SOME DATA ON USSR CROPS AND HARVESTS, AS OF MAY 1951

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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Economic -Agriculture, crop conditions
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SOME DATA ON USSR CROPS AND HARVESTS AS OF MAY 1951
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f boa 1951 5.5 million more hectares of spring crops had been sown
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than by the same date in 1950.(1)
By 1 May, sowing of all spring crops had been completed in Stavropol' Kray,
Azerbaydzhan SSR, Krasnodar Kray, Kabardino ASSR, and Ismail Oblast. By this
date sowing of spring grains had been completed in Dagestan ASSR, Grodno Oblast,
in the kolkhozes of Moldavian SSainsahadnbeen fulfilled byaall obla~stsiBi~an~83aye
The plan for sowing of spring gr
of the North Caucasus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Uzbekistan, and by Voronezh Oblas
in the central chernozem belt. By 1 May Chkalov Oblast had sown 500,000 hectares
more to spring grains than by the same date in 1950. Field work began much ear-
lier this year in Siberia. The area sown in April 1951 was almost ten times
larger than that sown in April 1950? The sowing of maize has been completed in
Stavropol' Kray, Crimean Oblast, Azerbaydzhan SSR, andBe well asuin Voronezhts
of Ukrainian SSR. Kolkhozes in the southern regions, the plea
for sowing sugarsbeetsis~heddas].omwe~gbeen completed forithe entirelUSSR~
The warm, humid weather facilitated the rapid growth of winter crops, and
the sprouting of spring crops. In Azerbaydzhea 3SR, and in the western oblasts
of Ukrainian SSR winter wheat entered the tube stage in mid-April. Notice of
the excellent condition of winter grains has been received from the Kuban and
Ukraine.(2)
During the week 10 ~ 17 May, rain fell over wide areas of the USSR: in
Transcaucasue, Nin Belorussian SSR eCentrallAsie, Western Sibereatrand6lntthes
of the country,
Ukraine. This hag~~eatly stimulated the growth of crops. Grains an grasses
have sproutedsunflow~rs 'cave deke0lopedttheefourtheleaf, andibeets~theasecondley
are bushing,
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cro s has been adjudged
well in
pair ~f leaves. The condition of winter and spring
good to excellent for the country as a whole. Grains ainsdarelflow,gering in
of winter grains began there 10 days earlier than
the Ukraine. The heading in the central chernozem
usual. In Izmail Oblast, rye has flowered. Winter gi' tbsou h
the Crimea and in Azerbaydzhan SSR. Rye hed QBdu~ of a line running g
belt. Spring Brains have sprouted ev:ryw the day-
Minsk-Moscow-Gor'kiy-Molotov. In the Urals, the warm weather dur ng
wheat ens, and other
time has resulted in the early aprrssaes hassbegun in the south -- in the re-
crops. The wholesale harvest of g North Caucasus, Astrakhan and
publics of Central Asia, Transcaucasus, Crimea,
Stalingrad oblasts, and in a nunb~he Uk~n~niaThd volume of hayacutsto date
grasses is proceeding rapidly
is almost five times that cut at thie time last year.(3)
Notices of completion of spring sowing were received from all parts of the
country during the period 18 ~ 23 MgY- Kr~lkhozes and sovkhozes of Tambov Ob-
last have fulfilled the plan for sowing grain and fOl~nracveek.earlier than
kolkhozes of Lithuanian SSR completed their sow ng P
sowed 34,000 hectarn4 morel+heat this year
last year. Kolkhozes of Altay Kray
of spring crops hasjneteecnorthtof theScountrytinT~eO -
than last. The sowing
last. Spring field work is in full swing and sowing is proceeding at
"white nights" have set in in Karelo?~Finnish SSR,
night Harvesting has begun 1n Gorno-Badakhehan Autonomous Oblast. Select ve
omedskiy, K,Yurdamirakiy, Udzharakiy,
harvesting of barley has begun in Kazi-Mag
and several other rayonsao~.Pveloped fine heads.xYWeathertconditionsehaveignt
below Stalingrad, and sins. Ir. the larger pant of the European USSR
general favored the growth of gr
winter crops are in good to exce ndnRoetd 10bZaet,Iryehissflowering,sand in o
