NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES EXTENSIVE FOOD ECONOMY AND PRODUCTION MOVEMENT

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• Publication Date: September 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY North Korea
SUBJECT Econca;.c - Agriculture
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED P'yor? cnS
DATE
PUBLISHED 15 Feb - 9 hlr 1952
LANGUAGE Koren
CIJSSIFICATION 11,3i
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NO1 KOREA IAU CRW E TENSIVR
FOOD EC,ONOIMC AN PRODUCTION
The people of North Korea have launched an extensive food econosryy
and production movement to aid the war-ravished people and disaster-
stricken farmers. The movement is being pushed in farm villages,
factories, offices, and government offices and through such organiza-
tiaas es the Conference of Enthusiastic Farmers and the Conference
of Enthusiastic Railroad Workers. This movement will continue until
the 1952 harvest.
The fa tiers of Chagang-do propose to conserve food by stamping
out the custom of using rice in traditional ceremonies and feasts.
Clerks, techniciiss and factory workers are urged to nave rice b
Qlii slung vaate and to live moderately. y
The Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Xorea issued
Decision No 40 regarding government loan of seeds to suffering farmers
in order to insure their, farm work for 1952.
To increase food production, the farmers propose to: improve
agricultural techniques; adopt the Soviet method of vernalization in
potato planting and cooperative seedling beds; increase the fertilizer
supply by callectiug mud plaster from old walls and fireplaces; set up
cooperative labor; hold production competitions among villages; and
utilize every inch of land, i:?cluding reclaimed bomb craters.
CNAGABS3-RO.FARKM LADEN FOOD Ft:.M MOVEMENT -- Pyongyang, Minju Choeon,
15 Feb 52
The farmers of,Chagang-do have launched an extensive food economy movement.
The Konjung-nibranch of the North Korean Farmers' League in Ovegwi-may,
i!9anp'o-gun, rant its members to every house in order to encourage ?armere to con-
serve voluntarily every grain of rice. Although Ch 'gong-ni in Chongaam-rayon,
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resolved ;It a met n 'L-`1JD'" 'uY good crop in the l.aot harnrest the
rosol.ve to e ra revaat wasto Of Poud for feas'ta and sere= n Parsers
r 700 tu
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aoi. .5u C 3ee~ of rice before th ear
e n_st-~,-
In December 1951, the fare!2ro of Iy o?cn
scl~7iero of the People's 50 knr,+,ione, Ch ngaepe' n, nest to the
of rice which they oaeed na 5e over
Year lb gift fcr the e rol ',Olf e2 ?a 2.0 & buahsle7
dleru.
iue :4-.:::_,s of Ch'
le`.3 of Chum e. - gang-ni, Chuv_7fan3- -ca, Chaoong-gun, an foZlr:rLr tho
rnat fond= ' no-h an, village cell rhai,rrn of the I,orenn Labor Part
at1rS proct;ces. To far=ra Pews cceributed three he Y, to ct n
belied rice which they raved frca their daily rnti.on. of
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CLTM" , ThCu 'CFARTS, m L!1EOit_p i CO sz?vd FC o -- P,yor-ym , tiinJu Chocc ;,
2 7 i:ar 52
wvz~is; "115 Est hi~a
Clerks, tec the food laborers, pledging therelvea to Sim Il spnr,s
the lean ? increase of ffoo for required by the rear and front area3 end Mecca r the solve fee o hardships diofifood o " 1952 by eobilizing all our efforts netil at
disaster-stricken farmers and war_ravished people a vithonathiconservsd Pccby rVd foo - Tied the
nt is being expanded as a =C the p wthe
F;~r,e_
co:zsarveition rjc,,.- at of all. the Ao- - __II
Decision 40 n of 'bee elefrs, technicians LY she good
regarding seed loarlc to suffering ' and ltoaeusb and them-to oacarry
out farm work for 1952, the farmers are fi fario le ar
gh -~ vigorously in the sowing frou
st,
The workers of a factory saved over 12 kilograms of food in 5 days as a
result of the food conservation moven?nt in their dormitories.
Kin lfyon-sok said: "I opaned family meetings, explained the waning of this
mOvem3nt, and urged that the family should participate in this movement and
ellrtiaate waste and that the whole family should pledge to live a moderate life.
