EAST GERMAN LIVESTOCK, SERICULTURE EXPANDED

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 964
• Publication Date: August 29, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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? CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT 5OX1-HUM
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD !':O.
COUNTRY Soviet Zone.Germany
SUBJECT Economic -Agriculture, livestock, industry
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PUBLISHED Dail, semiweek],y newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Berlin; Weimar
DATE
PUBLISHED
LANGUAGE
24 May.- 28 dun 1950
German
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. ~A Aug 1950
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
EAST GERMAN LIVESTOOK,
SERICULTURE EXPANDED
1950 GOALS
SET -- Die Wirtscha
ft, 15 Jun 50
The fol
lowing table shows
expansion of
livestock ra
ising in
th
e G
erms
Democratic
Republic during the
Two-Year Pla
n (1948 - 19
49) and t
he
goa
l
for 1950 ~
in 1,000 heed).
1847
Two-Year
1949
1950
In
c S
ince
actual
Plan Goal
(sctusl
Goal
19
4
( )
Horses
649.,6
721
694.1
721
11
Cattle
2,782.6
3,478
3,310.6
3,650
31
Hogs
2,073.7
3,442
4,315.8
5,700
175
Sheep
685.1
1,096
898.9
1,240
81
LARGE YIELD OF HOG BRISTLES -- Nachrichten Puer Aussenhandel, 24 May 50 .
According to the Sachsen Trade Chamber the yield of kiog bristles in Soviet
Zone Germany amounted to 100,000 kilograms wince the beginning of 1950. In
1949, 300,000 hogskins were supplied to the leather industry of Soviet Zone
Germany.
TO EXPAND SERICULTURE -- Taegliche Rundschau, 28 Jun 50
Thueringen's sericulture ranks lowest among the laender of the German
Democratic Republic. Its mulberry trees and bushes are largely ih a state of
decay. of the 65;000 mulberry bushes in Thueringen onl one third are being
used for silkworm culture despite the fact ghat.this culture is of great im-
portance for the verman economy. The county of r~rfurt-Weies2nsee has 4,3~
mulberry bushes, but only 113 grams of silkworm eggs were set out. in 1949?
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Sach.sen's silkworm culture presents a more favorable picture. Its 700 silk-
worm growers plan to quintuple the 400,000 mulberry bushes during the next 5
years. Mecklenburg plans to plant 3 million mulberry bushes and Brandenburg
2.5 million mulberry trees.
To further silkworm culture, Thuertngen silkworm growers and. representriiivau
of the Jena sericultursl station will visit various places in Thueringen and
carry out practical demonstrations of silkworm breeding.
TOBACCO GROWERS TO GET CASH PREMIUMS -- Die Wirtschaft, No 24, 15 Jun 50
As of 1 May 1950, tobacco growers wiles receive cash premiums instead of the
customs.ry premiums of tobacco products.
Basic rates and cash premiums per 100 kilograms of tobacco are as follows
(in East marks}~
Air-cured Tobacco
Stems, loose
135
67
Stems, threaded
210
105
Sand leaves
290
145
Main leaves
250
125
T.op leaves
Sucker leaves
Fire - etu ed !'obscco
90
40
With Normal Sand Content
30
10
and b.~ximum Humidity
of 1 Percent
Yellow tobacco
3S0
152
Mixed colors
365
146
Brown tobacco
350
140
REFORESTRATION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE -- Das Volk, No 146, 27 Jun 50
.the Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry oP the German Democratic Republic
reported that an area of 76,290 hectares had been reforested as of 31 May 1950.
Land Brandenburg reported that it had fulfilled its reforestation plan 102 per-
cent on 31 May 1950, while Sachsen reported 107 percent fulfillment. Forty
percent of the annual quota was reforested during May in the mountainous regions
of Sachsen and Thueringen where, because of climatic conditions, forestation is
generally carried out liter in the season.
TRACTOR OUTPUT INCREASED -- Fahrt f rei, 26 May 50'
The People-owned Horch Plant in Zwickau produced 400 tractors during the
first quarter 1950, i.e., 50 tractors in excess of the planned quota.