NEW METHODS IN RUMANIAN AGRICULTURE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700110114-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 114
• Publication Date: May 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION RESTRiCTEL
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INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY Rumania '
SUBJECT Economic -Agriculture, crops, cattle
HOW
PUBLISHED Monthly periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED Bucharest
DATE
PUBLISHED Dec 1952
LANGUAGE Rumanian
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The Dokutshayev, Kostatchev, and Vil'vams methods were introduced to pro-
mote the development of agriculture in Rumania.
The RPR (Rtmlanian People's Republic) has devoted special attention to
production of manure, crops, land improvements, protective belts, the improve-
ment of plants, raising of animals, and the mechanization of agriculture.
The study of the new methods began in 1949 in the Institute for Agronomic
Researci. at resenrch stations in blarculesti, Studina, Lovrin, Targu-Frumos,
and Campia-Turzii. In 1950, studies of the new methods began at the Murfat-
lar and Valul-lui-Traian stations. The new methods were next introduced at
state farms and collectives.
The Vil'yams method of grass planting in the reclamation of soil was in-
troduced to rebuild the soil structure and raise its fertil;.ty. Perenn'_g1
grasses and blends of various grasses were adapted for the various regions of
the country.
Improved results were obtained. Thus, at the Marculesti Research Sta-
tion, situated in an grid region, the harvest surpassed that of indiv~3ua1
peasants 280-420 percent.
At the Studinn Research Station, unprecedented harvests were obtained.
In 1951, according to data Eros the Institute of Agronomic Research, produc-
tion records of 5,216 kilograms of corn kernels per hectare, 71,000 kilograms
of fodder beets per hectare, and 1,720 kilograms of cotton per hectare were
reached.
At the Branceni Experimental Cotton Station, 1,700 kilograms per hectare
were obtained in 1951 on the irrigated fields, while the average harvest in t:te
rest of the country was 1,160 kilograms per hectare.
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Applying tl~e teachings of Soviet Academician Ivanov,, animal husbandrymen
worked on improvement of animal breeds and creation of new, useful types. At
the Popauti Experimental A71ma1 Husbandry Station in Botosani, milk production
from white steppe cows was increased from 1,518 to 2,383 Liters of milk per
head by means of rational feeding. A further increase of milk production is
being attempted by the crossbreeding of white steppe cows with the red varie-
ties (Swiss). Crossbreeding of horses has also been attempted. Crossbreed-
ing of local varieties of hogs of the "Large White," Mangalita, and York
types are being tried to create abetter meat animal. Exceptional success
has been achieved in the creation of new varieties of sheep.
Studies of fodder and provision of shelters for animals will contribute
further to agricultural progress in the RPR.
An agricultural equipment industry, which produced thousands of tractors,
mechanical plows, reapers, threshers, binders, and other machines, strengthened
agriculture. The machine station of the Institute for Agronomic Research de-
veloped a machine that will sow both wheat and perennial grass.
Sovromtractor of Stalin played an important role in the deveLopmen*, of
tractor production, It is expected that the amount of tractors will grow
considerably in the course of the First Five-Year Plan, thus contributing to
the expansio^ of agriculture.
These measures, knoxn as agrominimum and aootechminimum ~oviet animal
husbandry techniques], are based on Soviet agronomic methods and will Lead to
the obtaining of rich harvests to supply the working population with food and
industry with raw materials. Many of the collective farms have obtained
yields 50-100 percent Larger than independent peasents through the use of
Michurin principles.
The parched soil of the Dobruja, bur It out by droughts, is being trans-
formed into flourishing orchards in the region of the Danubr_-Black Sea Canal.
$undreds of square kilometers have been planted with forest belts for pro-
tection against drought winds. Tens of thousands of fruit trees and hundreds
of hectares of vineyards have also been planted.
Dozens of water-pumping stations, with more than 30,000 meters of pipe
for irrigation, have been set up. This irrigation has resulted in improved
vegetable crops`. In its first year, the collective at Seimeni produced a
crop'of beans, eggplants, and cabbage twice as large as that of the region
as a whole and a crop of potatoes and tomatoes four times as large.
Irrigation of fodder crops was begun.
Numerous tracts of land which were formerly marshland and moors', where
fever-spreading mosquitos swarmed, are being transformed into. arable land.
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