COMPLETION OF SOWING PROGRAM AND PREPARATIONS FOR HARVEST BY USSR AGRICULTURE

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• Publication Date: August 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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tabllalihed. S.a the. soutbeav, csatral, and northern regions, the 'fra7.e, .63beriu,
mod'P'ar llaKn~t, CQaeidorpble aPfor~ has also bQea made to grax snbtrcpical plants
in.aaty aotthete armae. IWre than go ~~~ioa tr?.?t trees and lgrae nueti.m^ or
Sa.the poetvar poriod, about 300,000 hectares oZ nev orchards;oad beerg
patr.~ee Lave:beea p9anted in kolkhoces, eovkhazes, individual holdie^n_ u~iA
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tractors (ia terms of 15=hor^^a~:~..~.tyo, aw,a:. 717,~uo combines (inaludl}~ ,
58,006 eel8-prcryei73ed), and several million other mechiaes sad piecss oaf agKtip-
men$ (iac3uding 316,000 tractor pions, 255,600 cultieatore, 320,500 :aaexa,
and 52+900 thr~reaere).
?Froi 1945 to 1951, inclusive aQ'H of the U98R received morn tha
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Ia 7.95x,. ~@8 pertoraoed Wore than tiro thirds of all Work is so7.khozea, Sa-
clud3~g.rsl~cat e11 ploving, 'j2 percent of all spring crop satins, and 82 per^
cent of ell gintar crisp Bovine;; thev harvested vi'th rnwhi n.. !,n ,.m...:~:... ....r._ ,
0t+7ast. 6oS4ag of api~ed grains ie in general psvgreees a ?..?a,.orifi,._~.,,. pa
~eIC~ feat 7:afat;hetan. lad 8uv7iV^2iev phi^.5:.. 19;. ~CtBe ~~~ ~w ~a~
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thn rre_... eA~ ~ d~,i~ ar orals n..~_ro bee he,.., ~_ ~t_e+.ea The pl_n
?ar se~-7..~'0! ::ri:o xhsat ~ s-coed by ,? xcrcea... T..: the ...,athea^ - pion
its tine re eii.c a ri sine era dnt~ri -tike tusai at e. OSowi Y ~V
Pa , p ~3 8z' ag ng ag nS of kok-
aagyr, has also bean completed is the Ukraine. ~
~ilpiing r~heest hsa ca*.ererl 'he bushing stage iu the Kuban' sad CrL'aea, is
evrouting in the caa'tral cheraozsn none, and. is heading in Ta,ebtseint bblaet and
am;thern Turknenia.
The 1952 elan calla s'or anahani.2ed Wooing of 78 percont of r~li spring crops
in the U@SR. Voluwr of t.^actor Bork by 2~IPS is koYkhozea le to be 38 mil]1on
hectares greater than in 1$51.
Cotton is sox being cultivated in Tadzhikistan, T,u?kmenia, and Uzbxkiotan.
It is being thinned and cultivated in Kazakh tiSR; cultinatioa there in ful]y
mechanized. A rainy aprirg in acuthera ,iazakhatan has s,.~plied the fielus there
with adequate moisture,
Sowing of auger beets is nearing completion is: L'PbP Oblast, where c0ffiAi:ic-
tion seed-fertilizer dril.la ore being uaa3 widely ie: ic~lkhozca. Sowing of '~=seta
eras completed by i May in Kharkov Oblast, and they are spruutiaga in the southern
poation of the oblsat.
PColkhozee in Baloruesie era completing sowing of ear],y epriag crops and
have begun pleating of early potatoes. Potatoes are also being planted in Stav-
ropol' %rqy and southern Khabarovsk Kray.
Winteu gains bees entered the tube stage in the I7kraine, Eorthetrn Gnu- .
cssus, and Roato+' Oblt-st, ere heading in Azerbaydzhan SSR, and are floaaring in
Ttehkent OblaHt.(31 '
U98R Crop Progress P.e~ort Dated 28 M~ 1$52
Respite the late spring and uffiavarable weather condiiicna in some erase
of the ll~c{A, spring sowing is being completed et a rapid rate. TSe Ukrainian,
Sclaruasiaa, Moldavian, Kirgiz, and Uzbtlc republics, Rrssaa3ar, Stavropol', and
PriseorekiS ]Drays, and Vcroaerle, Chal;~abinsk, iJl?yanavek, Chkalov, Oral, Tula, '
Syssaa?, Paaza, and ~7 other obla~a have successfully met the 1952 plea far
sowing of spiked grain'cropa. Bowing of grain crepe is continuing iu the >(34)
Sovi.n8 of spring crops in kolkhozos oY Lunin3r~. Oblast va~a u:~nstisfMc:tarv
sad s1av.(35, 36) Percaatagan Yulfillmeat of the p3an for sowing of spring crops
in these kolkhazes vac ae follows:
.A7.1 Graica~and Spring A11 Grates and ~pri.ng
Legomee Whe:L Croce Legumes SJheat
3.7 6eO 4.2 27.4 42.5 43.E
The N8r'yen-Affix (krkhengel'ek Oblas*,) Zonal ~= mien of the Institute oY
polar Agriculture has beam doing goo3 work in the djveloprxat of tundra oleri-
cu7ture. As of 20 May, cabbages and, tomatoes is hothouses were boil o th2vtted;
veraelizetian of frost-resistant varieties aY potatoes had beta comFlateA.