Ukrainian SSR, Stavropol KraY,
places has attained a height of 160 centime~ers. InWinter wheatf iaeflowering
and in the central chernozem belt, Cotton isaburd~ding in the cotton areas of
in the Kuban and Stavropol Kray? took place. Reports received Prom Cherno-
Azerbaydzhan SSR where early sowing
vitsy Oblast indicate the sugar beet crop is in excellent condition. Bee s
are also growing well ladduSaraOtovaoblaatsrvand hasgbegunsl0adayslearlier than
in Rostov, Stalingrad,
last year in Chkalov Oblast.(4) ent oP win-
Copious rains followed by warm weather have aided the developminter grains
ter and spring sowings and oleaginous atePe land BprinB 3dainathave entered the
have everywhere entered the flowering g ~ , and yoroahilovskiy rayons
tube stage. Kolkhozes and sovkho?n large ecgle sowing of soybeans. The area
of Primorakiy Kray are carrying sown on fallow, plo~+-
has been increased, and it is now being advantage
under this crop
land, and grassy turf. The kolkhoz uortheiroapring field work. tln 'the oblast
of favorable weather, are finishing P crops has already been
more than two thirds of the lheatahastbeenfcomplet d. Spring crops are already
sown. The sowing of spring '? of potatoes continues in the ob-
sprouting in some areas. iarge~scale planting
leat.(5)
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Armen...,- inn SSR
According to data of the Ministry of Agriculture Armenian SSR, ercent. Of
15 May the plan for sowing of spring crops had been fulfilled 90.3 P
the area allotted for grains, 97.1 percent had been soo .apTi~ wheatowas overly
wheat had been completed 90.5 Percent. Sowing Basargecharskiy,
spring ons: Alnverdskiy, Aparanakiy,
prolonged in the following ray Krasnosel'skiy, Spitakskiy, and several
Gorisskiy, Gukasyanskiy, Kafanskiy,
others.
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The plan for supplemental fertilizationof winterrcrops 943sPercent m
pleted 81.1 percent, and that for harrowing ra ons: AkhurYanskiy, Zangi-
This work has been completed in the followinand Senanskiy.
basarskiy, Norbayazetskiy, Oktemberyanskiy,
The plan for sowing Perennial grasses has been completed 91.6 percent;
13 rayons have completed this work. Ks~ianskiy, NoyemberyansklyayKirova-
behind in this work: Echmiadzinskiy,
kanskiy, Gukasyanskiy, Vedinskiy, and Azizbekovskiy.
The sowing of silage crops is far behind schedule. Only 59.7 Percent
of the planned area has been sown. Of the area allotted for Yodder root
crops, 55.2 Percent has been sown.(6)
Azerbavdzhan SSR
During 'the Fourth Five-Yearcentn~andetheearea sown toecottonAincreased
Bazarskiy Rayon increased 35 Pe
66 percent.(7)
Belorussian SSR sowing
The following table shows percentage fulfillment of the 1951 spring
plan by oblasts: ~~
1 Ma 10) 20 Ma 11 2 Ma 12
Oblast 30 A r 8 10 Ma )
64.8 71.6 77.2
61.2
Brest 50.3 67.5 73.8
X7.6 62.7
Baranovichi 43.4
64.9 71.1
43.3 53.5 58.2
Polesa 6P.7 71.0
43.2 55.4 59.0
Pinsk 69.7 76.3
42.1 54.9 61.1
Gomel' 68.6 74.8
4~_.6 56.0 60.9
Grodno 63.3 70.3
34.9 50.7 56.0
Bobruyak 79,6
49.7 60.4 71.1
Molodechno 26.0
44.6 53.1 64.2 73.7
Minsk 21.6
56.0 67.0 76.0
2u.o 44.5
Polotsk 4 70.9
38.2 47?3 59?
Mogilev X5.2
42.3 56.1 67.4
Vitebsk 11.7 33'1
The following table shown percentage fulfillment of the 1951 plan for sowing
spring grains by oblasts:
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Brest
Baranovichi
Polesa
Pinsk
Gomel'
Grodno
Bobruysk
Molodechno
Minsk
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30 A r ~8)
10 May (~ ~ ~
,~ 10
100.5
92.7
100.9
70.9
82.2
86.2
107.5
113.4
113.8
75.3
88.5
87.9 [ ic]
98.6
102.5
103.6
76.2
92.0
94.8
72 7
96?g
loo.l
36.0
72,7
79.9
36.7
69.9
79.6
32 3
63.4
74.5
31.1
70.4
80.4
18.8
47.4
58.0
The following table shows percentage
88.7
104.5
97.5
101.9
86.7
88.8
85.6
91.9
73.1
fulfillment of the 1951 plQn for
sowing flax by oblasts:
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Oblast
~0 Apr (8)
10 Ma ) 1
Ma 10
20 Ma
Brest
24.2
48.9
60.1
74.1
Baranovichi
28.5
53.1
59.9
68.1
Polesa
51.1
1
75?
