USSR AGRICULTURE PREPARES YOUR SPRING SOWING PROGRAM

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• Publication Date: June 12, 1952
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In 1952, the total volume of tractor work performed by MPS will increase
11 percent, including increases in volume for specific types of work as follows:
interrow working of cultivated trope 32 percent, harvest of grains with combines
21 percent, haying on meadows and pastures 47 percent, storage of ensilage 200
percent,, flax pulling 100 percent, beet digging 38 percent, and grubbing and
clearing mea.ove almos. 100 percent, The amount of winter fallow plowed in
the fall of 1952 will be larger than in 1951.
Fastio-lar attention will be devoted to increasing the mechanization level
in kolkbozes of the nonoheraozem region. In 1952, sowing of spring crops in
kolkhozes of th._s regiox, will be C2 percent mechanized, sowing of winter crops
85 pereUnt, Lamest of gra_oe wi:;h combines 52 percent, and flax pulling ur to
60 percent.( l)
Estonia,. SSR
In 1951, the plan for peat procurement was fulfilled only 59 percent for
the republic, and only 25 percent of the planned amount was applied to the
fields as c4mp4at- ;2`
Latvian SSR
In 1951, L-clkhozes of the ae plane for yields and pro-
curement of root and seed of rubber-beararg plants.(3)
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Lithuanian SSR
The following table represents percent fulfillment of the 1952 tractor re-
pair plan in MTS of the republic by oblasts:
Oblast
5 Mar
4)
15 Mar (5)
25 Mar (6)
Klaypeda
74.5
81.5
88.8
Vil'nyus
68.3
75.7
81.5
Shyaulyay
67.8
76.3
84.4
Kaunas
67.1
76.7
87.4
There are now 120 MTS in the republic, and 12 more will be established in
1952.(7)
Belorussian SSR
In 1951, kolkhozes of the republic increased their sown area 23.6 percent,
including increases of 24 percent for grains, 22 percent for potatoes, and 17
percent for industrial crops. In 1951, the total sown area in kolkhozes of
Poles ye Oblast was 101.4 percent of 1940. In 1951, the total sown area in
Polotak Oblast increased 16.9 percent over 1950.(8)
In 1951, sovkhozes of the republic fulfilled the plan for sowing silage
crops, annual and perennial grasses, and root crops by 109 percent. The area
sown to grains by sovkhozes was considerably extended.(9)
The following table represents percent fulfillment of the 1951 - 1952
fall-winter plan for tractor repair by oblasts of the republic:
Oblast
5 Mar (10)
15 Mar (11)
25 Mar
GDmel
84.1
89.0
94.1
Pinsk
83.1
88.6
92.0
Poles'ye
80.8
88.8
93.1
Bres:,
80.3
87.0
89.8
Mogilev
77.3
82.0
87.7
Grodno
76.7
81.5
87.9
Pol.otek
76.3
79.1
81.7
Baranovi-chi
75.5
82.8
89.1
Bobruysk
74.8
80.9
85.0
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Oblast
5 Mar
10
15 Mar (11)
25 Mar (8)
Molodechno
73.9
84.2
88.2
Vitebsk
73.6
77.0
81.8
Minsk
71.8
77.8
83.9
The following table represents percent fulfillment of the 1952 spring plan
for application of local fertil.'.zers to kolkhoz fields by oblasts of the re-
public:
i Mar (12)
10 Mar (13)
20 Mar (14)
Oblast
Manure Peat
Manure
Peat
Manure Peat
Polotsk
38.7
44.0
50.3
70.6
60.3
94.5
Baranovichi
34.0
55.2
46.9
74.6
56.3
97.7
Gomel'
32,1
47.3
39.8
61.7
48.3
74.9
Minsk
31.8
45.3
40.2
66.9
47.4
84.5
Pinsk
31.2
23.4
40.3
32.3
51.8
67.9
Vitebsk
30.3
30.0
36.0
41.0
41.2
42.9
Mogilev
28.9
27.6
35.7
36.6
42.1
44.3
Bobruysk
28.6
49.5
35.1
61.8
41.5
72.1
Brest
28.1
34.5
36.6
45.5
50,7
59.4
Poles'ye
21.4
34.1
26.6
40.6
33.3
50.2
Grodno
19.3
48.3
26,1
35,1
90.1
41.7
57.1
In 1951, the cotton yield in the republic was 24 percent greater than i^_
1950. In 1952, 12,000 hectares of cotton will be irrigated in cotton-growing
oblasts of the republic.(15) In 1951, kolkkho,es of Chernovitsy Oblast obtained
a sugar beet yield of 253 quintals per hectare; in 1950 this figure was 251.
