REVIEWS PROGRESS OF RECLAMATION IN CROATIA; POULTRY PRODUCTION INCREASES

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• Publication Date: April 10, 1950
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDEMTIAL NROE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC IJ f
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO DROADCASIC CD NO.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Economic - Reclamation, agriculture
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Zagreb; Belgrade; Ljubljana
DATE
PUBLISHED 18 - 21 Feb 1950
DATE OF
INFORMATION
DATE DIST. /0 Apr 1950
SUPPLEMENT TO
Serbo-Croatian; Slovenian REPORT NO.
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PLAN CALLS FOR 70,000 HECTARES OF RECLAMATION -- Vjesnik, No 1495, 21 Feb 50
The following polje (plains) a:d blato (marshes) in Croatia are yet to
be reclaimed under the Five-Year Plan: Lonjako Polje, Jelas Pole, Crnac
Polje, Odransko Polje, Baranjski Bit (moor), Sinjsko Pole, Vransko Blato,
and the Neretva Blato. The Five-Year Plan calls for 70,000 hectares of rec-
lamation of new areas in the valleys of the Sava and Drava rivers and their
tributaries, on the karst plains of Dalmatia, and in the Primorje.
During the first year of the Five= ear Plan, reclamation began on the
Jelas, Crnac, and Bidj Polje. In 1948, reclamation was resumed on these
plains and begun on the karat plains in Dalmatia, on the Sinjsko Pole, and
on the Vransko and Nadinsko Blato. In 1949, reclamation began on the Lonjsko
During the first 3 years of the Five-Year Plan, tens of thousands of new
areas were made available for agriculture, chiefly on the Jelas and Sinjsko
A 23-kilometer levee protects 10,000 hectares of the Lonjako Polje around
Topolovac from flooding. On the Lonjsko Polje a large canal, from Rugvica
near Zagreb to lower Stara Gradiska and into the Sava River, is under construc-
tion. Also a large pumping station near Sasna Greda will be built.
In 1949, major irrigation works were undertaken. On the Jelas Pole near
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VOJVODINA RECLAMATION PROGRESSES STEADILY -- Politika, No 13479, 18 Feb 50
Novi Sad -- Today the reclamation works in the Vojvodina are under
the jurisdiction of 11 large administrations. Thus far, there are 1,459
kilometers of protective levees, 110,800 kilometers of reinforced dams,
4,396.9 hectares of fireguards, and 584 rangers' cabins, storehouses for
emergency tools, and shelters for workers. About 583,960 hectares of
land in the Vojvodina are protected from floods today. By means of this
protected land, the Vojvodina gains 2 billion dinars' worth of produce
per year.
The Vojvodina has 106 pumps, 10,466 kilometers of drainage canals,
9,090 bridges and culverts, 241 dams, and siphons. Drainage is provided
on about one million hectares of land which produces 3,798,000,000 dinars'
worth of basic agricultural products fp-er year7].
About 500 hectares of rice fields were irrigated in the Vojvodina in
MACEDONIA GAINS 5,500 HECTARES FROM RECLAMATION -- Ljudska Pravica, No 44,
21 Feb 50
During the past 3 years, Macedonia gained 5,500 hectares of arable
soil by means of reclamation. Additional reclamation is expected to furnish
tens of thousands of hectares of land in the Pelagonija, Kocane, Skoplje,
and Strumica regions. Macedonia is spending 345 million dinars for reclama-
tion this year. When the Pelagonija region is reclaimed, 50,000 bectares
of fertile soil will be obtained. During the past 3 years, 50 kilometers
of canals of various kinds were dug on the Strumica Polje (Plain), and
4,200 hectares of fertile lan? were reclaimed there.
NEW POULTRY FARM TO BE EUROPE'S LARGEST -- Ljudska Pravica, No 44, 21 Feb 50
The Belje poultry farm, which will consist of 84 modern buildings for
chickens, is located in the middle of the Medveci forest between Beli Mans-
stir and the village of Darde near Osijek. This poultry farm, which will
be the largest in Europe, will develop in the near future'into a large in-
dustrial combine for chickens. In 1947, the Belje farm raised 300,000
chickens, 200,000 ducks, and 50,000 geese, for which 1,200 hectares of land
were needed.
The poultry farm consists of an incubator station, two fattening in-
stallations, 38 mating pens, 32 buildings for pedigreed poultry, 10 wooden
houses, and 20 large laying houses. In addition to the above installations,
the farm also owns a slaughterhouse for poultry.
A hatchery is being built in which 300,000 chickens can be hatched
simultaneously. The feeding installations will hold 400,000 fowl. The farm
will deliver up to 2,500,000 kilograms of poultry per year to the market.
Only Leghorn and Rhode Island chickens will be raised there. These will
be crossbred for the purpose of increasing egg production from 200 to 250
eggs per hen per year. The total egg production from crossbreeds is expected
to be 3 million eggs per year. The farm will raise an additional 300,000
chickens for other state farms and cooperatives.
A large fowl-canning factory will be built near the hatchery. Also a
slaughterhouse is planned for the mass slaughtering of fowl. The farm will
not only produce meat and eggs, but also guano, which was imported previous-
ly. Over 400 carloads of chicken manure per year will be processed into
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artificial fertilizer. The chicken coops have wire floors, which will re-
place the 4,000 carloads of straw litter formei1 p used er
also will produce 100,000 kilograms of feathers er p year. The farm
will be processed into insulating material. p year. The feathers
The farm will have 401 apartments for workers, of which 76 have al-
ready been completed, a cultural center, a 7-year school, a poultry school,
a day nursery, a sports atadium, and stores.
TO PRODUCE 60,000 CHICKENS IN 1950 -- Ljudaka Pra:ica, No 47, 19 Feb 50
A new chicken farm has been built in "Siroka Greda? on the Pancevo
Rit. It is expected that the first hatch will produce 20,000 chicks. In
1949 the hatching was done 20 kilometers away from the farm. The farm has
40 chicken coops, each of which contains 250-500 chickens. The coops have
automatic nests.
In 1949 the farm produced 46,000 chickens, of which 3,000 were given
to didderent farms for breeding. The hens of this farm produce 180-200
eggs per year, which is two to three times more than the production of other
chickens. About 1,000 hens are already laying eggs, even though egg produc-
tion usually begins in spring. In 1950 the farm will produce 800,000 eggs
and about 60,000 chickens. The plan for January was surpassed by 6 percent.
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