HARVEST PROSPECTS OF USSR AGRICULTURE; PLEDGES BY CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS

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• Publication Date: September 20, 1952
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REPORT'
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H.4kTY]~T PRdSPF~'PS Ct:` fZiSR AyRICIJLTiJRS;
PLYGJGRli BY Cr~i'JBAL ASIAN RPPIJBLICS
`LimRb~ire in psrerthenen refer to appended sourcea_j
for the first tiae?~inc~ World. Wex II; 1.4 million amore hectares were cnan than
is 1y51. Areas sown to Poddex? rout crops, annual grasses, and enailase crops
81P.0 increased.(1)
Ia i952, tASR :~ollchozx~a exceeded the plan Por soaing of perennial grasses
'~`ht area~sova~to epsing wheat in the republic vas considerably greater is
1952 irh-~n im 1$51. The ea~unt of manure and peat applied to Yields on viaich
6pxiaig crops were sown vas 9.7 million tone greater in 1958 than is 1951.(4)
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ao is 1945. In 1951, it again increased sad exceeded 27 million tone. is
further increase Se provided i'or is the 1952 plan.(2)
TF,~BR Cit7A Progress Report llated 2$ ,June 1952
Traw vel-ther hoe continued to favor development aP growing crops in the ABBR.
B&o?tryl wheal: ie eatertag.the tube stage oe far north ao a line rvaniav through
V?lil~Lyn LUist, I:emowP u:3 ?!u~,otov and also Sn aomr: parts oY Biberia; it ie si-
pool'~g is eoa's 1::w:e oP Central Aaia and in scutCarn Kaz~s',~:a. Winter 3raine
ase~.fAovering in Hal::4:uesia, t.e central regions aP the $uropean I~BR, eaQ ~seuth-
atas iPa'ala. P~tatove have apzuuted around Cologda and Kirov. Osts have reahed
ale- aii7][Y areturity ate+ge 1n the extreme south. Winter barley esad winter vheet
ta~!e being iyar`/ented to ilzhe~k, Turi~ea, and Azerbaydzhan SSRs. Rarvmetiag has be-
~an in Georgina E6R :nd Dagesgtan ABBR. Almost three tourtha of the f6BR grain
h>rSS^+est is to be brrvested by 2QfB combines.(3)
Be~oruesian SBR
In 1950, the gross sugar beet harvest in the ISSR van 2.7 times as great
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On the kolkhoa grain iields of Beloru3elu, the stand ie thick and tall cnd
the ittaua ssa lq:ge. In the swrthern portion of the republic, xinter rye 10
ripening end barley and spring xheat are entering the tube stage,
I'rep+sration of machinery Yor the harvest is bring completed ir, ?oikhozoa
and It~S. Oa the average, each A?i5 is receiving 'ten nev harveatittg r~chlaen.
Good?ytilizatiott oY available equipment x111 perelt mec3.zsrizsd harvesting of
iroico ;:s 18r3e sa eras[ as 1n 1951. FIecbanized ftarvecting oY Sadut;trisi crone
v111. increase conalderab2,j?; ~=e'~naiaed f1.3x prtlll:.g is to increase by 1.G0,~00
hectares over 1951. Iz o':rh kolkk~oz, a transpcrt brigade Yor haulin3 grain
to the proctiremo;;t points and kolkhoz a~?atvzrics is beir.3 created.(g)
The Yo;Lloxing table, ahrnaa percentage fulfilleteat of the 1}52 plans for
plauing~oY clean avaaer Y+~Ilox nnc? appllcatl5n of local Yeetilizere to the
fields in ko?lchozes of the republic (in the glno, unite oP z:~acureW_nt are
cartlcada for a?aaure, tons Ror peat);
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A large},h6~4`~'Rt 1s anticip?ted is tRb republic. Ttol&ttozsa ,tn Vtilkanesht-
aki7r ar.>a Tarakliyekiy rayoas are e.~pecting yields of 20-25 quintals per hec-
tare.: The mpike& 'fti siren tQ~rpe b~.~
'-952 s ~n'6ii~~tL~ re~pc~Y,.-f
P~nu to be 1.5 bases as great ae"'in 1951. Machines are to dark net
la9a than 20 haura per day, and the har:aat 1a to be corapieted is f3-9 xorking
deys.(8)
Ta a letter to Stalin, the agricultural vergers of kloldavian SSA Fledged
to obtain in 1952 as average cotton yield of no*. less than 6 quintals per hec-
tare Srom the entire area so_n in the republic. Leading kolkhozes are striving
Sor yields of 10-12 quiatals~ per hectf+se. (9)
The tolloxl?g table ahoxspercentage fulfillment of the 1952 plan Yor piant-
ing of vegetnblea and tobacco in kolkhozee of the republic:
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98.5
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109,3
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The ,?.011o:?~ng table shasa pereAnt:x~e ~elfill,~ent oY the 19j2 ~+lnn for
plvairg of suer fsS.I:ou in kolithocea of the republic;
~5 Jtt+nn f'z01 24 Sano ?.i ~__J'ana (]2
E#ol^tsy 72,3 72,9 .`3.1
Itar,3ulr f1.7 78.1 7E,5
~iah3?aav 6!?0 Ir?3 G,,n
T?seapol~ ti0,3 82.5 82.9
Tha follo::id~ toblo shwa percAnt_~,~a 1~;1fi1Lw??t ai' t; a .;'2 p~. ;-t;
iar rdpair of h>SZVnafino ~:,chiaxerv in 1:1P~ aY t:>7 zc~ablicD -,, cs zq
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)hri So?lowing table shoos p^rcantaga ft~.tfill~rwtt ;f th1Mtossa oi? the ra-
publicr
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iY'vetit: has bxgtan in some o~xeae of Tbilisi gb3aat.(13)
kiln~recme per hactere.(14).