82.3
88.6
73
8
Finsk
40.3
63.9
70.2
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Gomel'
32.3
69.7
78.2
84.2
46,9
71.9
Grodno
5.1
27.2
Bobruysk
21.5
46.6
54.2
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Molodechno
6.2
27.1
50.0
70.0
Minsk
9.2
49.6
66.7
78.4
Polotsk
9.4
45.2
73.0
88.0
Mogilev
7.9
43.7
63.8
87.6
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3
52.0
75.8
Vitebsk
7.2
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Estonian SSR
79.9
88.0
82.1
75.5
84.4
81.3
94.9
95.0
89.2
The Ministry of State Farms Estonian SSR reports thaltana~6 perOeMty inY
khozes of the republic had completed the spring mowing p
eluding grains 81 percent. There are 86 sovkho2es in Estonian SSR.(13)
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Spring sowing is proceeding in an unsvgigaskiy~ myanaer in many kolkhozes
Vil yandiskiy, P 1'tsamaskiy, Khiyuma-
of the Koseskiy, Vyruskiy,
Otepyaskiy, and other rayons. Partand Vastnel~inaskiy raYonsystillehave
skiy,
tive committees of E1'vaskiy, Ab'yaskiythe defzcte in their leadership oP
not taken appropriate action to remedy the TaK KP(b) of Estonia. 3ow-
spring field work indicated in a statement by
ing is still far behind schedule.
To this date many rayons have not only not begun sowing, but have not
even completed preparation of the soil. In E1'vaskiy Rayon, spring plowing is
yet to be done on 5,000 hectares. The situation is no better in Tartuskiy,
Otepyaskiy, Vyruskiy, and Vastselinaskiy rayons. Tractor parks ar. animal
traction have been poorly utilized. The planting of vegetables has been poorly
organized in many rayons.(14)
Kazakh SSR sins
Sovkhozes of Kazakh SSR completed the 1951 plan Zor sowing springheat
10 days earlier than last year. They sowed 18,000 hectares more spring
this year than last. Much of it was durum.(15)
lan 2 weeks
Kolkhozes of Karaganda Oblast completed thTisPrwheat~asgPulfilled 106
earlier than last year. B88e8li~fPercent,~and fcnir silage crops 114 percent.(16)
percent; for perennial gr
Kirk
At the end of 1950 there were 1'~5 golkhozes in the republic with en in-
come of one million or more rubles. Every sixth kolkhoz in the republic was
a millionaire kolkhoz. The average sown area per kolkhoz in the republic in
1950 (ell crops) was almost 800 hectares.(17)
Lithuanian :'~'.:
Cultivation of flax is concentrated in ghyaulyayskiy and Klaypedskiy ob-
lasts. Soil and climate conditions are very favorable for flax here, and high
yields are obtained. The proximity of the sea guarantees even rainfall and
temperature pl"?s high humidity. Flax must be sown within a short period to
obtain mauimum Yields. In this area sowing shouldercen~ofethe flaxisowing
in 1950, the Lithuanian SSR had completed only 8 P
plan by 15 Ma,y.(18)
Kolkhozes of Panemunskiy Rayon, Kaunas Oblast, are lagging behind in the
sowing of spring crops this year. The kolkhozes of the rat n hectares.l~The
hectares of spring wheat. As of 5 May they had sown only 79
most favorable period for the sowing of this crop is now past. Sowing of in-
dustrial and fodder crops is also behind schedule. The plan calls for so~ing
250 hectares of flax and 1,990 hectares of fodder grasses. As of 5 May,
hectares of flax and 141 hectares of fodder grasses had been sown.(19)
As of 10 May, 4,61+9 hectareshectares of grains sAs ofnlO Maygs 8yhectares
The plan calls for sowing 12,015
of flax had been sown in the rayon; the plan calls for 976 hectaxes.(20
Moldavian SSR
In Moldavian SSR there are 1,645 kolkhozes. They include 97.1 percent of
the peasant households in the republic. These kolkhozes are served by 108 MTS.(21)
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Pledged crcp yields for Moldavian SSR in 1951 are ea follows (in centners
per hectare): wheat 20, maize 30, sunflowers 17, sugar beets 300, and cotton
6.(22)
RSFSR
All ko],khozes and sovkhozes of Altay Kray have completed the sowing of
spring wheat.(23) Kolkhozes and sovkhozes of Chk000vhectarescabovetplan a In
sowing of spring crops on 10 May. They sowed 95, 1 sov-
1951, 475,000 hectares more spring wheat were sown than in 1940. In 195 ,
khozea of the oblast sowed 56,000 hectareu more spring grains than in 1950?
