BULGARIA COMBATS INSECTS, ANIMAL PLAGUE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130454-2
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 454
• Publication Date: September 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY rORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
SUBJECT
HOW
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED
DATE
PUBLISHED
LANGUAGE
Scientific - Insects, sheep mange, fowl plague
Daily, semiweekly newspapers; monthly periodical
Sofia, Khaskovo, Stalin, Ruse
24 Jan - 17 Apr 1953
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. ,.V Sep 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
INSECTS ATTACK FOREST -- Stalin, Stalinsko Zname, 24 Jan 53
The Gubotvorka iLoect and other insects attacked 150 000 decares of oak
forest in Stalin Okrug in 1952 /1951?f. This year Z1_952j, over 160,000 decares
have been attacked. If the attacked areas lose half of the yearly increment
of about .3 cubic meter per decare, the okrug lost 22,500 cubic meters of lum-
ber in 1952. The Gubotvorka insect is in egg form between July of one year and
May of the following year, then is in caterpillar form between May and .Tune.
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DDT and hexachlorane, which are used to combat these insects,
are most effective when 1.5 or 2 kilograms of either insecticide is used
for each decare of land. Last year, 96,200 decares in Stalin Okrug were sprayed
with insecticide mechanically and 52,540 decares werf. sprayed from airplanes.
This year, 80,000 decares will be sprayed mechanically and 80,000 decares will
be sprayed from airplanes; 5 percent DDT will be used. Thus far, 13,000 decares
in the okrug have been cleared of insects. -- Sv. Penev, forestry engineer
INSECTS HARMING FRUIT TREES -- Sofia, Kooverativno Zemedelie, No 3-4, 1953
For the past two years (1951-52), cherry trees in Kyustendil Okoliya have
been sprayed from airplanes in an effort to combat cherry flies. Powdered DTYP
with 5 percent active ratter was used. The Scientific Research Institute for
Fruit in Kyustendil showed that this mixture is most effective against cherry
flies.
2nis type u_ .,raying was done to combat the plum wasp (slivova plodova
ooa) in Panagyurishte Okoliya, and an insect (tsvetoprobivach) attacking apple
blossoms in other areas. -- B. M. Videnov
During the 1951-52 season the "Tabso" Airline Company, using DDT, sprayed
over 16,000 decares of orchards in Plovdiv Okrug. -- Vasil N. Vasilev
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INSECTS DESTROYED WITH DDT Ruse, Dunavska Pravda, 17 Apr 53
Beet beetles (repichni brumbar), which appeared in Nedoklan, Razgrad
Okoliya, Ruse Okrug, are being destroyed with DDT spray.
Ruse, Dunavska Pravda, 7 May 53
Vine bugs (lozovi strigach) were discovered in Slamino, Yambol Okoliya.
Villagers from Tenevo, Zimnitsa, and Dzhinot are destroying these bugs over
large areas. Villagers from Simeonovo and Kalchevo, Yambol Okoliya, are using
5 percent DDT against the linseed louse (lenena bulkha).
VACCINATION OF FOWL AGAINST PLAGUE -- Khaskovo, Rodopska Borba, 31 Jan 53
All hens and turkeys In Bulgaria used 1._07 suffer from the fowl plague
(Pestis arium). After 9 September 1944, the Bulgarian government took steps
to eradicate this disease throughout the country. The plague was greatly re-
duced during 1949 and 1950. In December 1952, the Ministry of Agriculture
issued an order that all fowl in the country must be vaccinated. This vaccina-
tion will continue until the end of this month. The vaccination of fowl in
Momchilgrad Okoliya is nearly completed; however, Kharmanli and Khaskovo okoli-
yes are lagging.
SHEEP MANGE TROUBLESOME IN STALIN OKOLIYA -- Stalin, Stalinsko Zname, 14 March 1953
Recently, sheep mange has become more prevalent in Stalin Okoliya. It is
concentrated in Preseltsi, Yarebichna, Zornitsa, Sadovo, Gorni Blisnak, and
Byala. The reasons for this are as follows: unfavorable atmospheric conditions
(rainy fall and winter), which are conducive to the development of the disease;
insufficient and poor quality forage; and negligence on the part of TKZS (cooper-
ative labor farm) members, who failed to report mange to veterinary organs.
Only through disinfecting will the mange be eliminated in Stalin Okoliya
and in other okoliyas in the okrug.
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