RUMANIAN DECREE ON CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE OF LIVESTOCK

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• Publication Date: August 15, 1955
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RUMANIAN DECREE ON CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE OF LIVESTOCK
Probleme Ecbnomice
Bucharest, Feb 55
The following decree [number unavailaole] has been issued in Bucharest
by the Council of Ministers of the Rumanian People's Republic and the cen-
tral Committee of the Rumanian Workers Party.
I. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY CONTRACTS
1. The Ministry of Food Industry will contract for the purchase of live-
stock from individual or collective farms, _ivestock cooperatives, agricultural
cooperatives, or any other type of agricultural organization.
2. Producers who enter into such contracts with the state will benefit
from reduced grain, meat, and milk delivery quotas. They will be paid in ac-
cordance with. the weight and quality of the livestock which they deliver.
3. Producers contracting for periods of 1-3 years will receive the fol-
lowing additional benefits:
a. Low-interest loans will be granted by the Agricultural Bank (Banca
Agricola) for the purchase of livestock and feed.
Building materials will be made available at official prices, for
the maintenance and upkeep of earns.
c. Prices will be increased 5 percent for ali livestock delivered in
the second contract year, and 10 percent for all de ivered in the third contract
year.
d. Compulsory meat and grain delivery quotas will be reduced in pro-
portion to the quantities of meat delivered under the terms of the contract.
e. Breeding and fattening stock may be obtained at official prices,
f. Free veterinary service may be obtained for stock under contract.
4. The following requirements will apply to all hog contracts:
a. Maximum advance z
payment to raisers will. be 300 lei, and prices
will be as follows:
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Weight
Liveweight
at Delivery
Quality of
Animal at
Liveweight
Price (in
(in k
)
Delivery
lei per
Group
g
1
120-140
Fattened
8.8
Semifattened
.7.8
2
141-16o
Fattened
9.5
Semifattened
8.5
3
161-180
Fattened
11.0
Semifattened
10.0
4
181-200
Fattened
11.5
Semifattened
10.5
5
over 200
Fattened
12.0
Semifattened
11.0
o. Hogs delivered during the second quarter of the year will bring
one leu per Kilogram more than shown above.
c. The compulsory grain quota in any given year is reduced by 1.8
kilograms of corn or other grain for each kilogram of hog delivered within
that year, when each hog weighs at lease 120 kilograms.
d. In a given year, the following reductions will be made in the
mandatory quotas of fresh meat, for each hog delivered in that year:
Weight Group
Quota Reduction
(in kg per head)
1
24
2
28
3
32
4
36
5
40
5. Contracts may be made with communal flour mills or edible-oil centers
for deliveries of hogs or poultry.
6. The following conditions are set for contracts for fattened cattle:
a. Prices and advance payments to cattle raisers will be as fol-
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Liveweight
Q
ali
Liveweight Price
Maximum Ad-
Weight
Regiune
t
u
ty of
(in lei Per k vance Pay-
Group
Group
a
Delivery
in
Animal at
D
lst, 3d
2d, 4th went (in lei
elivery
carter
carter
g_ per head)
1
I
400-500
Extra-fattened
5.4
6
3
00
Fatte
e
4
4
.
3
n
u
.
5.3
300
Semifattened
3.6
4.4
300
1
II
350-400
Extra-fattened
5.4
6.3
300
Fattened
4.4
5.3
300
Semifattened
3.6
4.4
300
2
I
501-600
Extra-fattened
6.0
7.0
400
Fattened
5.0
6.(,
400
Semifattened
4.0
5.0
400
2
II
400-500
Extra-fattened
5.6
6.5
400
Fattened
4.6
5.5
400
Semifattened
3.3
4.6 -
40o
3
I
over 600
Extra-fattened
7.0
8.0
500
Fattened
6.0
7.0
500
Semifattened
5.0
6.0
500
3
II
over 500
Eftra-fattened
6.2
7.2
500
Fattened
5.2
6.2
500
Semifattened
4.3
5.3
500
U. The compulsory grain quota is reduced in any given year by 125 kilo-
grams of corn or other grain for each fattened or semifattened animal delivered
within that year.
c. Cattle raisers living in mountain villages may purchase 200 kilo-
grams of corn at official prices for every head of cattle delivered.
d. In a given year, the followin reductions will be made in the
mandatory quotas of fresh meat, for each animal delivered in that year:
Quota Reduction
Weight Group (in k, per head)
3 45
e. Producers contracting to deliver draft animals will not have to
transport wood or other items with such animals.
