HUNGARIAN RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2011
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: September 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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HUNGARIAN RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURE
SURVEY OF HUNGARIAN SOIL CONDITIONS -- Budapest, Magyar Nezogazdasag, Vol IX,
No 1, 1 Jan 5h
Experts engaged in practical farming or in agricultural research have, in
recent years, devoted increasing attention to the deterioration of Hungarian
soil. The farmers realize that the structure, fertility, and water regime of the
soil are undergoing a change for the worse, and conclude from the frequent crop
failures that the soil food supply is deficient. A survey of Hungarian soil con-
ditions is therefore timely.
The Factors and Principles of Agricultural Techniques (Az yezoi es iranyelvei), by the internationally known academician Louis eKreybig,ethe
foremost expert in Hungarian soil research, was recently published by the Hungar-
ian Academy of Sciences. Louis Kreybig has devoted nearly a lifetime to the study
of soil, c,-ltivatfon, and fertilization problems. His recent work presents a sum-
aa.-y sad ~valaation of his experiments extending over several decades.
In the introduction to his work, Kreybig states that Hungarian soil contains,
on an average, omr 0.1 percent of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potassium. This
is equivalent to approximately 15 tons of soil food per cadastral yoke in topsoil
of 150 centimeters depth, and indicates the presence of an adequate volume of per-
manent soil food.
On the other hand, Kreybig points out that because of unsatisfactory produc-
tion methods, the humus content of Hungarian soils has decreased from 6.5 to 5
percent and the quality of the humus has also deteriorated during the last 200
years. In other words, more than one fifth of the total humus content has been
lost. -- Janos Lelley
COMTETITION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESEARCH PREMIUM -- Budapest, Magyar
Mezogazdasag, Vol VIII, No 23, 1 Dec 53
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences has announced a competition for scholar-
ships and research premiums.
Monthly Scholarships
Application for monthly scholarships may be made by experts who are not pro-
fessionally engaged in scientific research (agronomists, technicians, teachers,
lecturers, etc.). The application should include an outline of the thesis; up-
proial by the director of the institute, farm, or plant in which the applicant
desires to work; the applicant's choice of professional counselors; and his cur-
riculum vitae. Applications are to be submitted to the Department of Agricultural
Science of the academy by 31 December 1953.
The monthly scholarship amounts to 150-400 forints. In case the academy
finds that the work of the applicant is unsatisfactory, payment of the scholar-
ship is stopped. Members of university faculties, university students, and mem-
bers of research institutes are not eligible for scholarships.
Research Premiums
Application for research premiums may be made on the basis of results or
partial. results obtained from research work. Applications, which should include
a detailed description of the results achieved, are to be submitted in triplicate
to the Department of Agricultural Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
at any time. The applicant may receive aid for his work (consultation, laboratory,
library, etc ).
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not be awarded
ogical idea. for an
scholarshi s
University students, recipients
of monthly
P (with the exception of those achieving outstanding results), aspir-
ants, and workers in research institutes are not eligible for research
The subject matter may the fields indicated below y is s advised. chosen by the applicant. However, work in
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1 Plant Production, Agricultural Engineering, Use of Fertilizers
field crops.
a. Experiments for the improvement of techniques in cultivating various
b. Collection of data on the methods of planting of broomcorn and sorghum, especially in regard to the fodder value of these grasses
plants as compared
c. Agricultural engineering aspects of large-scale soil conservation.
d, Agricultural engineering in the irrigation of densely planted crops.
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and its conversion into fodder. on the methods of Planting Jerusalem artichoke
f. Study of the growth factors of cereals, with special re
cultural methods.
Bard to agri_
g? Cataloguing and description of regional plant varieties in Hungary.
h. Study of the habits and life cycles of important plant
methods of protection.
parasites,
,
1. Preparation of a plan for the large-scale Pickling of seeds.
ing). J? Methods of improvement of sandy soils on a large scale root
( manur-
tilizers. k. Effects of the simultaneous use of stable manure and nitrogen fer-
1. Biological effects and practical application of crude phosphates.
m. Effects of different fertilizers on crops.
n. Results of soil improvement.
eroded soils.
0? Methods of prevention of soil erosion and of the rehabilitation of
cu'
iyure. P? Evaluation of regional climatic data, with special regard to
agri-
2. Animal Husbandry
a. To what extent and with what results may rough fodder be substituted
for grain fodder in the various branches of animal husbandry?
and pigs? b. To what extent and with what results may silo fodder be fed to sheep
The research premium amounts to 5,000 forints and can
innovation or a
technol
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c. Hygienic whole-milk production.
3. Building of hen runs in large-scale poultry farms.
Mechanization of Agriculture
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a. Methods of mechanized milking and analysis of the operation of the
b. Study of the wearing out of tractor parts and collection of reliable
c. Study of the fuel consumption and performance of the G-35 and Zetor
tractors and collection of reliable data.
d. Study of the operation of high-performance straw cutters and corn-
stalk shredders, with special regard to the quality of the products.
e. Comparative study of alfalfa cutting and storing methods.
f. Study of the tractive power requirements of various agricultural
g. Large-scale thinning of sugar beets.
h. Mechanization of sugar-beet picking.
i. Experiments with tractor-drawn trailers.
J. Experiments with pneumatic drying equipment, with special regard to
grain harvested by combines.
k. Agricultural Organization
a. Methods of improving hygiene in producers cooperatives.
b. Methods of improving the management of state farms.
c. Operational problems of dairying.
d. Organization of pig breeding on the basis of fodder production on
the breeding farms.
e. Coordination of machine, draft-animal, and manual labor in state
farms and producers cooperatives.
f. Methods of producers cooperative management.
g. Organization of the mechanization of state farms.
h. Organization of large-scale cultivation and harvesting.
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