CROP PROSPECTS IN SHEHSI, SINKIANG, HONAN, AND HOPEH, 8 JUNE 1953

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• Publication Date: September 14, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Tientsin
DATE
PUBLISHED 8 Jun 1953
LANGUAGE Chinese
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CENTRAL SINELLIGEAGEN REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
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COUNTRY China DATE OF
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
CROP PROSPECTS IN SHL:NSI SINKIANG HONAN,
AND HOPEH, JUNE 1953
[summary: Prospects for autumn crops, both for grains and cot-
ton, are good in Shensi and Sinkiang. Wir*.er wheat production is
running from 78 to 270 catties per mou (.ne mou equals 1/6 acre) in
Hopeh. The government made liberal loans of cash and seed for au-
tumn crops to farmers in Honan_]
20 MILLION MOU PLANTED IN SHENSI -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao, 8 Jun 53
Sian, 7 June (Hsin-hua) -- There are prospects for a good autumn crop in
all.areas of Shensi. At present, farmers are occupied with hoeing and other
activities. This year more than 20 million mou in Shensi were planted with
late autumn crops. In the north, the corn and kaoliang of Yen-an, Kan-ch'uan
Huang-lu, and five other hsiens are already 4 - 5 inches high; and the spiked-
millet, glutinous rice and black beans are 2 - 3 inches high. For the most
part, the crops are growing well. In the Kuan-chung area, where there are me e
than 4 million mou of cotton fidids, the cotton plants are 4 - 5 inches high
and have 4 - 5 leaves. In Pao-chi, Ch'ang-wu, and eight other hsiens, 220,000
mou of corn and the 170,000 mou of kaoliang have reached a height of one foot.
In southern Shensi the sowing of 1,700,000 mou of paddy fields has been com-
pleted.
At present, farmers in all areas are busy hoeing autumn crops. In the
north, the grea ._ part of the autumn crup fields of Sui-tang, Mi-chih, Yen-an
and I-Chun hsiens have been hoed once, and in some areas, twice. The survival
of the young cotton plants Is assured. The cotton fields of Wei-nan and Lin.
t'ung also have been hoed once. Autumn crops, including cotton, in north and
central'Shensi, which were hit by cold, received some damage. In all areas,
however, replanting was carried out. In San-yuan Hsien, frost damaged 1,100
mou of cotton.but the farmers completed replanting rapidly.
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Urumchi, 7 June (Hein-hua) -- Crop prospects are good in Sinkiang. The
spring wheat north of Tien Shan has reached a hei
ht
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one foot; and wheat
in the regions south of Tien Shan is heading. The cotton is growing and the
corn and kaoliang in all areas are heading. The grain of T'u-lu-far. Hsien has
survived the violent winds of May.
To obtain an abundant harvest, farmers in all areas are participating in
mid-season cultivation to eliminate weeds. Many rural women have organized
teams to take part in this work. In May, the wheat and oat fields of the Ho-
tien, So-ch'e, and K'o-shih areas were weeded one to two times. The wheat
fields of Urumchi and other comparatively cold regions also have been more than
50 percent weeded. In all areas farmers have begun thinning, weeding, and
spreading of fertilizer on cotton, corn, and kaoliang crops. This year about
1.5 percent of the total wheat area of Sinkiang suffered damage from natural
calamities, but in all such regions the farmers have replanted with other late
autumn crops.
SEED LOANS SPEED PIANrIN, -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao, 8 Jun 53
K'ai-feng, 7 June (Hsin-hua) -- State-operated grain companies, coopera-
tives, and the People's Bank in Ronan are furnishing seeds for autumn grain
and issuing farm loans to the farmers to assist a portion of them in overcoming
hardships caused by natural calamities.
The Ronan branch of the People's Bank has iscued loans totaling 500 ..i.llion
yuan and at present 80 percent of this amount has been distributed to rural
areas. These loans will enable the farmers to buy enough seed to sow 1,500,000
mou of land.
Early in May, the Ronan State-Operated Grain Company, commenced distri-
bution of kaoliang, corn, spiked millet, and soybeans in all districts; the
Lo-yang, Hsu-ch'ang, Cheng-chou and Hsin-yang special administrative distri-ts
received more than 4,500,000 catties of all types of grain seeds. So that
planting will not be delayed, at present the cooperatives and the state-operated
grain companies in all districts are furnishing all types of seeds to the
farmers, After receiving loans from the People's Bank, many of the farmers
are also able to buy the seeds they require for themselves,
ROPER WHEAT HARVEST REPORTED -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao, 8 Jun 53
Pao-ting, 7 June (Hsin-hua) -- The wheat in all area. of Hopeh has ripened
and the harvest is now on in the suuth. So~ae calamity stricken areas had low
yields, but, for the most part, the irrigated areas of the province have an
abundant harvest. The average wheat production for both irrigated and nonirri-
gated regions will be about 78 catties per mou.
The wheat areas in Chung-chia-k'ou Special Administrative District may
average 221 catties per mou for both trrigaied and nonirrigated land. The irri-
gated wheat of the Shih?chia-cbwsng, suburban area may average 270 catties per
mou, an increase of 60 cattle; over last year. The harvest may average more
than 180 catties per mou in Kao-ch'eng, Luan-ch'eng, Cheng-ting, and Chao heiens
in Shih-chia-chuang Special Administrative District.
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