FARM PRODUCTION PUSHED THROUGH IRRIGATION, LAND CLEARING, COOPERATIVE PROJECTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 143
• Publication Date: June 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL 00%VIDEVAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY China
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Economic - Agriculture
Daily newspapers
Mukden; Shanghai; Hong Kong
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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
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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
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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.
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