
percent was delivered.
The Slovenian lumber industry increased its production 23 percent in 1949
as compared to 1948.
The federal forest enterprises completed their 1949 plan by 95 percent,
or by 15 percent more than in 1948, and the federal lumber industry by 97.8
percent, or by 27.2 more, than in 1948.
The lumber industry was obligated by the plan to supply 76 percent of the
republic's 1949 exports. Actually it fulfilled 93.8 percent of this quota
(counting customs duties), and 98 percent of the planned amount of wood was
made available for export.
The 1949 lumber distribution plan within Yugoslavia was ccmpleted by 88
percent, while in 19443 it was completed by only 80.6 percent, even though the
1948 plan was 24 percent smaller than the 1949 plan.
The 1949 capital construction plan for the lumber industry was completed
108 percent by the lumber industry itself, and 52 percent by construction
enterprises. In 1949, 114.5 kilometers of new roads and 57 kilometers of
roueway were constructed. The number of ropeways constructed in 1949 exceeds
the number called for by the Five-Year Plan.
The 1950 plan fur the lumber industry is 15 percent greater than in 1949.
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