SURVEY OF USSR AGRICULTURAL DATA, OCTOBER 1953

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REPORT
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DATE OF
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVA' DATED INFORMATION
SURVEY OF USSR AGRICULTURAL DATA OCTOBER 1953
[Comment: This report presents information, from October 1953
Soviet newspapers and a periodical, on agriculture in the USSR and
in the 16 union republics. Progress and statistical data are given
on the following: sown area, crops, mechanization, and agricultural
practices. Tite report also includes a list of agricultural minis-
ters identified during the month, data on the agricultural-specialist
"back-to-the-farm" program, and some general information o^ agri-
cultural labor.
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources.]
The following table
October 1953 newspapers:
chows the ag
ricultur
al ministers identified i
n
USSR and Republics Agriculture a
nd Procu
rement State Farms
USSR Benedilcto
v, I. A.
(1)
Karelo-Finnish SSR Anntol'ye
v, I. A.
(2)
Estonian SSR t?fette, A.
A.
(3)
Latvian SSR Nikonov,
Lith
A. A.
Vntsiyetis, E
. (8)
unnian SSR Augustina
ytis,V.I.
(4)
Belorussian SSR Kostyuk, S
.S.
(3) Kalinin
P. Z
. (9)
Ukrainian SSR Ka1'chenk
o, N.T.
,
Koval'
A
G':
(10)
Afoldavian SSR Koval', F
.S.
,
.
(5)
Georgian SSR Georgadze,
Ai. P.
(6) Alavi.dze
G
A
(G)
Armenian SSR Kazaryan,
S. iQt.
,
.
.
(3)
. .a.
Azerbaydzhan SS~{ Abdullayev
, I.K.
(7)
Kazakh SSR Karibzhano
v, F.
(4)
Uzbek SSR hlukhamedzh
anov, I.1.
A, Dzha111ov (; nu
) (11)
Turkmen SSR A11yev, K.
Tadzhik SSR Abdullayev
E.
, A..~.,
Kirgiz SSR' I~lcukov;~,T
.
(3)
DISTRIBUTION
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDEIITIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
Economic -Agriculture, crops, mechanization,
techniques, ministers, spec1a11sts
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers, monthly periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED USSR
DATE
PUBLISHED 1-31 Oct 1953
LANGUAGE Russian
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
HOW
^ ~ ~ ,..,~o, ..,a*uc ,.
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Since 1"!:G, the ~,~,, devoted to wheat in the USSR increased C.1 million
hectares.(12)
In 195;., the irrigated area devoted to cotton ir. the USSR vas 31'7,000
hectares greater thin in 19140. In 195'-', the cotton yield is the irrigated
regions waa 6 quintal^, per hectare greater than before the :aar. In 1952,
the cotton hxroezt ::as '70 ];ercent gx?enter thar. in t},e lest year before the
war.(13)
During the posivar year;, holkhozes, sov}:hozes, and I?II3 of the USSR re-
ceived Wore ti?.z:n 9.5 million agricultural ~:.achines and nieces of equipment, in-
cluding se:era].iiundred thousand tractors, gore than 20G,OG0 grain ccmbines,
and many trucls.(1Y)
s r.? 1 Goober 195;, 1?:i3 of the US;,R had 969,000 tractors in terms of
15-rorserover unit.., or '}: percent Wore than before
the war.(15)
iGxrelo-Finnish SSR
the follrnrin;; table ;hoxs percentage fulfillment of 1953 plans for har-
vesting oi' fodder and grain crops, i:otcacec, ve!;etnbles,'plcwin3 of winter
fallow, ^.nd c?eii?:e., o: oductn tc ,.:_ ,tats.
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Estonian SSR
According to the plan, about 300 hectares of new orchards were to be
planted in the republic during the fall of 1953?(22)
Latvian SSR
Sovkhozes of the republic had completed digging of Potatoes by 28 October.
Highly productive tractor-drawn potato diggers were used for the first time.
Becs??se a greater portion of the crop was harvested mechanically, the potsto
harvest was completed 3 weeks earlier than in 1952.(23)
In October, the Latvian Institute for Planning of Agricultural Construction
was engaged in trorking out general plans for construction of hII5 in the republic.
By the end of 1953, such plans were to hive been prepared for all :?~ in Latvia.
According to the new plans, the area of nn MTS site is to cover 30-40 hectares
and is to include a repair shop for traitors and other agricultural machinery,
sheds, a garage, a spare-parts depot, a fuel base, and a local Plectric power
station. In addition, every bfl5 is to have at least 12 eight-apartment or
four-apartment dwellings, a club, and a nursery building.
Plans will have been completed and construction of MTS will begin during
the fall of 1953?(24)
By 9 October, the binistry of Agriculture and Procurement Latvian SSR had
received 256 applications from specialists and workers in industrial enterprises
of Riga for return to the country; by this date, 166 persons hsd already de-
parted for various l+ITS of the republic, including 30 mechanics, 3 repair-shop
chiefs, 28 turners, 29 locksmiths, and 10 drivers. Fifteen agronomists and
four zootechnicians who had been xorking in varicus departments and institutions
in Riga were also sent back to MTS,. From the apparatus of the ministry, 15
specialists with higher educations were sent ~ :t, including 6 agronomists, 4
engineers, and 5 zootechnicians. In the immediate future, 12 more specialists
of the ministry apparatus will be named for return to the country,(22)
Lithuanian SSR
Many kolkhozes and sovkhozes of the republic grew n good potato crop in
1953? However, as of 1 October, digging of potatoes xas Proceeding very
slowly in the republic as a whole. Many ko::iozes had not even begun the po-
tato harvest as of this date.(25)
Belorussian SSR
On 15 October, kolkhozes, ;,~vkhozes, and kolkhoz workers of Bobruyskaya
Oblast had fulfilled the plan for delivery of grain to the state 100.1 percent,
including wheat, 163.3 percent; buckwheat, 119.f3 percent; and flax seed, 154.3
percent.