Arerbayflzhan 63R
'iY.s graia harvcat,'aot in pragresa is tha republic, ia'better thsn it has
Ueen,in msztq yearn.(15)
ttecauee cosbisee opesratiag is the republic grain harvest 'rare nat p~rwided
in timD witL adegiaYte aanpa~er aad grain transport facilities, their avesTape
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cos~nl~>~raat,
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PJ-an_s vhich rare used earlier for su lemental fertilization of xinter
crops and then for used spray ing in the Sbvkhoz imeni. Ord-
zhonikidze are nax engaged in combs ng a surygaster intergriceps, an insect
pe?t nP knn _D~?ctn_i.i~? ~~.~i~ ~h~~~:.' ~., ... ~:. . _ _ _ 'y
v , ?^i:IId ' t''~ e: oi., fie' uc . indgy
tons of a special preparation a3?e being sprayed on the fields by pilots Zhe-
ieznov and JOyalstov; thus far, several thousand hectares of grain fields have
been treaY.ed.(1'T}
The follo~:in~; tai~le r1io::o pcrccnta~,c fulfilL:.cnt, as reports:? by the f?;:Ln-
iatry cf Agriculture Azerbaydzhan SuR, of the plans for cambins harvestiq;
and plowing for winter crons by 2?xTS of the republic, us of 20 June (17);
Administrative Jnit Combine Jlesvestin~ Plociinr, For Fliuter Cro~3
JJab-u Oblast 6
Gyandzhe. O'blaat II
fficga.-no-Karabald7 Au?onouous Oblast 5
PSakhichevan' ASSR __
i?Ii:nter rye in i.n Pull ?'lo~rer in Penzn Obla.^a. 3n r.^ny places; tho etas
is no thick that the fieJ.ds do not require xeeding. Kolkhoz vor}.'ers hao~e b~-
gun artificial polliaat.':n, since J.aet year's experience ehaxed that 'this
practir-e increased yields by 1.5-2.0 quiatala cP pram per heaters. In 1952,
500,000 hectares of vinter rye are to be pcllinstedartifici.slly in kolkha~ea
of the oblast.(1~)
:Calkhozes ~f liagestan Aa~t; Y.ave lieRun ha-vesting xinter barley: 100 cum-
blrea are xcrking 1n the i'ields. The f L st t'c-lus harvested yielded 15-16
auintaiis per hectnre.(i.91
In Voronezh Oblast, there is a steppe xh:lch has long borne the same
Ka~n::aya Steppe. It xas in this Grid stagpe toot V. V. Dokuchayev estab-
13shed an er_parimentsl z=ee, pleated shelter belts, created artificial ponds,
3ug veils, sowed, wheat, fleas, and grasses., and carried out; other practices
for the purpose of traasforming thr. region.
Having lost its mees~ing, the designation Kamannaya Steppe is sradually
being ropla:cesl by the name Bokuchayev fictional Park (Dokuchsyevskiy Zapaved-
aik). Thr hgricultural Scientific Research Institute imeni Y. V. Dokuchayev,
located to tho steppe, is continuing the work begun by Dokuchayev himne].f.
In i~~l, quintal.-per-hectare yields as high as the following vent abtainod
on irrigated erase in the steppe: vinter wheat, k7; spring cheat, b3; sugar
beotn, X16; tomstcas, 852; cabbage, 91U; and carrots, 1,066.(20)
In Ryazesx' Oblast, the netxork of 2?TS end meadox improvement stations
vas enlarged in 1952 by the organzation of Kuz'minskaya, Stolpyanske