FARM PRODUCTION PUSHED THROUGH IRRIGATION, LAND CLEARING, COOPERATIVE PROJECTS

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320143-7
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June 15, 1950
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320143-7 CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL 00%VIDEVAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO. COUNTRY China SUBJECT HOW PUBLISHED WHERE PUBLISHED DATE PUBLISHED LANGUAGE Economic - Agriculture Daily newspapers Mukden; Shanghai; Hong Kong 21 Mar - 9 May 1950 ?1111,1ATOO 4Mia 0/111/MOIIA 7N ACT 000 II OC $ 0 11 T 10 1 TO AT11 i T 0 1 0 1. 1. C.. II tt. M 0000010. ITS T1AN101f1100 01 TN11rytAT10 OF IT, 0' 110' T *00. IN Ally MAN 0 OF T0I$ 1000 II ~111001i n0 11 1/ry000 CTI0 51 PAUTHO 1111110 IT AO Newspapers as indicated. DATE OF 1950 INFORMATION DATE DIST. /3 Jun 1950 NO. OF PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FARM PRODUCTION PUSHED THROUGH IRRIGATION, LAND CLEARING, COOPERATIVE PROJECTS CBEKIANG ENCOURAGES LOCAL IRRIGATION -- Shanghai Hsin wen Jih-pao. 21 Mar 50 floods fo gingChek, 20 March the provincial government has made protec5tmillionion ofr farms in Chekiang, rice as compensation to farmers to encourage them to join with each other in small- places. ch consist gJnew and old dikeseand canals, iseexpectedit benefits scale vater-conservatio o 1f constructing or repairing 1,886,000 mou ou of cultivated land. [0-ne mou is 116 acrJ. Distribution of the rice by districts is as below: - District Catties of Rice District Catties of Rice 490,000 Ning-Po 700,000 Chu--hsing 850,000 Chien-te 360,000 Chu-thou Wen-thou 665,000 Lin-hai 460,000 ,CO0 95,000 chin-hua 478 427,000 Li-hui 77,000 Shao-hsing Lin -an Hangch chow TROOPS CLEAR LAND IN SOUTHERN SINKIANG -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 28 Apr 50 Lan-chow, 26 April -- According to incomplete reports, garrison troops in southern Sinkiang and units attached to a military district have already cleared 100,000 mou of barren land in southern Sinkiang and have tpl ntede70, 00 mounwith wheat, rape, beans, and sesame. On 10 April, 1950, cotton. Besides clearing land, garrison troops in Sinkiang have been repairing irrigation garrsn canals, and reservoito expand rs reapir of waterecoareas. In nservation faciltiesiand havethe garrison troops have e completed 000 mou, including the Hung-hai Reservoir in Pa- ~du Ma?thithe ). InaHHaao~ (K~l) area, troops repaired more than 200 li fo-ne li DDHVIDSAINL Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320143-7 CONFIDE 1 AL equals about 1,890 feer7 of channels, main canal, and ditches, opening up some 480,000 mou of arable land. In the I-li area, garrison troops repaired the 40-kilometer-long Huang Canal and its branches, making possible the irrigation of 320,000 mou of land. In the Urumchi area, garrison troops have started the repair of the Ho-p'ing Canal and are now pitching and paving the walls of the 17-kilometer-long canal. When completed, thr canal will be able to supply water to more than 100,000 mou of agricultural aria. SUNGKIANG TO UP SUGAR RENTS -LAX OUTPUT -- Mukden Tung-pei Jih-pao, 16 Apr 50 During 1950, Sungkieng Province is planning to increase its sugar beet acreage to 13,870 ehang Lone shang equals 7 Chinese mou and flax acreage to ~U55OU ahaug. The Harbin and A-ch'eng sugar mills are taking steps to increase the sugar beet acreage. Already the two mills have distributed, without cost, 280 tons of sugar beet seeds to farmers in La-lin, Shuang-ch'eng, A-ch'eng, Hu-lan, and Harbin hsiens. The mills also extended a loan of 500,000 yuan per shang to help tide over difficulties before and after planting. As for flax, it is possible to raise 11,300 shang in Yen-shou, I?!an, and other hsiens. To increase the Acreage to the panned 14,500 shang, more seed must be obtained from elsewhere Flax Acreage in Sunkiang Province in 1949 was only 5,300 :.hang. FARMERS BENEFITED IN NORTH CHINA -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 9 May 50 Pei-ping, 7 May 1950 (Hsin-hua) -- In the east and south areas of Suiyuan Province which were liberated late in 1948, the rent-reduction program was partially carried out in the spring of 1949 and completed in December. The work had been properly organized by the cadres and was carried out without tzouble or violence. The feudalistic power of the landlords was greatly weakened thereby. The 5,016 piculs of grain paid back by the landlords was of great assistance to the poor tenant farmers. The carrying out of the rent-reduction program raised the level of thinking of the farmers, and many of them withdrew from various organizations based on super- stition to which they had belonged and joined their own agricultural associations. From these many cadres have been chosen. An increasing number are joining the CCP. Strong militia organizations for bandit suppression work are being formed, Consumer cooperatives in Shansi, Chahar, and Suiyuan have supplied 400,000 im- plements, 3 million catties of fertilizer, 250,000 catties of insecticides, and 328,000 catties of alcohol for treating seed grain before planting. In Shansi, cooperatives have secured 1,018 work animals for farmers, as well as 55,000 catties of improved seeds. Many of the cooperatives have entered into contracts with government-operated industries and neighboring cooperatives to in- sure a steady flow of goods to their members. They carry on a good deal of barter trade and are thus able to e.,.hange various types of supplies needed in different areas. 01113tlligwti&i ulllII IY1.11 ^1".I Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/18: CIA-RDP80-00809A000600320143-7