NORTHERN AREAS GET NEW FARM MACHINERY; COTTON ACREAGE INCREASED

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• Publication Date: July 28, 1950
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COUNTRY china
SUBJECT Economic -Agriculture
DATE OF
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NORTHERN AREAS GET NEW FARM MACHINERY;
COTTON ACREAGE INCREASED
INNER MONGOLIA RECEIVES USSR FARM TOOLS -- New York Hue-ch'iao Jih-Pao,
23 Jun 50
Inner Mongolia, 13 June (Hain-hua) -- The People's government of the
Inner Mongolia Autonomous District is strongly encouraging the broad use
of modern farming equipment to increase agricultural production.
During Rovember 1949, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
of the Inner Mongolia People's government contracted with the Northeast Min-
ia?,-y. of Agriculture and Forestry and the Harbin Farm Implements Plant for
the purchase of 300 harrows and 4,500 disk plows; orders were also placed
with the Wu-lan-huo-t'e (Wang-yeh-miao) Municipal People's Iron and Farm
Implements Plant for over 1,000 cultivators and Sung-nung ~rade mark disk
plows. This equipment, totaling over 6,100 machines, was distributed on
loan to farmers in the various areas during April and May 1950.
A total of 146 machines, consisting of harvesters and mowers, purchased
from the USSR in January 1950, has also been distributed to the Hsing-an,
Che-li-mu,Hu-na, and Chao-wu-ta areas, and to agricultural and husbandry sta-
tions in Na-wen.
NORTHEAST TESTS NEW FARM IMPLEMENTS -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 31 Eiay 50
Mukden, 30 May (Hain-hue) -- Rural areas in the Northeast are now test-
ing 13,diPferent types of farm machinery, numbering 3,300 units altogether,
in accordance with a definite plan. It is reported that they-have had a
salutary effect among the Perming population. The maJority~oP the new imple-
ments have been supplied to public Perms, model Perms, and individual farmers
on a rental basis. Ia addition, the Northeast Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry and the agricultural materials offices of each province have selected
40 mutual-aid teams which were loaned a full complement oP the new machines
for trial.
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In the spring planting program for 1950, these terms, guided by tech-
nical personnel dispatched by the Northeast People's government, have used
eight types of machines, included seeders, disks, and two-wheeled plows,
w].th signal success; Planting efficienry has been increased as much as
fivefold over that achieved by old-style implements, with a corresponding
increase in the quality of the planting, For example, in Yu-shu Hsien,
Kirin, two teams, using two of the new seeders, planted 510 mou in kaoliang
and soybeans in 1.1.5 days.. This represents a saving of 140 workers and 110
horses when compared with the use of old-style implements in 1949- As another
example, c~^e foram P-r- Ssu-yuan Hsien, Heihmgkiang, planted 40 mou per day with
a saving in laoor of seven men and eight hcrsesa Three catties of seeds per
mou were also saved as a result of improved sowing
HOPEH FARMERS COt~LETE COTTON FLANTING -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 2 Jun 50
Feiping ?- During 20 drys steady and rapid labor the farmers of Hopeh
Province completed the planting of 14,021,479 mou of cotton in the latter part
of April.a This i~ over 2 million more mou than had originally been planned
and amounts to almost 30 percent of the to5;a1 area under cotton iu the whole
country With an average production of 28 catties to the mou, the people of
HopCh will produce about 300 million catties of ginned cotton in 19500
19 MILLION MOU UNDER COTTON -- Hankow Chang-Chiang Jih-pao, 31 MaY 50
Peiping, 27 May (Hsin-hue) -- Young cotton is growing on more than
19,830,000 mou of North China, although the provinces of Suiyuan and Chahar
are not included since their climate is not suitable for cotton cultivation,
trys Howevers thepcotton hastfailedat acomeuupeincmanynplacese inosome to
the extent of half the area planted.. Since there are? many hazards in grow-
ing cotton, the author?tiee are active in promoting replanting and protection
programs throughout the area,
NORTH KIAIdGSU PUTS 3~4 MILLION MOU IN COT~N -- New York Hus-ch~iao Jih-pao,
1 Jul 50
Shanghai, 21 June (Hsin-000)mou ofelandtunderngottonmcultivation during
trict placed more than 3,443,
this spring This acreage exceeds last year's by more than 800,000 mou-
To increase its cotton production, this district has mobilized more than
250,000 farmers since last winter to reclaim vast wasteland areas and to under-
take irrigation proiects~ In addition, it extended loans in the form of seeds,
farming equipment, insecticides, etc,,, to the farmers Barring natural calami-
ties, a bumper cotton crop is predictedo
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CHINA COMPLETES PLANTING -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 31 May 50
Hankow, 30 May (Hsin-hua) -- Spring planting in the Central and South
China Regional District has now been virtually completed, aided by sufficient
amounts of rainfall In addition to land already under cultivation, another
930,000 mou of idle land has also been opene3 in Honan, Hupeh, Hunan, Kiangsi,
and Kwangsi
Cotton planting in the provinces of Honan, Hupeh, Hunan, and Kiangsi
has reached 11 million mou, exceeding by 730,000 mou the target set by the
Central government,,
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Horan completed 1rs .ul.ti.vation activities in April, planting a total of
23,500,000 mou in feodstu-~'fs and 3,500,000 mca in cotton- Transplanting of
rice in Hunan was 90 pe=cent completed by mid-Mayo In Kiangsi, dry-land rice
has been transplanted oa 12 million mou and 20 million mos ellsbhave been en-
with late grains, which wi.L.l be transplanted latere Dry p
countered in portions of ICwangtung and Kwangsio but the repair and construc-
tion of irrigation channels allow transplanting to take place without serious
interference In Kwangtung, transplanting has been completed on 30 million
mcu of paddy fields and hilly areas have been planted i.n soybeans, peanuts,
and grains of various sorts
WHEAT HARVEST HEGI[~iS IN CENTRAL AND SOATH CHINA -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao,
1 ..Tun 50
Hankow, 31 May lHsin-hua) -- 4Theat harvesting has begun throughout the
Central and South Chins arcs- In Kiangsi and Huran, barley, wheat, and
rapeseed ere alxeady bn the threshing floors In all the provinces, and
particularly in Honen where the land reform has been carried out, produc-
tion will meet or exceed the goals:
In Honan, the area planted ro wheat amounts to abou+, i0 percent of the
total area under cults vation~ This years produ:tion is expected to exceed
last year's by 10 to 20 percent, for a total. increase in wheat production for
the province of 3,600,000 piculs~
In Kiangsi, 2,160,000 mou are under barley, wheat, and rape In Kiangsi
and Hunan, production is expected to average from one to ley piculs of grain
per mou The military and political authorities in the various provinces have
issued orders to the military and police forces to organize the people for the
protection of the grain?