On 10 October, Gomel'skaya Oblast had fulfilled the state.pian for pro-
curement and purchase of vegetables 102.1 percent.(2G)
By 1'j October, kolkhozes, sovkhozes, and kolkhoz workers of Minskaya Oblast
had fulfilled the 1Q53 state plan for grain procurement, not including the
"garntsevyy sbor" (grain given to mills in payment for grinding grain into flour)
100.3 percent. The plan for wheat procurement had been fulfilled 170 percent
as of this date.(27)
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Polesskaya Oblast ha~i fulfilled the 1953 plan for delivery of grain to
the state by 20 October.(28)
In 1953, the area 9evoted to perennial and snnual seed Grssses in the
republic was 15,000 hectares Greater than in 1952 By 9 October, kolkhozes
of the republic had accumulated almost three times as much clover, timothy,
vetch, alfalfa, and other grass-seed supplies as vas accumulated by the
same date in 1952.(22)
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potctoese, fend f~o~z_*acropsh nsko].khoz~of the republicY 1953 Plans for harvesting grain crops, fiber Plaz, perennial. ~s seed,
FZaz
Grain and Leeume Crops Conine and Serradella SIa'ead Taken
Ob]asts ReF1Eea Threshed Reaned Threshed Thresh "
B~rano~~ichskaya 98
Bobruys!caya 99
Bre;ts'rava 99
Gecel~s}~ya 98
Grodnenskays 99
i:inskeys 100
I'egilevska,a 98
'_'olodechnenslca;a 100
Pinskaya 9y
Polesskaya 100
Polotskaya 99
Vitebskaya 9fi
Beranovichskaya 98
Eobru~sl:aya 99
Ere_ts?'zva 99
Gcnel~skaya 99
Grednenskaya 99
1:3ns'raca 100
L'ogilevskaya 99
L`.olodechnenskays 100
Finskeya 100
Polesskays 100
Folotskaya qq
Oitebskaya 97
59
80
71
89
73
94
90
70
58
85
78
91
85
78
50
99
70
90
75
100
76
69
82
56
61
82
73
92
74
93
61
80
92
88
81
52
99
72
92
77
100
78
so
84
72
7 96
70 99
14 98
94 96
6 98
69 89
9z 9z
25 96
78 99
5 90
29 9/
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7
70
16
95
8
70
92
6
26
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94
100
97
95
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91
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72 51
23 55
78 50
65 61
74 37
64 68
73 49
48 54
65 47
5 91
10 86
l0 g;;
9 86
17 100
17 96
11 85
6 95
5 89
8
9 65
12 77
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Pots- Fodder P~eilage
Perennial Seed Greases toes Root Crops Crops
L'o:.'ed Threshed Due Aarvested iv a
34
76
29
57
83
70
19
80
23
2
0
75
6
8
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63
s
6
48
86
6
60
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63
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72
79
38
57
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Baranovichslo3ya
Bobruys]?ya
Brestskaya
Gomel~skaya
Grodnenslo;ye
~3nskay~
J:'ooilevs'_.mSa
3?olodechnens}o3ya
Pins}:E;Ja
Polesskaya
Polots}caya
Vitebskape
Baranovichskeya
3obruJs}~pa
Bre st sYa~a
Gonel~skaya
Grodneaskaya
!.3nskaya
?!ogilevskaya
I'olodechnenskaya
Pinskaga
Foless}.aya
Polots]cQ}~a
Vitebsgaga
Baranovichskaya
Eobn:~ s}a;;a
3restsYaya
G onel' sYsya
Grodnenskaya
Lair! s'raga
L'ogilevsYaya
1.'.oledechnensY~ya
Fine'rs3a
PolessYaya
Polot^kaya
Vitebsl~ya
64
75
79
94
65
83
91
59
77
80
64
68
65:2
76,8
81,0
94.9
66.9
83.9
93.1
62.2
79,6
s1.7
86,8
90.3
84
7
9k
70 100
100
.69
90
95
17 100
~
75
96 99
97
56
91
99
100
51
82
95
69
97
95
47
84
99
92
6 `~
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41
81
94
z7 1 0
100
77
96
191
76 100
7
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93
59
9
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31 98
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)
97
60
75
85
p
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7 97
95
66
96
70 100
100
74
80
95
95
19 100
100
51
99
78
97 99
97
6
85
10 100
100
5
65
96
82
95
71 98
96
57
96
98
90 99
95
47
92
100
7 99
98
75
95
100
34 100
100
85
101
100
86 1
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91
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81
37 99
zo o
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99
69
84
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7.7 97.2
94.9
75
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6
97.2
71.0 100,0
100,0
.
82.3
.
98
7
95.4
23.0 100.0
99.8
60.6
.
99
3
79.z
97,4 99.6
98.7
73
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2
98
85.0
11.4 100,0
99,9
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83
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96,4
72.2 99.2
97.8
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97
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97,2
92.1 99,3
96,7
.
51
8
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93
100.0
8.2 100.0
98.7
,
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100,0
34.2 100,0
100,0
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5
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,
71
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9.8
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96.9
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75.2
92.5
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40.2 99.7
99.5
78.5
'90.5
31
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25
82
7
65
77
16
64
68
47
71
73
85
8
66
79
16
61
67
56
77
35.4
73.1
31.8
87.7
7.9
68.5
81.8
zo,o
59.s
68,8
63.5
78.5
66
66
77
66
63
78
57
72
82
69
69
84
80
89
85
91
79
92
95
91
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96.6
91.3
98.1
94.1
93.1
98.1
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25
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40
31
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33
39
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48
48
52
49
31
48
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57.7
54.6
58.4
51.4
67,1
93.1 66.z
99.5 74.0
99.3 55.1
95.6 60,6
97.8 63.4
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93
99
91
103
98
92
100
90
89
75
83
96
100
94
99
99
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100
100
94
82
88
97.8
99.1
100.0
96.7
99.6
99.1
95.1
100,0
100.0
100,0
86.1
91,0
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. ,'The ?o)_1ox?r.,; table shows percentace fu1fi17.ment of 1953 plans for sowing
---??- ;,rain c.~ps and plowing of winter fallow ?and black summer fallow in
kolknozes of the re~,ubl.ic:
flirter
iPinter
Crops Nheat Fallax
Ob et So ~ Sovrn loR
Black
Summer
Fa11ox
~
Hinter
Cro a
p
S
Hlaok
Hinter Skimmer
west Fallox Fallox
~
own
~
owe
Plowed
0 Se 2
pot
0
Barenovichakaye 105.5
Hobruyskaya 98.7
62,7
75.2
37,2
8
43
24.5
106,
~
4
~.5
Brestskaya 101.0
64,2
.
30
5
28.7
100.1
,6
46,5
30.8
Gomel~akeya 100.4
71.5
.
36
9
18,8
102.5
67.8
33.9
18.9
Grodnonakaya 106,3
67
1
.
26
1
1.4
100.8
72.6
42,1
1.5
Minskaye 101.3
llogilevskaya 98.1
MolodeohnenekaYa101.0
.
77.8
50.5
60.5
,
43.5
43.1
22
0
11.6
16.7
6,2
3
106.9
101.6
99,2
69,8
80.6
5p,g
31.1
46.4
48,1
11.6
18,
7.7
Pinskaya
102,5
51
1
,
29
7
.4
1
102.0
63.5
25.4
3.6
Polesakaya
100,8
.
43
4
.
30
1
7.5
6
104,8
54,0
31,5
i7.5
Polotsksye
98.4
.
90
6
.
25
8
1
,1
102.2
45.0
33.3
16,7
Vitebsltaya
99,0
.
102.9
.
45
2
7.5
2
6
100,0
91,3
28,1
7.6
,
.
99,4
104,0
47.9
3.6
Winter
Fallow
lowed
Dlack
Swmier
Follow
Plowed
Winter
Fallow
Planned
15 Oct
(32
Dlack
Swmner
Fallrnr
Planned
Winter
Fallow
Planned
20 Oct
33
BJ.ack
Swmner
Fallow
P7.anned
?Baranovichslsaya
50.1+
30.6
9
51+
Bobruyalwya
54.1
26. ?!
.
58
6
31.9
611.7
41.7
Brest'ekaya
'
42.2
21.2
.
1+9
5
30.0
22
2
6
5
Gomel
slsaya
.
+
57
.
59.0
2
.8
Grodnenskaya
bfinsknya
37.2
59.4
11.9
21.9
?
1+5.3
62
2
..3.3
11F.0
6
52.2
18.5
Mogilevslsaya
55.9
9.1
.
6 6
2
7''
1
?0.7
33'4
Atolodechnenskaya
'
33.0
6,5
1+p
3
~:~
73.5
16.1
Pins
ay8
Pole
k
37.1
20.0
.
1+2.9
20.1
40.6
12,7
ss
aya
Polot
k
41.
3
16.7
1+
7.9
6
b
9.5
6
2
21.7
s
aya
Viteb
k
3g?
