WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM PROTECTS FARMS, IMPROVES CROP PRODUCTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2011
• Sequence Number: 78
• Publication Date: July 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM PROTECTS FARMS,
IMPROVES CROP PRODUCTION
ANNOUNCES WATER-CONSERVATION PROJECTS -? Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao, 30 Mar 50
Peiping, 20 March (H sin-hua) --~ The water-conservation pro3ects planned
for Chekiang and Kanau provinces include r,
Chekiang Province -?? The completion of flood-pr~viaolCh'1~randnHsietCiaoen-
t'ang Chiang, T'sao-o Chiang, P u-yang Chiang, q'ung-
Ch'i before the high Water of June 1950; canal locks in Hui-ch'i.ao and Yung-this
hsiens; the repair of the banks of the Chin-hua Hu; four large irrigation prot-
ects in the 3~ao-Ghii a ea in Lir.-rlni AaiPp; and 76 minor irrigation repair works
in various hsiPna. The T'ao-chu praJects are expected to be completed before
kung overnmentnwillJextend loansofemore thanr60 millionicattieseofsricee Che
Kansu Province -- Repair of old and construction of new canals is the pro-
gram for the province during 1950. This includes the repair or construction
pro,ects at 3ha-ho-pao in Lin-tse gsien, underground irrigation Facilities at
T'ou-pa in Shan-tan Hsien, Shu-fang Canal in Ku-lang Hsien, Ching-fang Canal in
Ching-yuan Hsien, Huang-hut Canal in Kao-lan Hsien, and work on the Huang-Yang
Ho in Wu-wei Hsien. The completion of the proJecte will make possible the irri-
gation of 64,337 shah mou of land in the province ~ne shih mou equals 0.1647
acre7.
COMPLETE REPAIR OF OVER 100 MILES OF DIKES -- Ho-fei Wan-Pei Jih-pao, 3 MaY 50
Ch'eo-hu, Anhwei -- Repair work on 360 li (3 li equal Y mile) of dikes bor-
dering rivers i.n the Ch'so-hu Special Administrative District has been practi-
cally completed in accordance-with engineering specifications. The work began
Suring the first week of March 1950 with the mobilization of over 70,000 rural
laborers.
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YELLOW RZVER BANKS REPAIR. CONTINUE -- Hong Kong Ta Kung Pa?, 9 May 50
a gsin-hua) -- The Shantung provincial government, having
Tsinan, 7 M Y (
completed the Piths second phaaeaofsthe work ~Reinforcingeof~iiverebankaAwill
1950. has begun
be continued during the second phase, and approximately 100,000 men will e
needed for this work
CCF TROOPS TtESTORE Z?RIGATION IN SINKIANG -- New York Hua-ch'iao Jih-pao,
24 Jun 50 a
Urumchi, 10 Jane (gsin-hua) -- By the end of May 1950, CCF troops sta-
tioned in Sinkiang heal opened up for cultivation b37,5OO mou (6 mou equals 1
acre) of land and had planted seeds in over 43,000 mou of lands They also re-
stored to working condition the irrigation facilities capable of supplying water
to over one million mou of land
CCF TROOPS PREVENT FLOODS IN CENTRAL CHINA -' New York Hua-ch'iao Jih-pao,
24 Jun Sa o
gankow, 9 June (Hsin-hua) -- Among the flood-prevention projects undertaken
by CCF troops in the Central and South China Regional District are the recuneh;
struction and repaikuo~:i neardHanlsowf the Ho-fengSwanhdikeCin ~heseas~ern out-
those of the Chang-
skirts of Changsha, Hunan; and the embankments at Hui-yang, Kwangtungo
In Honan, to prevent the floods from which the people have suffered for
more than 10 years, the troops helped the local people droeggoe the Ying Ho; the
Ch'ing-i Ho, a tributary of the former; and the Shuang-p
All of these projects are finished with the exception of the work mentioned
on the Han Ho, Ying Ho, and Ch'ing-i goo
More than 18,000 farmers are reliev~tf~rgm tAs aarBSUltfoflthe repairswnear
done on the embankment near Hui-yang, Iitir 000 iculs
Chang-sha, it is estimated that production may be 1ncrOeOOOdmou of marshy land
of rice- The e~ork along the Han Ho.is transforming 35 ,
into good farm lando
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