NORTHEAST PLANTING SEASON NEARLY OVER -- Hong Kong Wen?hui Pao, 1 Jun 50
Mukden, 31 May (Hein-hua) -- Wheat planting throughout the Northeast was
finished by the oad of April., Planting of cotton, hemp and corn will be i'in-
ished by the fir :;t of June; 6 million mou are under wheat, an increase of
he~gp000T~~~~smountloftlandrundar7oot~onwinlI.laosidFrovincen~la5003000 mau,~isr
twice last year's planting?
MILITARY TAK1;5 ACTIVE PA122' IN NOP.TH CHINA FARMING -?- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao,
1 Jun 50
tdilitar,~ units throughout North China have begun large-scale agricultural
operations to produce food for themselves They have opened up 100,000 mou
of grass lands? They are also farming ten, publicly owned, modernized farms,
They have contracted with the various water conservation authorities of the
provinces to carry out irrigation pro,~ects along 22 rivers of the area involy-
ing 4,950,000 man??dayc of labor and the hsndling of 306,640,000 fang one fang
is 10 cubic fe!a7 of earth., The soldiers are also rais~.ng large numbers of
domestic aniTa:lo and fowls for food
In addition to their agricultural activities, they have opened 357 handi-
craft industries largely concerned with processing foods or other materials
for their own use,.
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SINK:T~NG MILITARY EXCEED FL,P.NTING TARGETS -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao, 2 Jun 50
Feople's Liberation Army units in Sinkiang have surpassed their spring
planting targets by plowing 673,500 mou by 1. May 1950, 122 percent above the
goal set, and sowing 43G,000 mou They also carried out irrigation projects
to servi.:e one million mou,
The soldiers manifested a battle spirit, making their own tools and work-
ing t,ll they raised blis*_ers on their hands and foots
In Sinkiang, r,he land is alkali and must be leeched before plantings
EUPEH, KIAIQGSI PREPARE TAND REFORMS ?-? Shanghai Chieh-fang :lih-pao, 1 Jun 50
Hankow, 30 May (Hsi.n-hue) -- At the recent meeting of secretaries of
area (ti-fang) party committee= i.n $upeh, it was revaled that in 90 percent
of the province rent reductionshad been carried out.. This has resulted in
a refund to the people of 2 trillion catties of grain, and a great saving of
government loans for agricultural purposes and relief labor?
The conference agreed tc take the notes=ary steps, by 1 August 1950, to
carr}~ out ?.he production program far the year and to _arry out land reform dur-
ing the autumn
In ICiangsi, the conference of area party secretaries revealed that in 60
percent of Kiangsi the reat~reduction pxogra.m was i.n effect, with the people
receiving a refund of 500,000 picuis of grain and a resulting.rise in the
people's productive capacity. Nearly 300,000 mou of new land have been put
under cultivation
The conference set up three goals for immediate activity (1} promote
a well-organized, efficiently led peasant revolutionary movement, taking into
account varying local conditions; (2) promote an increase of grain production
for the province of 5 million piculs; and t3) revise the thinking oP cadres
who stil..l retain bureaucratic ideaso
TSINGHA:I PLkNS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ~-- Eong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 31 May 50
Sian, 30 May (Hain-hua) -- The Department of Agriculture and Forestry of
the Northwest Military and Admisistrative Committee has dispatched an inspec-
tion team to Tsinghai. to survey the possibilities of opening the Ch?ai~ta-mu
Basin to agricu].ture~ Included in the party due to arrive in Hsi-ning on
30 May, ass industrial, agricultural, meteoreiogical, animal husbandry, and
irrigation special.isis, who will team with the concerned agencies and mili-
tary units in Tsinghai to carry out the survey, Emphasis will be placed on
the area between Hsia-,jih-ch'ia (1) umbers refer to aggended characters]
and Ch?a-han-wu-sa (2} on the Sinkiang-Tsirghai Highways
Tsinghai now has an area of 7,800,000 mou open to cultivation, which is
only 0,6 percent of the total land surface of the province Tt is estimated
that the province has an additional 64,190,000 mou which may be opened to
cultivation, most of which is located'in the Ch'ai-to-~mu Basins Preliminary
studies indicate that climate, rainfall, soil, an3 other natural conditions
are all favorable for culiivation
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