6
.
~
?1
5
.
52
6.8
s
aya
58.7
.0
61.4
-
6.9
.7
71.2
11.1
9.6
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In October, there were 91 DPPS and specialized stations in KiyevsY.aya
Oblast; i~5 were performing about 90 percent of the field work in kolkhozes
of the oblast.(34)
As of j October, the program for sending agricultural specialists frem
administrative organiz~.tions to kolkhozes and t?PPS was proceeding slowly in the
Ukraine. .1ltogether, 180 persons are to be transferred to the country from the
apparatus of the Diinistry of agriculture and Procurement Ukrainian SSR; however,
by 7 October, only 15 of 25 specialises who had applied for transfer had actu-
a11y been sent to 1~'S and kolkhozes, and work in selecting the others to be
transferred had not begun. Frcm the apparatuses of the oblast administrations
of agriculture and procurement, 630 specialists are to be transferred to 1?PP~
and kolkhozes, but this work was also being carried out very slowly, and, by
t O::tober, only se?reral score had been sent.(35)
The Khersonskaya O'olast Acministration?of P.griculture and Procurement had
sent to kolkhozes almost all specialists from the nppurnt-uses of its rayon
administrations of agriculture and procurement by 13 O::tober. By thi, date,
12 specialists had gone to the country from the oblast administration and
29 i'rom other organization^,. From industrial enterprises, ~4 engineers and
technicians had been sent to 1?II'S; 360 former agricultural machine operators, who
had been working in indu^,trial enterprises of the oblast, returned to I?iE;.(36)
Kolkhozes and kolkhoz workers of Rovenskays Oblast had fulfilled the 1953
state plan for procurement and purchese of potatoes 100,5 percent by 15 O.aober;
2.8 times as many potatoes had been delivered to procurement points as by the
same date in 1952?
In 1953, the oblast considerably exceeded the plan for planting of pota-
toes; the area planted was 10,800 hectares greater than in 195"; 5,200 hectares
were planted by the check-row method.(37)
The 1953 plan for procurement of perennial truss seed in L'vovskaya Oblast
had been fulfilled by 2 October. Delivery of seen in excess of plan was con-
tinuing.(38)
Kolkhozes of Volyns}soya Oblast had fulfilled the 1953 plan for delivery
of hops to the state 100.4 percent by 5 October. Twice as mZny hoes had been
delivered as by the same date in 1952. Delivery was continuing.(10)
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The fo]lowing table shows percentage'ililfi]lment of 1953 plans for harvesting of maize and sugar beets, sowir~; of Winter gx-ain'
crops, plowing of winter fallow, procurement of coarse fodder, and storage of ensilage in 'so]khozes of the republic:
_ ~0 Se~(88~ 5 (101
Sugar 17inter hinter Coarse Sugar inter Y!inta~
L'aize Beets Crops Frheat Fallon Fodder silage L!aize Beets Crops :'7heat Fallon
Obl_sts Fi::rvested 3i:rvested Soren Soren Plowed Procured Stored Harvested Harvested Soren Soren ? or.sl
Cherni_ovstaya
12,0
26,0
107.8
103.7
C^ernovits?cava
71.6
35.4
90.9
87.9
Dnepropetrovsloiva
1,0,1
48.0
102.3
102,4
Drogob;chsl~;a
31.0
53.0
92,6
62./,
Izrail'_~;a
41.0
-
99.0
98.5
iamenets-Podoltska_ra
19.6
33.6
101.0
96,5
o
i''.sar'kors':a; a
10.2
50.7_
103.4
104.1
7~
~ persons-.aFa
39.1
--
87./,
87.4
~?
bigevs`raya
]1.1
50.6
99.6
97.1
t~
'
i o^.oo ads_ava
23.2
49.1
100.8
100.5
L'vovs}:a4a
18.h
59.3
93.3
87.1
::i'.:olayevs'.~saya
60,7
51.4
95.b
95.3
Odess%a?a
61.1
33.3
92.6
92.3
?oltsvs:?a?a
6.0
35.9
101.6
100.0
Eo:eas_.a;a
78,6
50,0
105.3
102,0
Stalins5~:~a
24.6
--
101>7
102.0
Stanislavsr~ya
47.I.
45.6
102.4
98.4
Seas?:a?a
6,7_
38,6
109.8
105.7
Teraopol'skaya
48.Ia
45.5
100,0
90.7
Ti innits'~?t-a
30.9
44.2
94.9
93.7
:'o17ns'Ia
40.9
62,8
100,8
102.8
~ioroshilovgradsra~a
15.6
30,0
105.6
104.1
Z~%arpats'ra;a
5,8
--
77.9
=~a.0
Zaporezhs'_~.a:~a
48.5
--
102.5
102,2
z_^_ito,^~-s=~ a
13.0
36,1
106.0
101,7
86.3
73.8
91.8
74?s
131.2
59
70. n
17.2.
71.
74. ~
85 ~
Zu ~
19.~
75.4
81.1
106.2
-89.9
1rn.T 50X1-HUM
73.3 a
120.8
115.5
98.1
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42.6
51.6
18.5
53.5
37.2
55.2
48.0
33.9
43.1
21.9
59.1
55.6
32.9
52.1
62.6
35.6
36.9
35.3
29.5
34.8
69.1
36.0
55.8
46.9
55.9 84.3 16.0 35.6 107.' 103.7 54.9 57.2
97.9 70.5 81.7 47.4 97.1 96.5 45.8 102.7
83.4 90.8 48.8 60.0 102.3 102.4 58.4 65.2
60.5 68.5 37.9 64.9 101.1 75.1 27.3 63.6
112.8 130.9 49.1 - 99,8 99,5 :" 8 121.8
76.5 52.9 27.8 45.6 103.1 93.9 :..6 78.9
71.8 69.4 16.9 61.5 103,4 104.1 62.7 73.1
100.7 112.3 49.5 ?- 92.1 91.7 52.5 101.5
85.2 64.8 19.2 62.8 100.8 98.3 41.1 85.9
88.0 72.4 30.7 67.1 100.9 100.7 51.4 89.4
60.5 81.3 23.3 71.6 98.0 92.7 27.5 63.9
98.9 111.2 69.7 62.9 97.7 97,6 64.2 99.3
94.2 75.2 68.2 43.3 96.5 95.2 60.9 95.4
84.0 58.8 10.9 45.2 101.6 100.0 40.2 85.5
100.0 134.6 100.0 59.1 105.3 102.0 60.7 100.4
67.1 74.3 34.6 -- 101.7 102.0 68.3 67.8
72.6 73.6 59.5 55.0 103.7 101.1 43.4 77.5
65.7 98.9 8.2 48.6 109.8 105.7 44.2 67.4
83.7 81.6 55.6 55.6 100.0 96.0 46.3 90.0
89.6 54.9 41.5 55.3 100,2 99,6 36,2 90.7
81.1 98.1 45.5 71.7 100,8 102.8 43.1 84.9
49.9 73.1 22.6 43.3 105.6 104.1 75.3 50.6
66.7 118.0 13.7 -- 88.1 73.1 40.6 71.4
91.9 114.5 64.1 -- 101.7 101.7 61.1 92.7
52.4 95.5 16.7 47.9 106.8 102.4 54.5 52.6
97.9 45.1 79.0 Sz.S 39.9 54.3 101.4 99.5 51.9
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Sugar. i7inter Coarse
Sugar
~IinteF Coarse
3daize
Beets Fallow Fodder
Ensilage 1Jaize
Beets
Fa1].orr Fodder
~silege
Ob asts
Harvested Harvested Plored Procured Stored
&3rvested Aarvested Plo:eed Procured Stored
Chernigovskaya
20,0
47,2
66,0
58,5
89.2
28.0
60,4
74
3
2
59
2
91
Chernovits'.~caya
88,9
62.6
50.4
104.2
78.5
91,6
72.5
.