I em determined to co :nns this movement until the day of complete victory of
Our just Fat azls:;d Liberation War."
bt PLASTi72s FROM 0IJ) WALLS COLLECn FOR FERTILIZIIR -- Pyongyang, 24inju Chosen,
27 Yar 52
The far-ors from Songang'ni, Anbyon-gun,
bestial bomb y Hamgyong- ing by the US imperialistic bandits last yea o, who Bering it
ensuring the ultimate victory of the war with an increase.?of~ roduwr
Produce by cultivating every inch of land, reclaiming b ata craters inot of fans
and preparing zealously for spring plowing and Bowing.f ~r stated, a"I ateer 10 ,
coil ti g ove b10 tons of hwaeprepared fertilizer, besides
and mud plaster from old walls and fire over 5 tons of soil
fertilize. I am putting topsoil on the fields, fill nlall the an emexpending cultivation with the t:eansplantier all fro tithe upland
d g be+_s, and vii. produce crops over 207 of Stniins from they
percent than in an ordinary yerd
year."
The farmers of Fiat nd are IIy-geh'nn-g=, Hacggong pukto, organized "Bgnplvban"
(united friends team) Kim i a -"isg among teams to increase yields. ' ten
Under square , model feumen - resolved to complete over 14,000 p'yo [ ytimg
ere n feet of spring plowing and sowing by 9 April. The team completed
oving of over 3,00o p'yong of spring barley by 15 March.
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p,yorg of - --?- - -, 1-soor by cooperating in the prop>ration or 650
Kop; ~cedllag bed and 30 p'ycng of un]and seeait o bed. -uiaer, the f 1t~ r_entra -Fora batter
eooperatiop ecmt el. ?F 3l2cl se ll n?o bZ,is :nd pat then uaier
(draft The f aneoreamf) SarZ-ni t ao sch'cn-gtt3, P?yo~3^-a-rr7xlG, toblllzod "eh' of spring ber'kay. On the othrhe~ they aiddedythe disaathr for the cow of
fa-Ulttg i.n be era,. ro in over 103 -6)l -,e.
and viii ccntisrcetthis tutil30 t r h,
t C_ 2. nS Sly YOZ TO FAAR- :5 -- P'yonyang, I'iinj Cheson, 2 Apr 52
a, 5 April -- The Chouo, Changer{ T'or sin raporte the follzL :
The f e1-0"-MV nnt, which is in accord with the appeal
Conference of i thu'j~tic tailreacl Workers, Is eprcedin{juIdaly the Alt-y'orrru
lebprera and in workshops in the 1heeeng district, c r3 the
On 4 April 1952, laboi'rs and clerks of a factory under the guidance ,f'
saaap,8r Has Ycmg-sap halt a factory,rally and resolved to-save
dIvaster-stricken fermcrs, The met save son-11 fey,.' to
food and send it to the diaaater-stricken ffar ra every iree n h n-tba
starting with April until the end of December. ninth for 8 ranLhs
FMS 173LP DISTRBSSM ABIGM*pi3 -- P'/orgynng, Hinju Chosen, 9 Apr 52
caatrMa sd nak-sul a farmr, of Yong-ni hunaa-Won, Sonch'on-gun, P'yongsn-pukto,
i i of unhulled rice and 2
disaster-stricken farmers. The farmers of Toi of corn, in order
el aid
n
disaster- striclsan farrcera by lending them 85 kamani of fo~od~'on , hpsd the
farm 're Farmers of Wonsep'ung-ni, Ch'olsan-
thoir own l1 lowed to the 2eater-Itr f
eo@ the faraars of village over 100 pal ~ne mal equals .51512 breshel7 of of f iced
kamani of Food to the y~ ni and aster-stricken Yongmo-ri of farmers of their neighbor:' ~r 80
Nano-ri. neighboring village,
The disaster-stricken far?~ra rho received aid from farmers and from the
government grain loan are vorking hard to repay this aid with 1ncz+eeaeg pr.eideticzn
FART ig BRAVE; C BOMBINGS TO COMM POTATO FLAMING -- P'yomgyang? Minju
0 sorry 9 Apr 52
Farmers of Kmron-gum, gee romg-namdo co
on 5 Apftl in spite of air , o mpleted barley and potato planting
the aver, bombings, straYings, a, and bacteriological warfare by
Immediately after receiving the appeal of the Ail-Fares Conference of
ntaasiastic Farmers, farwrs of over 100 ri in 6 von of owmr-,faa opeaed ri
people's rallies'in response to tho appeal. The farmers staged farming eonVetitjV=
between villages to aehievn increased production,
7-rmers in each ri not only started seeding early but also adopted the ad-f aethod farming method of wide row planting for barley and the soviet varsa1iaati
potato farming.
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