ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR NEXT FARM YEAR PLANTING

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 145
• Publication Date: November 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL El tE i,4 9 O L i9 i 1
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR
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Daily, weekly newspapers
Hungary; Germany
19 lug - 10 Sep 1950
Hungarian
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR NEXT FARM YEAR PLANTING
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' DECISION REVEALED -- Budapest, Szabad Nep, 10 Sep 50
On 8 September, the Council of Ministers established the plan for planting
in 1950-51. The plan for the coming year is based on. the results of the past
year, and is intended to utilize all possible{ tillable soil. To provide suffi-
cient. bread cereals, fall wheat and rye will be planted on 35 percent of the
country's total acreage. There will be a significant. increase in the amount of
fodder and industrial crops. One of the principal aims of the plan for the
coming year is to increase the amount of grasses and grains grown for fodder
to keep pace with the growing stock animal herds. The greatest increase is in
the acreage of fall barley. Animal fodder will be planted on a 15 percent greater
area. Conforming to the growth of industry, industrial crops, especially fibers,
will be increased 61 percent.
Of the country's total tillable soil, 19.6 percent will be planted with corn;
13 percent barley, oats and seed fodder; 10.9 percent grass fodder; 9.2 percent-
peas; 5.7 percent oil-yielding plants; 8 percent roots and tubers; 1.1 percent
legumes; 1.2 percent fibrous plants; and 4.8 percent other plants (vegatables,
rice, etc.).
50,000 ACRES OF RICE BY NEXT YEAR -- Budapest, Szabad Nep, 25 Aug 50
During the past year, rite was planted on 24,000 acres, as compared with
8,000 acres before the war. Rice acreage increased considerably during the first
year of the Five-Year Plan, and by next year, rice will be planted on more than
50,000 acres.. By planting the Dunghan Shali type of rice, which originates in the
the USSR, and by utilizing improved agricultural methods, the rice yield has been
more than doubled. A yield of 25-30'quintals per cadastral yoke may be expected.
2,200 ACRES OF RICE HARVESTED IN SZOLNOK COUNTRY -- Budapest, Friss Ujsag, 5 Sep ;)
The rice harvest is proceeding very well on the Szolnok County state farms.
By 31 August, 2,200 cadastral yokes of rice had been harvested, and the yield from
700 cadastral yokes has already been threshed.
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Fostering the spirit of competition, the government extended to 20 August
the final date for receiving the 4-forint-per-quintal bonus for turning crops in
early. On 17 August, the standing in the collection competition and the percent
of the quota fulfilled by the counties was as follows: Hajdu-Bihar 149.8,, Bek-s
115, Szolnok 108.6, Heves 104.2, Komarom 103.6, Szabolcs-Szatmar 102.5, Nograd
100, Bacs-Kiskun 98.3, Borsod Abaju-Zemnlen 97, Baranya 87, Veszprem 84.6, Tolma
84, Fejer 83.3, Zala 80.9, Csongrad 80.9, Gyor 80.3,. Pest 78.1, Somogy 75.4,
and Vas 64.1.
After the corn crop was collected, a regulation appeared requiring the
potato crop to be turned in. Everyone who planted a field of potatoes exceeding
400 square fathoms comes under the requirements of the regulation. Farmers
whose crops did not come up to expectations are hard hit, since they must buy an
amount of potatoes sufficiaut to make their yields meet the standards and then
submit the crop to the cooperative storehouse.
Much progress has been made in the first half of 1950 in the agricultural
mechanization program. More than 2,000 tractors have been added to agricultural
machine stations, 250 of which are Stalinets type from the USSR. The number
of machine stations has increased from 220 last year, with 4,000 tractors, to
360 this year with more than 6,000 tractors.
This year,.Hungarian combines, as well as those manufactured in the USSR, took
part in the harvest. Altogether, 20 combineb operated on state and cooperative
farms.
In addition, 1,958 new tractor plows, 905 die:'harrows, 575 cultivators, 245
new threshers, and 210 new selectors aided in the cultivation and harves-cing of.
the crops. During the past year, 370 tractor-drawn carts, 70 trucks, and 455
manure-spreaders came into use, and 200 silo-fillers contributed to the develop-
ment of animal husbandry.
These results can be fully appreciated only when it is remembered that one
combine does the work of 80 to 100 men and that one Stalinets tractor not only
plants 15 times as fast as two teams of horses, but permits much better care
of the soil, resulting in a considerably larger yield.
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