AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS IN THE PISEK DISTRICT

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: January 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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51.61 CLASSIFICATION
[SECRE.C/ CONTROL - U. S. OFFICIALS ONL
SECURITY INF ORMATI 0 ?
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
FO RM NO.
MAY 1949
LCOUNTRY
(SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INFO
ACQUIRED
INFORMATION REPORT
Czechoslovakia
Agricultural Conditions in the Pisek District
CD NO.
c DATE DISTR. 26 January 1953
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IRIS IS MI 11101.0011E10
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Boonivreic
This loo
sines from
of first ra
hold
lob RAIallt that
is loeatel in m131V1CK,
of appromi tely 40 farms of various
2. hectares. This JA) is the- coorkmtive
Oh member works his own lank. Mee
coorerative s abohiaery, auk% carriee out the eecding and all other work
accordanoe with the overall plan. So far only 15 small holders and
small fraters have joined the cooperative' the total acreage of *doh is
about 25 hectares. Farmers with acreage over 20 heotares ("Vi
are not being aocepted av members. Outside the cooperative there alw3 still
5 intletendent farmers with land over 20 hectares and 15 with Ian under
2-) hectares.
12 o
have been
owing f
whea
urged. by the
but it is not being accepted very reMily try the
that sowing machines of Czech manufaoture haww,. their
apart rd not 20 0 Ali the %avian
caohince, They also taint out that the land sowed.
aneorilrkg to the new
1zech maohines in the
of
The 0-operatives have
fertilisers. These items
rid the major part of them goce to the c naive oven if
totreage What is left over goes to rnivste farners a bonuaes ror
fulfUling
or exceed.ing the prescribed quota. in JZ) of tirt grade the -rm.= have
provide their own seeds. They r,oeive no regular wages, but a 31V3- under
tc vati:)nal Insurance scheme . rivate famers receive oecrasion-,V.,1, ry
:tan
produces
-
produces even less than the land etwnd tor the
1eal
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snail ellocstion of ft
oeive no feeding a
bonus fer expeeding the plan and even then the amount is eemy smau
ng to its of fats eupplied (milk, butter, etc.).
an independent farmer, reoei
of feeding stuffs far 9
get soyaUoc.tion of seeds vote3soever.
year of1951 as
receive their tMtruct
oh instructs tbe
have b eow with various products, This is being done
bar.*. The local national committee receives oomelete
whole
Commit
about sowing
acre they
'4
1 ty free% the egrieulturAl Department of the Diatriot biUfti
They sub .divide this plan for the cooperatives and for single
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private? farmers in accordance with the aereage and quaiity of lend in
prectiot the 'bigger aereagire:Y=er has the higher are the preeerrhed
quotes, without any respect to the quality of land and the 461111rAWIt available.
After seeding has
been oteepleted, all concerned have to report the acreage
wed with various products back to the Local tlationel Committees ItliCh then
mall Adjustments in the plan. At the same time they all receive their
pr-scriotions of quotes to be handed in after the harvest. The private
reers receive the heaviest quotas eapeotally if their emeage is veer
to ftiera owning ore Ui
achine 19
reoeipt with estimate( p
went. Noe the achtmtri is just being confisoated without any
paonaent at all
50-
of coet'price. The machinery helongLg to Riddle Farmers"
hectares) has also been registered., but so far it has been left in the
oeerfilen of the farmers. The tariffs for various work w. all worked cut
01% jce-work baste (ecresaworked), *lel vary scoording to the kind of
re, harvest
20 hectares
At the beginning the farmers were givon a
been taken
state
of the particular ma:dhine, Laid P
ted prices of the eschinery are usually
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elitist, and allots re
heApprux
heaves
year ii1
ieei this
oessary
the course o
I very rapifly to about one third, beneuso abed
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parts and inexpert handling. At the peek of the
*xtvn land wort there re over 30 traotors out of order. The stet:ion is
e of trained fitters, and by the shortage of couo-
dtion for the zbchinet7. a result of this, very few repairs- could be
carried out during the winter. The new machinery is often ruined be:00nd repair
- in a very short time,
;o DuI1d&ng atsrials are being etted for' the repairs of farm building
and houses, Thcu it is absolute neoessary to Garry out even a small repair,
for le, to achinney cemmission composed of representatives of local
national 4:mitts, and lccal fire brigade has to inspect the aite end certify
th tr. of the repair. 'ellen the local national smenittee allots building
which are usuellr not sufficient at all, and the farmer hes to buy
The rest an the black market, or trade food stuffs for it. Repaire to farm
ownedbilirEs by private remora are not being allowed at all. Ihen they
.ippir for an location of building materials they are told to 3ci&n the JeD
where they will not have to worry about repairs beasnee new buil nes will be
ovided, The building of new buildings is not allowed, except for 3D for
bles are built.