The average sugar beet yield in kolkhozes of Ternopol ' Oblast in 1951 was 239
quintals per hectare, in Kamenets-Podol'sk Oblast 221, in Kharkov Oblast 213,
in Sumy Oblast 195, and in Vinnitsa Oblast 192. Kolkhozes of Kiev, Poltava,
and Kirovograd oblasts received lower sugar beet yields in 1951 than in 1950.(16)
In 1452, grain yields in Kiev Oblast are to average 20 quintals per hectare, in-
cluding averages of 22 for winter wheat, 35 for maize, 220 for sugar beets, and
180 for vegetables and potatoes.(17)
In 1952, 8-10 metric tons of local fertilizers are to be app_ _?
hectare p1 te'_ c! sugar beets to the re7''*04^ Kolkhozes of Kamenets-Podol'ak.
Vinnitsa, and several other oblasts have met this requirement, but kolkhozes of
Poltava, Kirovograd, Chernigov, and Susy oblasts have fulfilled it only 20-25
percent.(16)
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In 1951, MTS of Kiev Oblast received 932 tractors (15-horsepower units)
and 1,118 combines.(17) In 1951, MTS of Chernigov Oblast received 1,255 tractors
(15-horsepower units) and 538 combines.(18)
Moldavian SSR
In 1951, kolkhozes and scvkhozes of the republic laid out 4,023 hectares
of new vineyards and 4,486 hectares of new orchards.(19)
In 1951, the area on which spring harrowing of winter fallow was carried
out was 2.6 time that of 1950, harrowing of winter crops 1.5 times, cri.ca-
cross sowing of grains four times, square-nest method of planting of miSae
nine times, and shallow plowing of stubble three times.(20)
The following table represents percent fulfillment of the 1952 plan for
supplemental fertilization of winter crops by okrugs of the republic:
Okrug
5 Mar (21)
15 Mar (22)
25 Mar (23)
Kagul'ekiy
61.5
71.1
105.1
Bel'tskiy
22.5
31.0
57.6
Ttraspol'skiy
34.3
45.0
56.2
Kishinevskiy
25.1
32.1
47.9
Total
31.3
39.9
62.3
The following table represents precent fulfillment of the 1952 tractor
repair plan by okrugs of the republic:
Okrug
5 Mar
21)
15 Mar (22)
25 Mar (23)
Tiraspol'skiy
92,1
95.9
100.1
Kagul'skiy
80.4
83.7
99.4
Bel'tskiy
85.1
87.4
92.9
Kishinevskiy
80.0
84,6
88.9
Total
85,9
89.3
94.2
In kolkhozes of Tbilisi Oblast, where the majority of the area sown to
grain in the republic is concentrated, the art sown to spring crops in 1952
will be extended by 30,000 hectares. Kolkhozes already are sowing thousands
of hectares of wheat, barley, oats, sunflowers, etc. Supplemental fertilization
of winter wheat a]resA?v has been carried out on am sv.- 41ve times that of
1951 (2
Abkhaz ASSR has laid out 3,286 hectares of new tea plantings, 4,940 hectares
of new orchards, and 376 hectares of new vineyards in the postwar period. In
1951, kolkhozes and sovkhozea of Abkhaz ASSR delivered 13,913 metric tons of
graded tea leaves to the state; this was 10,477 metric tons more than in
1940.(25)
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Armenian SSR
In the fall of 1951, the area sown to winter crops in the republic was in-
creased 11 percent over 1950, inclading an increase of 14 percent for wheat.
At the end of 1951, 74 percent of the kolkbozea in the republic were electri-
fied. (26)
Azerbaydzhan SSR
In 1951, the volume of tractor work performed in the republic was 708,000
hectares greater than in 1950. In 1951, 11 new MTS and two new Meohanis.ad
AnimaliHusbbaandry Stations were established. Many }~S leaders throughout the
frequently fail to fulfill the tasks delegated them: work is not done
on time and shows poor quality, this contributes to low yields, and in turn pre-
vents kolkhozes from fulfilling their obligations i:o the state. Two full pages
continuing in the same vein of severe criticism of MPS leadership in the re-
public have been omitted)
At present, the republic tractor park has 1.8 times the capacity of 1940.