55.4
.
105
1
.
Sz
l
Dnepronetrovskaya
59.3
76.0
66.9
86.1
93.0
69.0
84.'1
73.3
.
88
0
.
1
94
Drogobychskaya
48.3
73.5
33.1
65.3
81,6
62.1
82.1
42.0
.
69
3
.
85
5
Izrmil~sti:.~s
56.7
'
--
65,6
122.1
132.2
62,6
70.7
.
122
b
.
132
4
Kamenets-Podol~s>;aya
~
37.2
54.6
50.6
81.3
67.4
48.4
65.'7
59.9
,
52,3
.
75
9
Rhar
kovslcaya
23.4
74.5
73.4
74.0
73.3
32.8
86.;3
81.4
74
5
.
76
2
Rhersons3~ya
60.6
58.9
102.4
112.7
68.3
--
64.1
.
103
0
,
112
9
~9~s~9a
28.4
76.9
49.4
87.1
78.1
36,8
87.2
56,5
.
?86
9
.
82
1
Rirovogradskaya
40,7
77.6
62.5
90,1
77.1
52,9
88.2
71.4
,
90,6
.
1
79
I.~vovslsaya
90,2
80,2
35.5
67,5
88.5
37.2
87.7
43.7
68,4
.
90
1
Nikolsyevskaya
76,3
80.0
71.7
100:6
]11.6
83.3
91.4
77.3
100
7
.
111
9
Odesskaya
75.2
54.4
67.6
96.6
80.4
79.7
64.7.
72.0
,
97,9
.
84.4
Poltavskaya
19.8
57.5
50.4
87.1
64.2
28.1
69;4
58.3
88.0
65
1
Rovenskaya
100.0
70.4
71.8
101.0
141.3
100.0
78.0
80,5
101.2
.
144
2
Stalinskaya
48.1
--
76.6
68.3
76.7
60,7
-
83.2
69.0
.
78.0
StaLislavskaya
69.8
61.9
51.9
80.4
82,0
76.7
70,6
61.1
83.4
85.9
Sumskaya
13.7
61.8
54.1
68.7
111.2
32.2
73.6
62,0
69
3
119
1
Ternopol~skaya
64.9
66,5
54.0
92.0
96.8
74.3
76.3
63.3
.
96
5
.
102
4
vinnitskaya
52,6
67.1
43.8
91.6
72.6
60,6
77:)
0
51
.
92
5
.
81
6
volynskaya
54.5
83.2
52.6
87.2
103,1
68,2
86.7
.
62.8
.
90,5
.
105.1
voroshilovgradskaya
33.4
ii0,0
84.9
51.2
73.5
47.0
73.3
90.6
51.4
73.6
2akarpatsl~ya
26.7 -
--
48.8
77,1
132.0
40.4
--
53.2
79
6
]26.1
Zaporoshskaya
77.7
--
68.5
92.7
117.3
86.3
--
74.9
.
93.8
118.4
Zhitomirslmya
22,2
60.8
64.9
52.8
101.2
28.3
73.2
72.8
53.1
104,1 _
Republic as ehole
49.3
66.3
~i0,6
82,0
89.2
58,3
77.1
67.8
83.0
92.2
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Eighteen specialists of the Ministry of .lgricuiture and Procurement ,?:01-
daviar ASR nnii 2v tlpCC:laL1aLF from industrial enterprises of the city of 3tishinev
hnd applied for transfer tc the country by 13 October. By this d;:te, 438 agro-
nomists, zootechnicians, and veterinarians fray the apparatuses of rayon admin-
istrations of agriculture and procurement had been sent to t?us.(36)
Georgian S3R
7n the mountainous areas of Georgia, there are about 2 million hec':are~
of pastures which should be able to maintain several million bend of Livestock.
Actually, there is enough grazing on these pastures to maintain less than one
million head, since they have deteriorated as a result of poor care. At present,
almost 900,000 hectnres of these pastures are overgrotim with weeds; fairly
good grasses ;;row on only small areas of these pastures.(48)
Armenian SSR
The following table shows percentage fulfillment of 1953 plnrs for
harvesting of grain crops am natural grasses, soaring of winter grain crops,
and ploxing of winter fallow in kolkhozes of the republic, as of 1 October (49):
eration
Fulfillment
Grain crops reaped
94.9
Including reaped by combine
92,3
Nntural grasses mowed
91.7
Sowing of winter grain crops
39.5
Winter fallow plc'.red
10.0
The following table shows percentage fulfillment of the 1953 elan for
harvesting of cotton in kolkhoze, of the cotton-growing rayons of the republic.
Data for some days (*), for which no reports were published in the press,were
derived by deducting the following day's increment (Incr) frog, total fulfill-
ment (ruifill) as of that day:
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29 3e (~
30 Sep (50)
16 Oct (*)
17 Oct (51) 19 Oct (52)
Fulfill Incr
Fulfill Incr
Artashatskiy
E
h
17.28
18.49
1.21
39.69
41.06 1.37 43.12
c
miadziaskiy
Okt
b
27.52
29.40
1.88
55.50
57.16 1.66 59.83
em
eryanskiy
Vedi
k
26.74
28.62
1.88
59.57
61.15 1.58 64.59
ns
iy
26.45
28.15
1.70
4g.13
50.52 1.39 53.78
Total
24.54
26.23
1.69
51.90
53.43 1.53 56.28
As of 7 October 1953, there were standard repair shops in almost 70 per-
cent of the bII5 in the republic.(10)
Azerbaydzhan SSR
By 26 October, kolkhozes and sovkhozes of the republic had fulfilled the
1953 plan for delivery of grain to the state lOG.7 percent, including that for
delivery of wheat 105.2 ~Oercent. Delivery of grain and rice for AII'S services
was continuing.(53)
The first cotton-harvesting machines appeared on the fields of the
republic 4 years ago. IQow every DfIS in the republic has such machines at its
disposal. In the first year that machines were used, the plan for mechanical
harvesting of cotton was fulfilled 48 percent. But in 1951 and 1952, pro-
ductive utilization of the machines declined, so that the plan was fulfilled only
6.3 percent in 1952? By the beginning of October 1953, sharp lags in the use
of the machines had again been noted.(54)
As of 1 October, the 1953 plan for harvesting of cotton with mechanical
cotton pickers ?ras not berg fulfilled in the republic. As of this date, only
130 metric tons of cotton had been picked mechanically. Defoliation with
cyanamide had been performed on only 8,691 hectares, or only 18 percent of the
area planned.
In Saatlinskiy Rayon, where 44 machines were available for use, only 2.7
metric tons had been harvested with them; in Udzharskiy Rayon, with 40 machines,
only 2.5 metric tons; and in Khaldansl:iy Rayon, witt.:40 machines, only 5.4 metric
tone.
hfahy kolkhoz leaders and workers are reluctant to exert effort in the proper
operation of cotton-harvesting machines, with the result that most cotton is
picked manually.