?be canditleme as regards the official rations for private fame= exei very
bad. Unless they fulfil their presoribed quotas they do not receeve Dee
ration oarde at all. Parsers with acreage below 20 hectares receive ration
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aka of soap pe
ulfiW the ylan.
0.5 kilograms for a
month. /formers with over 20 hectares
40 not get any ration cards at all. Also farmers who eetLar ewon
even if that one person is * member of his family except wife and ohiLiren,
aro Called osTitaIiets, and thertfore do not receive any rations.
black market.
and do not help then in *Ay
a ham and contented peas
ir.,,te farmers are
and
* no losver the
the JD, because
?d quotas are very .ensall.
food !I tuffs left over for trmil,
they agitate against the larger.
But it ito still alanet impost
it10 to
on the members of the J D. The
trying to keep their lend at all costs, by wry hard work
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in pro
they are thus helping the regime
roa abroad they should be discourge
village where * fare of 30 he*
ed
10.
The farmer* with aoreag
tho cattle handed in towards
Their quotas are usually so I
to pay a fine The payments
held up and the fine deducted frum them. They have to pay all nx,vnsos for
trnns,crting the cattle to the slauOter-house thenselves. If 3 LaIllar
hc not fulfille hie quota be is not allowed to kill a nig for how us
do so he is W. that be bar an mirk
one man, his wife and two eleve
0 heotareS do not reoeive aw perms
meat quotas until the end of ttle year.
that they oannot fulfil them, and have
heir products handed. in'are . theroforo
4yen he api lies for pe
reAr for slaughtering, and he in prescribed an odd tional quota. ?users
are also not allowed a pert of a killed animal as their quota
handed, inflive weight*. In excepticwolcases, when the
in Loci
3omaittee in not very striot, two rafters can hand in their q
and kill the other animal for their oen use.
bin has to be
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TB swag
the ramblercr va oases in
thezt in 19570, TImatiort
of the farmers* as they' hews to bap their
and at the $ane tire suffer frpeidentes
rivate tamers have to pt7 their
lases but timor we not
Lte If s amber of is fleoily
sedloines atel
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At prison%
or other country tez
lave
? foistingiiU
Ciefthoaavak UI
subiodivtded into five
tad in 2211
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is
sow4Us have been nationalised and
The at pits be1g to w UatuvaUi WI
the quarries hare been inoorpecetodiii4fteneeor
kY
Iodustcy
* I, ?
roots* etc).
trees without AtDi
quotas for various
* but the Mier
ssi ems They
timber to be
keep ethat is Left ewer ter therteelves (branehes
Th. ?morn of woods are urged. to form so-called
"Wood Cooperatives" (Lea Drugstvo), and. if they do so, they get
/their quotas
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while during thallmeman occupation
for the whole locality used to bit 50 oubleia{
akimiALAPtAm4AAVAAtio.
The old cultural activities in the village nee43J ?t,
&mei, or limunist sponsored enterprise% onk7 tJsU$
teties andoco;',eratives ore allowed image
soctiactivities. CrayOommunist ijrt 14418
Zull of politAcr propacandavare allowed. and therefore wry few
peasants attend, The entranoe fee for these are net very high
t still it is difficult to offer& them. The peasant& alee
h&vo to work so hard that they have very ilttie time left for
anything else,
3.951
was 110 able
highest quota
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The District
* but now -It is strictly
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Jational Oemattee have to aepreve every single ease
ring apprenticeship. These officials also brie the
youth into any trade if they think it neoesaary.,
orte of rann labour, it is now foebidden e'er persons
tttuz to leave their employment and trade and
move tete the same or &int.:Ler job in
another distri es also to all other trades%
0
Retired farmer receive 4* ad nee U !a a close
relative capable of looking after thea. h*t t*r have no oboe
relatives* they receive pension of Xee, MO per txnt The
Amore Old Age ,'-ettlelnents made before 194.8 are still valid* but
me or is allowed to mealy* in kind only the mount of
/products
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s to the official ration for "self-
The rest of the ctartodities met be handed in,
i$ the onper receives payment in lieu (Vilnanek).
17. .9.6?edissAst_Mglea,
PgeMaagainst "Village Rich i?gu.tng on continuously in
newspaper radio official speeches. etc. Thesefarriers are
ccrapletely at the mercy of the Partur. (kovernmant and Local
Authorittes 'Very little siabotage is to be found among these,
as they are afraid, because of frevent controls ana searches for
unreLtered cattle poultry and hidden supplies. /f anything
is r
the farmer goes for trial.
sent to a.
morted
age (68), he is
of 28 hectze a1ewith irla wife.
happened but when the authorit:Lee r
Usually he receives a
carip and his properiv
a. farrier named MIZIK.
ot National Corrittee
le to work his farm
t ro1dig
i. cut that MUZIk ad not
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SOS all his fields be was ax?rested and santeaio.d to five years
in prison for econcrto sabotages At the Seine tin* all his preperty
eitehreettels
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