In 195', nacre thaw 1W kinds of flava:.ra will be grove in greenhausee; those
include strcke,(Hatthiola), Haters (Aater),:aaeturtivma (Tropoeol~), and pansies
(91o1m tricolas). S.emons and decorative plants are also being grc~~ i.- t':.?
achoo3.s of the far north_i4)
Kollthozea of Kalaga Oblast bane exceeded the plan far soraiag of spring
vhsat.(37) .
golkhosee of Veliklye Luki Oblast have completed aovi.ag oP ilea. Kol-
khozes anS eovkhozea of Chelyabinsk Obi~,c ht+ee .at the pLap Yor sowing of
grain and legume trope. They have slat ccmpleted sewing of annual and peren-
nial graeaeb.(36)
Pleatif`ul rainfall which hlla occurred generally in Kabarda ASSR is pra-
moti,ng 'r.~e grosth sad dovelopmeat oP winter crops. Yn the steppe arses of the
rol+ublia, where xai.na havo alternated with clear, suncpr weather, the crops had
reached 'a height of ~-25 centi~etera and veto entoriag the tube stags ae of
~u ~r?(39)
- Cotton vas sprouting generally in Dagestan PTiSR, em of 23 May, follaviag
co~ioas rainfall during the nanth.(22)
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~,OOd lii~citar8a tare: ,eoRn $' the criaeeroes ~ethod.(40)
~'~ per-hectare yields fry areas au a wteole sown to the various crapo: stain
c~ap8; Z00 pud; spring 'wheat, 105 pad; 9t1~0,r L~ECP.E, 170 qulnt~l5; potaxtoes, 144
~?tat~xlu; Siber Plsz seed, 4.5 quintals; Plcoc Piber, 4.4 quintrais; and heap, 4.5
qui~at.~1e.441.)
8evkhozes end ko lchocea of the keay have pledged to harvest the ,ollcwing
dvrigg-.the 146 - 1g50'F1ve-%ear Plan'perled.. In-195].; trffictor work by 1hT3 iat hol-
ktiosex'd the ksray rose to a level 200 percent aver 1945, ea:?biae hmrveating 127
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b~id,vn 28 Apri1'amt the 1852 plan for sovi~ Qs grain sad legume crops 103.8 per-
nanual grasseh 113.2,, sad easilsga sad fodder
8), catto~ 110
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root"crops 101. Perennial grasc~a fowl bin soon oa 21,555 more hectares thsn i.n
...1951.01
$avkhozes c3 the Miniatxy of State ptrmB Kazakh ESfi nave set the 1952 pan
goi' soaring oi'ap;;irg crops. *!oxe 'tren 70 percent of tho land soon had been pre-
- parted: tlu3 pr8ceding faL' . All sowing Work vas fuli?v ecbanixad.
'Fl~~ arse. s:vn to'spring crv~rs in acv:;hozes vas Sn,~'b hectares greater than
irx 1551. 8oxinga oP epriag wheat increased 47,E hsctazes, ensilage trope ono
third, fader rcr~t rsops and cucurbits 4,0110 Piectsres. Poore than 130,000 hec-
,.mcJe Of grasses were sour. as field and foddxr rotation crops.
Aa_a1 28 P~q,, elates xhcat +as ilove:Ping in thm southern portion ai the
republic; coa3itica of the g;~aia vas goad. 7^ the nort8cra portion, sgrouts
sere opyear'~ng av the ric'.A.^.(45)
Sov~o9ee of bast finruhhstan Oblast ht3d exceedsd the plan 1'or roving of
ear9''.grata sops by 22 1'Psy? AlmoOt 10,000 more hctctar?a of spring wheat vNa
sous than last yemr.(46)
Kalkhozed of iCaxakhstan have met tYit plan for sstuarino irrigation (limaanoye
aC aheni~ej of meadava and ppsturea. Hy constructing mare than 3,ac~1 dams sad
ditae aver and along moaataia and steppe,rivere, tl:~y veue able to retain su!-
tieisnt flaom voter to irrigate morx them 1,200,000 hectares of mead:ve e