REPORTS AGRICULTURAL, FISHING DEVELOPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600310792-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 792
• Publication Date: June 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL ~QIV~IDE~1T1~-1
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
REPORT
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
CD P:O.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
Soviet Zone Germany
Economic - Agriculture, fishing
DATE OF
INFORMATION
1949 - 1950
HOW
Semimonthly periodicals;
DATE DIST. ~~
Jun 1950
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED
Daily newspapers
Perlin; Cyprus
N0. OF PAGES
2
DATE
PUBLISHED
May 1949 - 21 Mar 1950
LANGUAGE
German; Turkish
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
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. AKPIVIST DIESEL TRACTOR SPECIFICATIONS -- Die Wirtschaft, No 9, May 49
The Aktivist tractor, produced by the Brandenburg Tractor Plant, has a 28-
horsepower, two-cylinder, Your-stroke Diesel engine in V arrangement. It has
a water cooling system, four forward speeds and one reverse speed, and pneu-
matic tires. It can travel 3.5 to 15.25 kilometers per hour, uses 2.5 to 4.5
kilograms of fuel per hour, and weighs 2,100 kilograms, including the weight
of the driver. It hss a minimum turning radius of 3 meters and can pull
18 - 24 tons in high gear oa a level road.
Since this tx'actor is an entirely new model, operators are to receive a
4-week training course at the plant to become familiar with its construction
and operation.
DRAFT POWER IN LAND BRANDENBURG -- Wirtschaft im Aufbau, No 13, 1 Jul 49
As of 1 November 1948 there were 94,724 horses, 8,012 oxen, 6,384 draft
cows, and 14,375 tractors in Land Brandenburg. This amounted to 8.9 draft
units per 100 hectares of agricultural area, or 12.2 draft units per 100 hec-
tares of farmland; or, otherwise stated, each draft unit had to serve an av-
erage of 11.1 hectares of agricultural area or 8.2 hectares of farmland.
NEGOTIATE FARM LABOR CONTRACTS -- Taegliche Ruttdschau, No 33, 8 Feb 50
The IG (Interessengemeinschaft, community of interests) for Agriculture
and Forestry oP Cottbus district has concluded 900 labor contracts with pri-
vately owned farming and truck gardening enterprises, thereby guaranteeing
wages and social benefits fog` 60 per~:ent of the agricultural workers in the
district.
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FISH YIELDS INCREASE IN MECKLENBURG -- Taegliche Runcschau, No 51, 1 Mar 50
In 1949, inland fishing in Mecklenburg netted 2,618 tons, as against
2,211 tons in 1948 and 2,024 tons in 1947.
Mecklenburg~s fish hatcheries furnished 18,346 kilograms of fish for stock-
ing purposes and 15,492 kilograms of edible fish.
FISHING FLEET GROWS -- Taegliche Rundschau, No 68, 21 Mar 50
The first of 25 loggers to be added to the fishing fleet in Sassnitz during
1950 has been placed in operation. At present the fishing fleet consists of 68
vessels. By the end of the year it is scheduled to have 185 cutters and loggers.
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