AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN A TURKISH VILLAGE IN BULGARIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Bulgaria
l~gricu].tural Conditi?ns in a
Turkish Village in Bulgaria
This Document contains information a8ecting the Na-
tional Defens0 of the United Btatea, within tha mean-
ing of Title I8, Bectiona T93 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by Iaw. The reproduction of this corm Sa prohibited.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 7 December 1953
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1. The infmrrmation below refers to Sredinka village~(N 111-39, E 25-21), Kurdzhali
Okoliya, inhabited by'members of the Bulgarian Turkish min?rity.
2. ' .A peaelant owned eight stremniata of land ~wci, i~f which were barren. He was
obliged by .the State t? sow. the remainder with tobacco. His yield was ?nly
100 kilograms during 1952 owing to the dr?ught. This was purchased by the
Sate for 10 levy per kilogram. ~irico he and his family were not able tm
subsist, from the sale of the tobacco crop, he was I~bliged tm sell, some mf
his animals as follows eine calf, 600 leva; two goats, 250 leva each; three
sheep, 200 leva each; fear a t?tal of 1,700 leva. In Order to further supple-
ment his income,' this peo;sant made every effort t? obtain work as a day laborer
but he did not succeed. Throughiut the year he and his family were Obliged
to subsisii~-on bread and a thin setup thickened with flour. Tobacco workers
were pr~lvided by the State with special cigarettes at 30 stmtinki per package
of 20. They were a1s? allowed to retain 300 grams Of t?bacc? per stremma
cultivated.,
A second peasant ~rwned 13'stremmata of land ~?intly with his brmther. Fn-1952,
he s?wed 5e5 stremm~ta wish, tabacca, 2.5 stremmata with corn, three with wheat,
mne with barley, and cane with sunflowers. His, total yield was as fellowsx
a. 50 ki1'ogratns ?f tobaccm (normally he could have expected about ~.]~2 kilograms
mf tobacco,, that is ?5 per stremma; the deficit was due to the severe drought);
be 15th kilograms ?f corn;
c.~ 20 kilograms of barley;
d. 25 kilograms of sunflower seeds; and
e.' An unknown quantity of wheat.
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The tobacco was purchased by the State at 10 lava per kilogram. The peasant kept
the remainder of his crops for his own use.
~.. Each peasant was obliged to make the follmwing yearly contributions to the ; tateQ
a. 300 grams of meat per domestic fowl, or equivalent in cash; this was 'rated
at 20 levy per 1,,200 grams ~f poultry meat; and
b. 42 eggs per domestic fowl' or cash equivalent rated at 50 stotinki per egg..
peasants who did not keel p?ult~y were obliged to contribute a total of SO eggs
or the equivalent in mr~ney.
5. A third peasant awned 30 sheep one groat, and five stremmata of land. The sheep
and the groat produced approximately 1000 kilograms of milk per annum of which
150 kil?grams were purchased compulsmrily by the State at cane levy per kile~gram.
The free market price was 5.s lava per kilogram. This peasant was also obliged;
to sell mne kilogram of wool per sheep to the ;fate at 9-10 lava per kilogr an,~~
according to q ual~.ty. Compulsory deliveries mf meat were three kilograms per
sheep aid six kilograms per goat, at 2.5 lava per kilogram (on the hoof). He
paid a tax of five lava per sheep (or goat) and also was obliged to deliver 93
kil?grams of poultry meat at 5.5 lava per kilogram.
6. The
budget of ~~;his third peasant for 1952 was as foll?ws:
7. With. this surplus of ?36 leva~ this peasant had tm provide him se]a~'with food
clctliing, etc., through?ut the year. Iiis stuck of animals remd~ned roughly
constant, as those which he was obliged to sell were replaced by newly born
lambs.
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