7. Raising and fattening contracts may be made with producers having
young cattle weigning 100-200 kilograms each, under the following conditions:
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a. Prices and advance payments to raisers will be as follows [delivery
to be made when weight of animal exceeds 200 kilograms]:
W
Liveweight
Quality of
eight
Regiune
at Delivery
Animal at
Group
Group
(Ln
kfiL
Delivery
1
I
__
__
_
201-250
Extra-fattened
1
II
181-200
Fattened
Semifattened
Extra-fattened
2
I
251-300
Fattened
Semifattened
Extra-fattened
2
II
201-250
Fattened
Semifattened
Extra-fattened
3
I
over 300
Fattened
Semifattened
Extra-fattened
3
II
over 250
Fattened
Semifattened
Extra-fattened
Fattened
Semifattened
Liveweight Price Maximum Ad-
(in let per k vance Pay-
let, 3d 2d, 4th ment (in lei
Quarter quarter per head)
5.4
6.4
200
4.4
5.4
200
4.0
5.0
200
5.4
6.4
200
4.4
5.4
200
4.0
5.0
200
6.0
7.0
300
5.;;
6.0
300
4.5
5.5
300
6.u
7.0
300
5.0
6.0
300
4.5
5.5
300
6.5
(.5
400
5.5
6.5
400
5.c
6.0
400
6.5
7.5
400
5.5
6.5
400
5.0
6.0
400
b. Producers living in mountain regions may buy 100 kilograms of corn
at official prices for every animal delivered.
C. In a given year, the following reductions will be made in the manda-
tory quotas of fresh meat, for each animal delivered in that year:
Quota Reduction
Weight Group (in kg per head)
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8. The following conditions are set for contracts for calves weighing
less than 100 kilograms [delivery to be made when weight of calf exceeds 15C
kilograms]:
a. Prices and advance payments will be as follows:
Maximum Ad-
Liveweight Quality of Liveweight vance Pay-
Weight Regiune at Delivery Animal at Price (in ment (in lei
Group Group in Delivery lei per kg) per head)
1
I
180-200
Extra-fattened
7.5
300
Fattened
6.5
300
Semifattened
6.0
300
1
II
150-180
Extra-fattened
7.5
300
Fattened
6.5
300
Semifattened
6.0
300
2
I
201-300
Extra-fattened
8.0
400
Fattened
7.0
400
Semifattened
6.5
400
2
II
181-250
Extra-fattened
8.0
400
Fattened
7.0
400
Semifattened
6.5
400
3
I
over 300
Extra-fattened
8.5
500
Fattened
7.5
500
Semifattened
7.0
500
3
II
over 250
Extra-fattened
8.5
500
Fattened
7.5
500
Semifattened
7.0
500
b. Animals delivered during the second quarter of the year, and be-
longing to weight groups 2 and 3, will bring one leu per kilogram more than
shown above.
c. In a given year, the following reductions for each animal delivered
will be made in the mandatory quotas of milk: 150 liters, if producer contracts
to deliver calves in weight groups 2 and 3; and 100 liters, if producer con-
tracts to deliver calves in weight group 1.
ci. Compulsory feed delivery quotas will be reduced as follows for
each animal delivered, or the following amount will be sold to the producer
at official prices if he does not produce feed himself:
Weight Group 1 Weight Group 2 Weight Group 3
100 kg 150 kg 200 kg
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e.
Compulsory meat quotas will be reduced as follows for each animal
delivered in the year of delivery to the state:
Weight Group
Quota Reduction
(in kg per head)
1
35
2
40
3
50
9. The following conditions will apply to contracts for deliveries of
sheep:
a. Prices and advance payments will be as follows (each sheep must
have a 46-percent edible yield):
Liveweight Liveweight Maximum Ad-
at Delivery Price (in vance Payment
(in kg) lei per kg) (in lei per head)
35-40 5
over 40 6
b. In a given year, the following reductions will be made in the manda-
tory quotas of fresh meat, for each sheep delivered in that year: 2.5 kilograms
of meat for every sheep weighing 35-40 kilograms; and 3 kilograms of meat for
every sheep weighing over 40 kilograms.
10. Producers will receive the following prices and advance payments for
deliveries of lambs:
Liveweight Liveweight Maximum Ad-
at Delivery Price (in vance Payment
(in kg) lei per kg) (in lei per head)
Compulsory yearly quotas of meat will be reduced by one kilogram, for
every lamb delivered to the state within one year after signing the contract.