To improve the situation, the Council of Ministers ~:zerbaydzhnn SSR and
the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Azerbaydzhan SSR, issued the
following decree:
1. That measures be taken to expand defoliation of the fields with
cyanamide.
2 That all available ODN spraying machines and civil-aviation planes be
used for this purpose.
3. That operators of cotton-harvesting machines be adequately instructed
in their operation.(55)
~.n article entitled "October, the Decisive ilonth for the Cotton Harvest"
by I.K.:lbdullayev, Minister of Agriculture and Procurement Azerbaydzhan SSR,
contained the following information
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BY 5 October, kolkhozes and sovkhozes of the republic had de Livered to the
state 1.5 times as much cotton as they had delivered by this date in the very
good crop year 1950 or 2.5 times us much as they had delivered by this date in
1952.
However, the harvesting tempo and the results accomplished thus far could
not be considered satisfactory since harvesting of the fiber was lagging behind
ripening of the crop. In all rayons, bolls hud opened to such un e:ctent that it
should have been possible to fulfill the plan for delivery of cotton to tae
state 2.5_3,0 percent daily.
The quality of harvesting and organization of deliveries indicated that some
kolkhozes and rayons were forging ahead in fulfi_ling the elan en3 others were
lagging.
The average daily amount of cotton picked manually was 65-70 kilograms per
picker in kolkhozes of Pushkinskiy Rayon, the leading rayon in percentage ful-
fillment of the delivery plan; in leading kolkhozes of the rayon, this figure
was 80 Y.ilogram, and higher.(7)
The following tsble shows percentage fulfillment of the 1J~3 Plan for
cotton procurement in Y.olldiozes of rayons and sovkhozes of ttic republic. Data
Yor some days (*), for which nc reports were uublished in the press, were de-
rived by deducting the followings, day's increment (Incr) from total fulfillment
(Fulfill) as of thnt day:
R ons
~ Seo (56).
0 S 0 t 8 2 Oet (59)
Oct
Agdemakiy
72.27
73.05
73.88
74.99
76,14
Agdaehakiy ,
55.93
56,17
57.17
58,38
59.46
Agdzhabedinakiy
62.28
63.72
64.68
66,61
68.61
Akhsuinakiy
77.63
78,16
78,48
79.62
81.17
lkstefinakiy
61.79
64.19
66,03
67.55
69,13
Alibayramlinakiy
47.86
49.48
50,89
52.24
53.76
Aatrakhanbazarakiy
44.42
44.79
45.16
45.70
46.39
Bardinskiy
59.55
61.05
62.14.
63,84
65.40
Dzhebrail~akiy
52.86
53.81
54.74
56,46
58.32
Geokcheyskiy
56.10
58,25
58.88
60.28
61.91
Imishlinakiy
58.36
60.13
61.38
62.99
65.27
Karyaginakiy
60.02.
~i4~
61.64
62,88
64,75
Kasumizmaylovskiy
60.49
61.98
63.09
64.30
65.57
Kazekhakiy
64.M
67.66
68,87
70.49
72.15
Khaldanakiy
48:42
48.99
50,45
51.49
52.29
Khillinskiy
49.82
51.87
53.29
54.46
55.79
Kubatlinskiy
50,60,
50,60
50,60
52.49
54.26
Kyurdamirakiy
58.44
59.46
60,48
62,20
63.85
IAardakertskiy
~i8.21
46.58
49.96
51,00
52.18
Mirbeshirakiy
5b,61
57.90
58,73
60,06
61.64
Nakhichevanekiy
53.10
'
54.48
56,78
58.88
60,98
Norashenakiy
40
,52
42.59
4~ 47
46,40
49.74
Pushkinskiy
81.80
85.41
66,20
87.84
89.53
Saetlinskiy
50.26
51.66
53.37
54,73
96.02
Sabirebadokiy
64,60
46,27
46,98
48,1b
49.45
Safaraliyevekiy
14.45
56,04
56 96
58,17
59.55
Sal~yanskiy
4".92
50.93
52.60
53.27
55.30
Samukhakiy
7ti.50
76.57
77.43
78.86
80.13
Shamkhorskiy
53.49
55.08
56,03
57.39
98,72
Tauzakiy
53.82
95:48
57.70
60,12
6z.34
Udzharakiy
52.40
53.04
53.53
54:41
55.45
Yevlakhakiy
71.11
73.12
74.82
76,62
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Zardobskiy 4,74
Zhdanavslciy 51,x3
No 1
No 2
R'o 3
A'o 6
Oct 60
lfill Incr
26.39 27.64
58./,3 5g,4g
31,11 31.50
zs,S4 30.32
78,73 78,73
Agdamskiy 77.51 1.37
Agdashskiy b0,64 1.15
ABdzhabedinskiy 70.44 X1.83
Akhsqui95ed '1'he entire area devoted
yields were obtained from fields so;:n by the check-rowamethodbinln thehKolkhozst
imeni Stalin in Novo-,1leksandrovskiy Rayon, a yield of 17 quintals of seeds
per hectare was obtained from 1,200 hectares soon by thi^, method.(72)
In 1953, kolkhozes of Chkalevskaya Oblast e.panded the area planted to
potatoes by almost 6,000 hectares.(73)
BY 30 October, kolkhozes and sovkhozes of Y:liningradskaya Oblast had
fulfilled the 1953 plan for procurement and purchase o? potatoes 101 percent
and for vegetables 120 percent.(71~)
In 1953, the area devoted to vegetables in kolkhozes, sovYlxozes, and sub-
sidiary enterprises of Kemerovskayn Oblast was expanded 10.2 percent as com-
pared with 1952; the area devoted to potatoes was expanded 8.6 percent as com-
pared with 1952.(75)
Planting of potatoes in Krasnodarskiy kray was not carried out during
the best agrotechnicnl period in the spring of 1953? Kolkhozes of the kray
had planted only 0.9 percent of the potatoes by 1 April, 18 percent by
10 April, 56 percent by 20 ,1pri1, 8~ percent by 1 i?lay, and finally finished
planting by 15 June. Thus, one half of the potatoes were planted late with
the result that the yield was reduced on the late-planted fields.
Harvesting of potatoes in the kray has been a long process year after year
with the result that many potatoes renained in the ground. The same situation
prevailed in 1953? As of 20 October, only 53 percent of the potatoes had been
harvested. At the rate of harvest as of 24 October, another 2-3 months would
be required to harvest tlxe entire cro;..(14)
To assure a better supply of early vegetables for the industrial centers
of i?Soskovsknya Oblast, construction of hotbed-hothouse combines lxad begun by
5 October 1953 in 38 rayons of the oblast. ".bout 300 kolkhozes located near
industrial centers were expanding or establishing hotbed installations.
Each hotbed-hothouse combine is to consist of the fol".owing structures:
a hothouse, a heating plant, hotbeds, a house for tY.e vegetable-gro~ring bri-
gade with an office fcr the brigade leader, a Red reading corner, a labora-
tory, a shop for producing peat-humus pots, a rC :igerating plant, a vegetrble
storehouse, and a shop for repairing hotbed frames.
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The hothouses are to be designed so that it will be possible to maintain
the desired temperature and humidity. Sash pieces into which the glass frames
are fitted are to be made of reinforced concrete. Construction of the combines
was being carried out at kolkhoz expense by such large Moscow enterprises as
the Plant imeni Stalin and the Serp i ldolot Plant.