In 1951, Mf8 of the republic performed almost 30 percent more tractor work
than in 1950. At present, there are 85 MTS, four Mechanized Animal Husbandry
Stations, and one Mechanized Extermination Station in the republic.(27)
In 1951, kolkhozes of Penza Oblast increased their total sown area 7.2 per-
^_ent over 1950; in the seven postwar years they have increased it altogether
11 percent. In 1951, kolkhozes and sovkhozes of Stavropol' Kray increased their
total sown area by 123,000 hectares. In 1951, kolkhozes and sovkhozes of Stalin-
grad Oblast increased their total sown area 318,000 hectares.(28)
In 1951, the total sown area in the republic increased 10 percent over
1950. In 1951, A7 percent of the area sown to grains was harvested with com-
bines.(29)
In 1951, the area sown to wheat in West Kazakhstan Oblast was 74 percent
greater than in 1940 and the cut area of perennial grasses was 7.6 time that
of 1940 and three times that of 1945. In 1951, crop yields were low in the
oblast due to the drought which set in at the period when grains had reached
the milky maturity stage.(30)
The following table represents percent fulfillment of the 1952 plan for
Bowing spiked spring grains in kolkhozes of the republic:
Oblast
10 Mar (31)
20 Mar
32)
25 Mar (33)
Kashka-Dar?ya
69.5
80,I
84.3
;;Zaxar. DR-
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Tashkent
58.1
78.6
86.2
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Oblast
10 Mar (31)
20 Mar (32
25 Mar (33)
Aamangan
45.0
71.3
92.2
Samarkand
30.6
42.5
50.5
Tadzhik SSR
In 1951, spiked grain yields averaged 21.6 percent higher than in 1947
throughout the republic. During the same period, oil flax yields increased
18 percent.(34)
Weather conditions in Gissar Valley and in Leninabad and Kulyab oblasts
are such that a great deal of rain falls in April, May, and even June. In
given years, poor weather conditions hinder the development of cotton. After
heavy rainfall, a crust forms on the soil which chokes the orouth of the cotton
Plant .(35)
Kirgiz SSR
The Council of Ministers and the TeX KP(b) Kirgiz SSR have decreed that
conversion to the new system of irrigation shall be carried out on a total of
202,000 hectares in the republic In 1952. This figure is broken down as follows:
Oblast
Area to Be Converted (ha)
Osh
36,300
Dzhalal-Abad
29,800
Talass
28,000
Frunze
67,600
Issyk-Kull
30,000
Tyan?.Shan"
]0,300
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Moscow, Sotsialisticheekoye Sel'skoye Khozyaystvo, No 3, 1952
Tallin, Sovetskaya Estoniya, 13 Mar 52
Riga, Sovetskaya Latviya, 20 Mar 52
Vil'nyus, Sovetskaya Litva, 7 Mar 52
Ibid., 18 Mar 52
Ibid., 27 Mar 52
Ibid., 30 Mar 52
Minsk, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, 28 Mar 52
Ibid., 2 Mar 52
:Sid., 9 Mar 52
Ibid., 18 Mar 52
it-id" 5 tar 52
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Kiev, Pravda Ukrainy, 26 Mar 52
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16. Ibid., 20 Mar 52
17. Ibid., 28 Mar 52
18. Ibid., 30 Mar 52
19. Kishinev, Sovetskaya Moldaviya, 21 Mar 52
20. Ibid., 13 Mar 52
21. Ibid., 7 Mar 52
22.. Ibid., 15 Mar 52
23. Ibid., 25 Mar 52
24. Frunze, Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 2 Mar 52
25. Tbilisi, Zarya Vostoka, 21 Mar 52
26. Yerevan, L'ammmist, 9 Mar 52
27. Baku, Bachinskiy Babochiy, 11 liar 52
28. Moscow, Izvestiya, 28 Her 52
29. Alma-Ata, Kazakhstanakaya Pravda, 27 Mar 52
30. Ibid., 20 Mar 52
31. Tasbkent, Pravda Vostoka, 13 Mar 52
32. Ibid., 22 Mar 52
33. Ibid., 27 Mar 52
34. Stalinabad, Ko "1 at Tadzhikistan, 20 Mar 52
35. Ibid., 30 Mar 52
36. Sovetskaya Sirgiziya, 9 Mar 52
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