11. The following prices and advance payments will be paid for poultry:
Category
Liveweight Price
(in lei per kg)
Maximum Advance. Pay
ment (in lei per head)
Fat ducks
11.0
20
Fat turkey hens
11.5
20
Fat tom turkeys and geese
12.0
20
All poultry delivered to the state must be fattened.
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a. In a given year, producers may buy 1.3 kilograms of corn at of-
fic 1 prices for every kilogram of poultry delivered to the state during that
ar.
b. In a given year, the following reductions will be made in the
mandatory quotas of fresh meat, for each fowl delivered in that year: .6
kilograms of meat for every duck; and 1.3 kilograms for every goose, tom
turkey, or hen turkey.
12. Contract conditions stipulated above will also apply to hens of good
breed.
13. Prices and purchase conditions for livestock and poultry are fixed
in Appendix I (not available for this report).
II. CONTRACTS FOR MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
14. The Ministry of Food Industry will contract for the purchase of milk
or milk products from individual farms, agricultural collectives, producer co-
operatives, and any other type of agricultural association or cooperative.
15. The following prices will be paid for milk (maximum advance payment
to be 50 percent of the value of milk contracted for):
Period of Fat(in Content Price (in lei
Milk Delivery %) per liter)
1 May-31 Oct 3.5 1.2
1 Nov-30 Apr 3.5 1.45
Producers living in the vicnity of Bucharest or in the supply zone of
the Muresul Dairy will be paid as follows (maximum advance payment to be 50
percent of the value of milk contracted for):
Period of
Fat Content
Price (in lei
Milk Delivery
(in
per liter)
1 MaY-31 Oct
3.5
1.45
1 Nov-30 Apr
3.5
1.75
a. For every liter of milk delivered under contract, producers may
purchase up to .6 kilograms of feed.
b. In communes where producers skim the milk themselves, individual
producers may purchase .5 liters of skimmed milk at .25 lei per liter, for
every liter of [whole?) milk delivered to the state.
c. Producers who have gestating cows may receive an advance of 100
kilograms of concentrated feed per gestating cow, during the eighth month of
the animal a gestation, provided the producer obligates himself to deliver
milk as per the terms of the contract as soon as the cow is ready to give milk.
d. Producers contracting to deliver milk to the state may receive
low-interest loans from the Agricultural Bank to purchase milk cows.
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16. The Ministry of Food Industry will supply milk separators to all
state farms and agricultural collectives.
17. The following conditions will apply to deliveries of ewe's milk or
milk products:
a. Two lei will be paid per liter of ewe's milk, if the milk has
a 6-percent fat content.
b. An advance payment of up to 30 percent of the value of ewe's
milk or milk products contracted for will be paid.
c. Producers may purchase up to .6 kilograms of feed at official
prices for every liter of milk delivered under contract.
d. The executive committee of each people's council will make
available sufficient pasture land to producers contracting for ewe's milk
deliveries.
18. Producers contracting to deliver ewe's milk products will benefit
from the same prices and advantages as the producers contracting for deliveries
of cow's milk.
19. Purchases of milk may be made as follows:
a. Producers selling cow's or buffalo's milk may purchase up to .5
kilograms of concentrated feed for each liter of milk delivered.
b. Individual producers may purchase skimmed milk, in quantities
equivalent to up to 30 percent of the [whole?] milk delivered, at .25 lei
per liter.
IV. CONTRACTS FOR WOOL
20. The Ministry of Light Industry is authorized to purchase wool, either
on the basis of contract or through direct purchase.
21. Contracts will be made only for ruw wool.
22. Prices paid for wool will be as follows:
T2e of Sheep Price (in lei per kg)
Merino wool 60
Spence wool
50
Tsigay wool 44
Stcgose wool 25
Turcana wool 20
Wool purchased from state farms or agricultural collectives will be
bought at prices 10 percent higher.
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23. Producers contracting to deliver over 25 kilograms of Merino or Spanca
wool per sheep are exempt from regular, .
breeds of sheep, respectively. compulsory wool and milk quotas for those
.
24. Producers contracting to deliver wool will benefit from the following
advantages:
a. At the time of contract, they will receive an advance payment
equal to 20 percent of the total value of the contract.
b. They may purchase, at state prices, the following quantities of
corn for each kilogram of wool contracted: for one kilogram of Merino wool,
5 kilograms of corn; for one kilogram of Spence wool, 3 kilograms of corn; and
for one kilogram Tsigay wool, 3 kilograms of corn. Producers may purchase other
types of feed instead of corn if they desire to do so.
c. Executive committees of people's councils will make available to
producers sufficient pasture land for the sheep under contract.