By the spring of 1954, 16,000 square meters of hothouses and more titan
175,000 square meters of hotbeds are to be ready for use.(76)
As of 10 October 1953, a large hotbed-hothouse combine was being built
in the city of Novosibirsk; when completed, it is to produce more than 3,000
metric tons cf vegetables annually. The first section of the combine was
scheduled to go into operation before the end of 1953?(77)
Kolkhozes of Tambovskaya Oblast fulfilled the 1953 plan for delivery of
potatoes to the state on 2O.0ctober; they had pledged to fulfill the Ilan by
7 November.(78)
Sovkhozes of Chelyabinskaya Oblast finished plowing of winter fallow on
25 October. They plowed 9,000 more hectares than in 1952? Plowing of black
summer fallow was also being completed as of 25 O;:tober.(23)
The grain growers of Saratovskaya Oblast acre striving to provide winter
fallow for the entire area on whic'a spring grain crops are to be sown in 1954.
BY 5 October 1953, 600,000 more hectares of crinter fallow had been plowed than
by the same dote in 1952?(73)
By 25 October, almost 450,000 more hectares had been plowed for spring
sowing in kolkhozes of Stalingradskaya Oblast than by the same date in 1952.(78)
The following table shows percenta,e fulfillment of various 1953 plans in
kolkhozes of Kalinin^,knya and Smolenskaya obinsts, as of 10 September (80):
Operations
Kalininskaya
Smolenskaya
Potatoes dug
5O
62
Winter fallow plowed
'S
27
Coarse fodder procured
40
47
Ensilage stored
77
6.,
The following table shows percentage fulfillment of various 1953 plans
in kolkhozes of Rnzenskaya and U1'yanovsknya obinsts, as of 20 September (81):
Sunflowers harvested
Potatoes dug
Fodder root crops harvested
Coarse fodder procured
Winter fallow plowed
Penzenskaya Ul,yanovskaya
The following table shows percentage fulfilment of various 1953 plena in
kolkhozes of Pskovskaya and Velikolukskaya oblast^,, as of 25 September (82);
Operations
Pskovskaya
Velikolukskaya
Potatoes dug
97
93
Fodder root crops harvested
63
57
Coarse fodder procured
55
53
Winter falloca plowed
26
24
Black summer fellow plowed
5
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tdore than 400 mechanics, agronomists, zootechnicians, tractor drivers,
turners, locksmiths, electricians, and other specialists had been sent to
kolkhozes and t?PPS of Plovosibirskaya Oblast by 7 Octobet?. PJineteen srecialists
xith higher educations, who had been re^,ponsible workers in the Novosibirskaya
Oblast :administration of Agriculture and Procurement, became chief engineers,
agronomists, and chiefs of repair shops in A.TS.
By 7 October, more than 70 former agricultural machine operators had re-
turned to their original professions in Kirovskaya Oblast and more than 80
former tractor drivers and combine operators had returned to hfPS in U1'yanovskaya
Oblast. In Kemerovskaya Oblast, 99 specialists, who P.ad worY.ec: Sn the Keme'rovskaya
Oblast Administration of Agriculture and Procurement and other administrative
units, had returned to the country; these included 11 en~;incers and technicians
60 agronomists, and 28 zootechnicians.(37) '
Eighteen agricultural specialists, who 2:ad been workinG in various Fskovskaya
Oblast agricultural organizations and de_rartcents but ^ot at their ,pecialties,
had returned to t?fPS by 15 October. .11so: v3 farmer `_?^ t .d
o erators .-= or rivers, 3 combine
P , 5 tractor brigade leaders, 10 loci-smiths, and 5 turners were back in
t?TFS. From the apparatuses of rayon administrations of rl;riculture and pro-
curement, 560 agronomists, zootechnicians, and veterinarians had been sent to
LETS .
In Kuybyshevskaya Ublast, 118 former tractor dri?~e r, combine operators,
and locksmiths had returned to hP15 by 15 October. From industrial enterprises
of the city of Kuybyshev, 116 engineers n_nd technicians irad been sent to t?fI'3;
of these, 12 were appointed Mi5 directors; t10, chief engineers; and 54, heads
of repair shops.(80)
From the apparatus of the SverdlovsY.aya Ctolast ,;dministration of :1griculture
and Procurement, 18 persons had been trap,,,ferred to permanent xork in the coun-
try by 13 October. crom industrial enterprises of the city of Sverdlovsk, 100
qualified ::orkers of various specialties had ~?one to kolkhozes and PfP3, in-
cluding 23 mechanics, 27 tractor drivers, zu locksmith;, and 21 turners.(36)
Kazakh S,R
One of the main shortcomings in tine developmer.;; of grain growing in
the republic is the unstable wheat yield in lawny Y.olkhozes any sovi:hozes.
In favorable years, wheat yield averages 10-15 or Wore, ?quintals per hectare?
in dry years, it averages only 3-4 quintals per hectnre.(83)
Kolirhozes of Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Gtlast had begun to sow freshly
harvested sunflower seed by 23 0.tober. By the fall of 1953, several times
the area sown in the fall of 1952 was to have been sotim. The check-vox method
was being widely employed.
Sowing of freshly harvested sunflor:er seed in the tall is nn effective
method for raising the yield of the crop. Tin?ee years of erpcrience showed that
the seed yi?1a was 1 1;2-2 ti.ues as ~z?ast us when sunflowers were sown at the
customary time.(20)
In t?ecent years, kolkltozes in the southern oblasts of ttte republic per-
mitted a considerable decline in L-he planting of potatoes. In X953, for in-
stance, 5,400 feller hectares ;acre planted than provided for in the plan.
Almost one fourth o: all kolkhozes in the soutitet?n oblasts planted no potatoes,
the main reason being that they had no seed potatoes to plant.
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Only u kolkhezea in Dzi!ambulskaya Cblast, 7.G in 'i'aldy-P;ur~anskaya G'olaat,
wind 7 in i:zy1-Ord insk;:ya Oblast supplied themselves :~.i11?y xith seed potatoes in
19)2 for planting ir. 1953, Many Y.o1l:hoz supervisors and rayon and Oblast organ-
izations had considered potatoes a second-rate crop and ti!erefore did noc pay
adequate attention to the necessary techniques _*or pctatu growing and storing.(8!~)
In October, rhere xere 1x59 16T3 and t?7Zh5 (mechanized animal-husbandry station)
ir. the republic. I^ 1953, the;/ received 3,500 tractors, ~,G00 combines, more than
2,c00 self-propelled hay movers, u,700 Tractor-drawn raY.es, and many ether agri-
cultural mac'rines.(83)
U;:bek SSR
'i:?tr follo;in_- table so:;s p_:?cent::?e "ul'illmrt o: 1953 plan .'or
cattoa l.rocur~.:reng oyoblasts of :'! republic. Data for acme day; (*), for vt!ich
no r?.por}',s v re published in th?a ,mss ?.ere derive y ~.ct
.,y,s d b dcd. ink the :c11o?.:in3
d., incr_r^c:n*_ (Zncr) from -,,."i~Pu1111-ent (Fulfill') ~~= -- ?tiJr ,,.,y?