The sovkhozes sowed 44,000 hectares more spring wheat this year than in 1950.(24)
Tadzhik SSR
cotton growers of Tadzhik SSR have pledged to spread 1.3 million tons of
manure and other local fertilizers on the cotton fields of the republic in 1951?(25)
Ukrain` SSR
In 1950, the Ukrainian SSR grain-Procurement Pludswof wheatlthanaina1949.(26)
t~e? mhc republic gave the state 81 million more p
According to data of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorologi.cal ServicBIIdwdevelop-
conditions so far this year have been favorable for the sprouting
aiallyffavorablesforTthe developmentrofgcropsthe~ Teithan 201millimetersrof pre-
cipitation were recorded during the first 10 days of May in the northwest half
of the republic, Suety Oblast, the central rayons of Poltava and Kirovograd ob-
lasts, and the northern rayons of ~r1B~e0period inoZakarpatskayalOblastrsthe
precipitation were recorded during
mountain rayons of the eaRovno,CandaTernopolanoblastenumber of rayons in Kiev,
Kamenets-Podolsk, Volyn,
As a result of favorable weather conditions, the heeding of winter crops
in the Ukraine began 10 days earlier than usual. Winter rye is now heading'
throughout the an3lChernigov oblasts.thRyexhastbegunftohflowerein southern Iz-
rayone of Suety t of a man. Winter wheat has
mail Oblast, and in places has reached th_ heigh in several southern rayons.
everywhere entered the tube stage, and 1s heading
Spring grains have entered the tube stage in the extreme southern Ukraine and
eastern oblastsa OInaKiev,hVinnitsacoandetKamenetstPodolskgoblasts~ kok-sagyznd
has begun to flower.(27)
Uzbek_SSR
In 1950, the average yield of sugar beet root inIlIIZi950 SUzbek SSR?overnt-
ners per hectare. This was 46 percent of plan.(28)
fulfilled the planned deliveries of kenaf stalk and seed to the state.(: 9)
Cotton growers of Uzbek SSR have pledged to spread 6,5 million tons of
manure and other local fertilizers on the cottoh fields of the republic in
1951?(25)
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1. ALna-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 10 May 51
2. Moscow, Komsomol'skaya Pravda, 9 MaY 51
3. Moscow, Trud, 18 May 51
4. Ibid., 24 May 51
5. Yerevan, Kommunist, 24 May 51
6, Ibid., 18 May 51 2, May 51
7. Baku, Bakinskiy Rabochiy,
g. Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 4 May 51
9. Ibid., 13 M8Y 51
10. Ibid., 18 May 5l
11. Ibid., 23 May 51
12. Ibid., 29 MaY 51 May 51
13. Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniya, 13
14, Ibid., 24 May 51
15. plena-Ata, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, 17 May 51
16. Ibid., 20 May 51
17. Frunze, Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 8 May 51
18. Vil'n;~us, Sovetskaya Litva, 9 May 51
19. Ibia., to May 51
20. Ibid., 13 MaY 51
21. Leningrad, Leningradskaya Pravda, 24 May 51
22. Moscow, Pravda, 23 May 5l
23. Moscow, Izvestiya, 24 May 51
24. Chkalov, Chkalovskaya Knmmuna, 27 May 51
p5, Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka, 22 May 51
26. Moscow, Pravda, 15 May151~y 51
27. Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 3
28. Tashkent, Pravda Vostoka, 12 May 51
29? Ibid., 24 May 51
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