SOIL STUDIES EMPHASIZED IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

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• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
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• Publication Date: June 30, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Economic -Agriculture
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PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
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SOIL?-TUDIES EMPHASIZED ZLQ AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
~(PF'RTMF.NTAT. STATIOftS DEVELOP RUST-RESISTANT GRAINS -- Zycie Warszawy, No 87,
28 Mar 5~
Professor Kaznowski is the director of the State Scientific Institute for
Rural Economy in Pulawy. At this institute, experiments have been conducted
on methods to eliminate grain rust, which is especially prevalent in regions
near the Wisle River. In some years, as much as 30 percent of the harvest has ?
been lost because of grain rust. Experiments at the institute included forcing
the growth of plants by vernalization of the grain prior to sowing. Experiments
lasting many-years finally produced good results. Professor Lewicki's method
not only made the grain resistant to rust but also increased the spriag grain
yield by an average of 2 centnera per hectare. This method is now being adopted
on a large scale. This year, students from Lublin will introduce this new ,method
in that area.
Observations are also made at the institute on the effect of temperature
on the development of Polish ana foreign grains grown in east and west Poland.
The institute also has experimental rice fields near the Wisla River. Rice
could be grown here on a large scale if necessary. Zulawy could very easily be
flooded to grow rice.
Cotton is more difficult to grow on Polish soil. However, experiments are
being continued on Ways to acclimating cotton to Polish land.
Grapevines also are difficult to grow in Poland, but are easier than cotton.
Unfortunately, farmers do not show interest in cultivt~ting grapes.
From Pulawy, year after year, traveling squads lease for all parts of Poland
to study soil composition. From these studies, maps of soils are made for use
in agricultural planning. Dr Strzemski, director of soil studies, says that
erosion in Kielce destroys an average of several hectares of land every 5 years.
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This type of lond is suitable only for affoxestation. Soil studies show that
many areas are not suitable even for afforestation. However, such lands can
still be used for the cultivation of herbs, such as valerian, gentian, or adonis.
Such areas are found in Podgorzie and Kielce. Up to now, no one has taken advan-
tage of these soil studies.
A few days ago the experimental station in Zaga~e, which is located in the
wheat and beet lands, was closed. This station was important not only to its
own section but also to the entire country. Why this station was closed cannot
be understood.
Dr Strzemski also discussed the experiments now being conducted in Pulawy,
for the first time anywhere in the world, ou the agricultural importance of boron,
manganese, and copper. These elements are f~*und in microscopic quantities in
the soil, and have a great, but as yet unlmown, importance in the cultivation
of plants.
LAND CLASSIFICATION IDT NOWY TOMYSL POWIAT -- Wola Ludu, No 50, 19 Feb 50
According to a recent land classification, Nowt' Tomysl Powiat in Poznan
Wo~ewodztwo hae 52.9 hectares of land in Class I category, 16,854 hectares in
Class II, 19,754.9 hectares in Class III, 23,867 hectares in Class IV, 16,316.09
hectares in Class V, and 4,906.26 hectares in Class VI. There are 2,563 2-hectare
farmsteads, 2,877 5- to 10-hectare farmsteads, and 52 farmsteads with o?,rer 50
hectares.
COMPLETE NEW PIDOLOGICAL MAP -- Rzeczpospolita, No 76, 16 Mar 50, Illustrowany
Kur3er Polski,.No 75, 16 Mar 50
AYter 2 years of study and surveying, the new 1:1,000,000 colored map of
Polish soil has been completed.
The map was prepared by the Faculty of Pedology at the State Research In-
stitute of Agriculture in Pulawy, on orders from the Research Council of the
Ministry of Agriculture. Faculties of the agricultural colleges in Warsaw,
Lublin, Wroclaw, Cieszyn, and Gdansk cooperated in the project. Extensive use
was made of data in existing pedological and geological maps.
The new map, the first of its kind in postwar Poland, outlines all types
and categories of soil in the various regions of Poland. It will be of great
value for planning agricultural production, for selecting areas Por farm cul-
tivation, for reclamation work, etc.
The map went to print in March 195J and will be available to scientific.
institutions and agencies during the first half of April 1950.
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