(16]as_trs a~gR
Andizhanskaya
Bukhnrskaya
Ferganskaya
Kara-Kalpakskaya ASSR
Kashka-Dar~inskaya
RhorezmsA.aye
Namanganskaya
Samarkands}.aya
Surkhan-Dar ~ ins}:ayu
Tashkentskaya
Andizhanskaya
Bukharskaya
Forgans}wya
Kara-Kalpakskays AS:>R
Kashka-Dar~inskaya
Khorezmskaya
Namanganskaye
Semarkandskaya
Surkhan-Dar~inskaya
Tashl:entskaya
Andizhanskays
Bukhara}:aya
Ferganskaya
I(ara-Kalpaksksya ASSR
I{ashka-Dariinskaya
Khorezmskaya
Plamonganskaya
Samnrkandskaya
Surkhan-Dnr~inakaya
Tashketttskaya
30 Seo (]]) 7 Oct 8
?Oct B6 O
t
c
87 Oct
38.].3
5?.26
3?.81
35.04
63.]5
31,.60
35.59
33.7e
36.33
31,.2::
40,07
5.'.,91
3t? 56
3,.56
65,48
36.33
37.56
35.61
38.]1
36.37
40.92
54.74
35.44
37.96
65.90
37.58
36.37
35.96
38,66
36.51.
41.87
55.76
36.22
39.40
66,69
38.36
39.17
36,67
39.37
36.96
43.74
56,98
37.40
40.84
67.43
40.53
40,74
37.65
40.54
37.57
cent sa 6 cHt s~
7 Oct no s o
t
FulYi]1 Zncr
e
1
o f z
45.68
1.94 1,7.06
1,8,57
50,20
51.77
57.97
8
8
0.99 58.75
59.82
60,99
62,03
,
0
3
/
1.40 40.31
1,1.50
42.80
4.1,.03
,1.82
6
6
0.98 43.:5
U,.69
46.26
47.84
8.
2
1.19 69,05
70,01
71,49
73.37
41.]1,
0,61 4?'..58
.44.26
45.90
47.50
1,2.53
1.79 !,/?!,0
46,03
47.67
49.23
38,]4
0.49 38.90
40.22
42.04 .
44.05
42.11
8
11
1.57 l,3.1,8
1,5.02
46,71
48.43
,
,
3
0.57 38.66
39.75
41.34
43.22
10 Oct (99) ]] Ort / 1?_ Oct 13 Oct (Vi(i) 1/. Oct (*)
53.36 55.15 55.85 SG,O1 56,57
63.00 64,11 64.89 65.66 66,67
45.56? 46,96 1,7,78 47,92 48,22
49.49 51.16 52.73 54.29 55.77
75.35 77,1,8 79.29 80,68 82,16 ,
49.16 50.91 52,31 53.66 54.95
50.82 52.56 53.55 53.94 54.40
46.08 - 48,]8 49.20 50.16 51.66
50,27 52.21 53.86 55.38 56.64
45.30 /,7.59 48.11 48.87 49.57
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15 Oct (97)
Andizhanskaya
56,70
Bukharskaya
67.47
Ferganskays
48.40
Kara-Kalpakskaya P.SSR
56,55
Kashka-Dar~inskaya
83.53
Khorezmskaya
55.76
}damanennskaya
54.94
Samurkandskaya
53.00
Surkhan-Dar~inskaya
58.00
Tashkentskaya
20
49.76
Oct (101) ;
56.90
68.30
48.75
57.68
85.01
57.16
55.30
54.63
59.63
50.32
c
17 Oct (99)
8 Oct? *
19 Oct (100)
E1i1?i7.1 Incr
57.3b
58.29
59.50 1.21
69.16
69,96
70,75 0,79
49.35
50,18
51.22 1.03
59.00
60.22
61.43 1.21
86,46
87.66
88,78 1.12
58.46
59.66
60,88 1.22
56.21
57.44
56.87 1.43
56,36
58.07
59.87 1.80
61.22
62,86-
64.51 1.65
51.09
52.28
53.75 1.47
Andizhanskaya
60,97
62.56
63.11,
63.59
18
65
Bukharskaya
71.50
72.35
73.05
73
79
.
74
50
Ferganskay~a
K
52.33
53.54
54.22
.
54.82
.
56
15
ara-Sal~okskaye ASSR
62,68
64,01
65.25
66.56
,
1
67
5
Kashka-D?r~inskaya
89.79
90.74
91.63
92.40
;
.
13
93
Khorezmskaya
62,23
63.69
65.19
66,79
.
67
14
Namanganskaya
S
60,21
61.79
62,84
63,78
.
65
25
amtirkands}:aya
61,69
63.6/.
65.57
67.57
.
69
50
Surkhan-Dar~inslwya
66,18
68,03
69.03
71.01
.
72
44
Tashkentsknya
55.46
'57.48
59.30
61.27
.
63,13
26 Oct (106) 27 Oct (107) 28 0"et (108) 29 Oct (109) 30 Oct (110)
Andizhansknya
67,37
67.53
67.96
68,50
69
10
Bukharskaya
75.00
75.17
75.53
76,01
,
76
62
~Ferganskaya
57.69
57.7l,
58.09
58.74
.
56
59
Kara-Kalpakskaya ASSR
68,83
69.41
70.21,
71,15
.
'72
12
Kashka-Dnr~inskeya
93.79
93.99
94.28
94.76
.
30
95
Khorezmskaya
68.77
69.55
70,69
71,66
.
62
72
Namsngnnskaya
67.18
67.37
67.70
68.14
.
68
68
Samorknndskaya
70.74
71.08
71,75
72.87
,
74
29
Surkhan-Dar~inskaya
74.40
74.1.9
74.85
75.40
.
76
16
Tashkantakaya
64.95
65.36
65.9/.
66.67
,
67,64
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The following table shows percentage ~;irillment oS the 1953 plan for cotton procurement in
sovkhozes of the republics
52.69 59.74
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The following table gives data on cotton harvesting in Samarkandskayu
and Fergnnsknyn oblasts, as of 2 October (86):
Item
--- Samnrk_ an~ya gerganskaya
Fulfillment of 1953 cotton procurement
plan ($) 'S'9? 35.44
Fulfillment of plan in previous
5 days (~,)
9.03 7,73
Percent of cotton procured which was 91.20
top grade
Avera6e dally production per manual 4c,
picker (kg) ~ 00 5'.00
As of 2 October, these two oblasts, among the largest cotton nroducPrc +.,
the,republlc, ncrupiui '-aot _
meat of the 1 p`?`O "1pOn~ ail the oblasts in nercentsge lu1fi11-
953 cotton procurement plan. As shown in the table, they had
fulfilled the plan little more than one third.
Some workers explained this fact by saying that the bolls opened lhte,
but this was not true. The rosin reason was that party, state, and a;;ricul-
tural organs had not implement.Pd their directives for enlisting the maximum
number of kolkhoz workers, especially women, for the cotton harvest. Only
72.5 percent of the ncuaber oi' kolkhoz workers scheduled to participate in the
cotton harvest were taking part in Ferganskayn Oblast and only 78.2 percent in
Samarkandskaya Oblast. The indicated productivity of manual pickers was much
too low. With mechanical cotto^ pickers, the average doily productivity was
one hectare in Fergunskaya Oblast an4 0.6 hecta._ in Samarkandskaya Oblast.
Kolkhozes of the two oblasts grew as good crops as those of the oblasts
which were at the top in percentage fulfillment of the procurement plan. Thus,
their task was to harvest it quickly and without less and to cope with their
quota for October.(86)
[An article entitled "On Ieasures to Speed up farvesting and Delivery of
Cotton to the State" contained the following information:]
The Council of Ministers Uzbek SSR and the Central Committee of the Com-
munist Party, Uzbek SSR, noted that cotton ripened early in 1953, and that more
than 75 percent of the bolls had opened by 1 October in all. kolkhozes and sov-
khozes of the republic, but that the tempo of harvesting and delivery of raw
cotton to the state were below standard. In the republic as n whole, less
cotton had been harvested and delivered thin if harvesting work had beer, better
organized.