25. Wool purchases will be made according to provisions in Appendix III
[not available for this report; no reference to an Appendix II).
26. Producers selling livestock, poultry, milk, dairy products, and wool
under contract may purchase goods on the open market.
27. Producers selling livestock under contract may purchase, in addition
to the above, the following quantities of shoe and sole leather:
Category
For each head of cattle weighing
less than 600 kilograms
For each head of cattle weighing more
than 600 kilograms
Sole Leather Shoe Leather
kin k in ft
1.5 3.5
1.0 3.5
28. All agricultural collectives contracting to deliver livestock and
poultry will be paid 10 percent more than the list prices, and livestock co-
operatives, producer cooperatives, and individual members of collectives will
be paid 5 percent more than the list prices for livestock or poultry delivered.
29. The Ministry of Food Industry will make contracts with livestock co-
operatives for combined deliveries of meat, milk, and wool.
30. Producers contracting for deliveries of livestock, milk, and milk
products may purchase waste and residues at official prices from sugar,
alcohol, beer, starch, and milk-products factories.
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31. The Ministry of Food Industry may contract for livestock deliveries
even with those producers who h
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ve to el meat
and livestock quotas to the stat
e. fTheeproduceriwilltbeiexemptufromycompulsory
delivery of any meat or meat products to the state until he has fulfilled the
terms of the contract, at which time the amount delivered under contract will
be deducted from his compulsory delivery quota.
Animals covered in contracts may not be levied upon in settlement
of any private debt of the producers.
32. Collectives delivering livestock ant poultry under contract may pur-
chase trucks through regular raion channels.
33. Veterinary and public health organs of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry must vaccinate free of char,
contract. e all livestock and poultry under
34. The terms of the contract are enforceable by both the producer and t}r
state. Any resulting court action will be tried according to provisions of
Decree No 274/1954.
35. Contracts must provide for penalties t
delay in delivery of livestock under contract, v incurr d for each day of
36. Producers delivering animals below the category semifattened will be
entitled only to the sales price, losing all right to reductions in their
compulsory quotas of meat and grain.
37. Producers who were given reductions in their compulsory milk delivery
quotas by virtue of their contracts to deliver calves, and w}o delivered
animals below the minimum weight standard, will be obliged to deliver milk
to the state in proportion to the loss of' weight of the animal.
38. State enterprises under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry which,
in the past, handled the purchase of animals will be abolished as of 15 January
1955. Their duties will be taken over by the Ministry of Food Inuustry.
39. ORACA [Oficiul Raional de Achizitii si Contractari de Aninale, Raion
Office for Livestock Procurement and Contractingj in the Ministry of Food In-
dustry can contract for breeding animals upon approval of specialized units
of the Ministry of Agriculture.
40. The Ministry of Food Industry with the aid of the Ministry of Domestic
Trade will arrange for the sale and s.orage of variouz kinds of nerchandise
in every raion.
41. The Ministry of Food Industry with the aid of the Ministry of Agri-
culture and Forestry will arrange periodic fairs for displaying livestock
under contract. Leading producers will be award,-.d prizes and certificates.
42. Hamlets and villages considered to be in mountainous regions will be
so designated by the State Committee for the Collection of Agricultural Produce.
43. Producers living in the Arad, Baia Mare, Hunedoara, Oradea, Stalin,
and Timisoara regiunes, and in the Hungarian Autonomous Regiune, will receive
bonuses of 500 lei worth of agricultural tools, for each animal weighing over
1,000 kilograms in the extra-fattened category.
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Producers living in other regiunes of the country will receive the
same bonus for each animal weighing over 800 kilograms.
For every hog weighing over 25v kilograms, producers will receive
250 lei worth of agricultural tools.
44. Contracts negotiated before the date of this decree will be car-
ried out under the terms of the present decree.
45. Yields per animal will be fixed in Appendix IV [not available for
this report]. Regiunes will be divided into catecories in Appendix V [not
available for this report].
46. All previous regulations pertaining to contracts for livestock and
animal products, included in decrees No 3,01411953, No 1,846/1954, No 1,782/1954,
and No 419/1954, are hereby annulled.
47. By 1 February 1955, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Atri-
culture and Forestry, and the Ministry of Food Industry will issue instruc-
tions with reference to the procedure for obtaining state loans.
43. Prices of feed, animals, and milk will be announced by 1 February
i9615-
49. Instructions for drafting contract; for livestock, poultry, and milk
will be issued by 1 February 1955.
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