It is necessary that additionsl measures be taken to assure early com-
pletion of harvesting and delivery of cotton to the state. Harvesting and
delivery can be speeded up by: 1. increasing the number of picY,crs 30-35
percent by enlisting the aid of the female population of kolkhozes; 2. putting
all cotton-harvesting machine: into operation during the next 3-4 days; and
3. considerably increasing the productivity of both manual and mechanical
pickers.
The task is to carry on harve^,ting work at such a level in October as
to insure unconditional fulfillment of the plan for delivery of cotton to the
state not later than by 7 November.
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The Councll of tfinisters Uzbek S3R and the Central Committee of the Communist
Party, Uzbek SSR, issue ';he following decree and charge the Councll of ldinistP??~
Kara-Kalpakskaya ASSR, oblast e?- `ive committees, obinst party committees, the
tdinistry of Agriculture and Pi,,..._-meat Uzbek SSR, the Ministry of State F'nrms
Uzbek SSR, rayon executive committees, and rayon party committees with its
execution wherever it applies to them and falls within the scope of their re-
sponsibilities:
1. In October, to harvest and deliver to the state 55 percent of tk~
amount of cotton provided for in the plan for the republic as a whole (65 percent
in sovkhozes), distributed as follows: Kara-Kalpakskaya ;SSR, 61; and the
following oblasts: Andizhanskaya, 56; Bukharskaya, 47; r^erganskaya, 57; Kashta-
Dar'inskaya, 40; Khorezmskaya, 60; Namangansksya, 56; 3emarcandsf;sya, 56; Surkhan-
Dar'inskaya, 57; and TnshY,entskaya, 55?
2. Not later than 1 Gctober, to enlist the maximum number of pickers for
the cotton harvest in order to accomplish the tssk set for October by enlisting
the maximum number or able-bodied kolkhoz and sovkhoz workers and by appeslinf;
to the population r,r ~i*_des, rayon center;, and villages to participate in the
cotton harvest. It is deemed incorrect practice that, in many kolkhozes, able-
bodied women are not participating in the harvest; the organs mentioned above
and the boards of kolkhozes are charged with correcting this shortcoming.
3? By 5 October, to put all repaired cotton-harvesting machines into
operation. To harvest with machines 16.5 percent of the cotton scheduled for
harvesting during October in the republic as a whole. distributed as follows:
Kara-Kalpnkskaya ASSR, 17.3; sovY,hozes, 38.7; and the following oblasts:
Andizhanskaya, 17.5~Bukhurskaya, 17.6; rerganskaya, 18.G; Kashka-Dar'inskayn,
7.8; Khorezmsknya, 17.2; P: lugansknya, 17.1+; Samarknndekaya, 10.2; Surkhan-
Dar'inskaya, 9.1; and Tashxentskayn, 17.0. To direct 500 engineers, technicians,
mechanics, and machinists from organiz~.tions, enterprises, and educational
institutions to bfPS and sovkhozes for ,,,:e pur,,ose aiding in mechanical har-
vesting of cotton.
1+. Since many manual pickers and cotton-harvesting-machine operators
in both kolkhozes and sovkhoze= ?:re not fulfilling, ti:e established doily and
shift production norms due to Late arrival and early departure, to insure that
the workday begin at dawn and that all kol}?1~oz and sovki:oz workers and :nnchine
operators perform a full day's work.(11)
Uzbekistan is the, traditional rice-growing region of the USSR. It h^s
favorable climatic, soil and water conditions for growinU this crop.
In 1940, the average rice yield in Uzbekistan was 30 :}uintals per hectare.
This figure compared with 11-13 qulrcals per hectare before the O_tober Revo-
lution.
Rice is a labor-consuming crop to grow. For c:rL,.p1e, in kolkhozes with
a yield of 40 quintals per hectare, labor expenditure exceeds 150 man-days per
hectare. (90)
In 1952, tha average grape yield in Samar};andsf:aya Oblast was 64.5 quintals
per hectare. As compared with 1950, the figure represented nn increase of 19.5
quintals per hectare. (111)
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The following table shows percentage fulfillment of the 1953 Plan for
cotton procurement by oblasts of the republic. Data for some days (*), for
which no reports were published in the press, were derived by deducting the
following day's increment (Iner) from total i'ulfillment (Fulfill) ns of that
day:
Oct 119 2 Oct (114) ~ Oct (1l.>~ 1. Cct (+:
57.50
58,18
59.22
60,64
34./,6
35.21
36,02
37,.10
33.58
34.06
34.87
36,11
27.11
28.40
29.75
31,31
6 Oct 117 7 Oct (IIg) 8 Oct (119) ~ Oct (120)
63,32
64.50
65.73
66.90
38.96
40,03
02
41
41
38
54
8
9
.
.99
.
3
.9
41.18
42,32
33.32
34.81
36.17
37.91
11 0 t * 12 Oct (121) 13 oct (122) ]4 Oct (129) 15 Oct (121,)
l~ilfili. Iner
Aslilthabadskaya 69,19
Chardzhouskaya /.3,97
IAaryyskaya 44.76
Tashauzslreya 40,86
70.16 0,97
44.94 0,97
46.13 1.37
,
42..-3 1.37
71.24
46,06
1,7,1,2
43.74
72,24
47.13
48.8/,
45.05
73.?9
48.09
50,16
45.65
_6 Oct (125) 17 Oct (126) 18 Oct
* ~ Oct (127) 20 O
t ~
c
Fulfill Iner
Ashkh9bedskaya
Ch
d
h
74.30
75.22
76,10
76,94
0,84
77,89
ar
z
ouskaya
P7
49,02
49.88
50,83
51,79
0.96
52.83
aryyskaya
Tash
uz
k
51.57
52.62
51+.71
54.79
1.08
55.90
a
s
aya
47.x7
48.32
50,50
50,59
1,09
51,76
21 Oct (128) 22 Oct (129) 29 Oct (190) ?. Oct
*1
26 Oct (191)
Fulfi7.1 Iner
Ashkhabadskaya
78,53
74,20
7989
80
Chardzhouskaya
53.89
54.92
55
92
.90
57
81.27
0.37
"nryyskaya
T
h
k
57,20
58?/.8
.
59.85
,35
61,65
57.94
62,56
0,59
0,71
as
auzs
aya
52,94
5/?21
55.62
57.67
58,06
0,3y
Oblasts
27 Oct (192) 28 Oct (139) 29 O
t (19l
)
~
c
,
30 Oct
(195)
Ashkhabadskaya
81.66
82,37.
83,01
83.51
Cherdzhouskaya
58.1?3
59.11
59.87
60,66
if~ryyskaya
63.1.7
61?1.1,
65.25
66,05
Tashauzsknya
58,90
59.87
60.77
61,58
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In recent years, the areas devoted to vegetables, cucurbit crops,
and potatoes in kolkhozas of Aahkhabadskaya Oblast has decreased; the yield
has also decreased. As a result, the vegetable-growing Y?olkhozes of the oblast
xere unable to meet the demand of the population of vegetables and potatoes.(113)
Kolkhozes of the republic had finished harvesting oil flax by 22 October,
which was 15 days earlier than in 1952. In kolkhozes of Ura-Tyubinskiy,
Ko'