PRELIMINARY CONTENT PROSPECTUS FOR ATLAS OF SOVIET AGRICULTURE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05927A000300110006-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: OUTLINE

(maps, graphs, texts)
1.
small-scale map with USSR superimposed on
N. America
2.
analagous areas overprint map
3.
USSR general terrain map; table of amount
of land in major physical categories
4.
very brief factual text.
1.
Brief explanatory text on role of heat
plant growth; degree days; sums of
temperatures concepts
in
2.
matrix/graph of thermal requirements by
crop
3.
map of growing season
4.
map/graphics of regional crop calendars
(several?)
5.
several other maps of critical elements --
temperature sums, first and last
frost, frost free period
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PRELIMINARY CONTENT PROSPECTUS FOR ATLAS OF SOVIET AGRICULTURE
MAJOR SECTIONS PLATES OR PLATE GROUPS
(elements) (subjects)
I. Environmental A. Location/terrain
Constraints
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MAJOR SECTIONS PLATES OR PLATE GROUPS
C. Moisture Resources 1. Map of total precipitation
2. Map/graph of seasonal/regional precipi-
tation patterns
3. Snow cover map
D. Weather Conditions 1. brief essay on typical weather patterns in
USSR and hazardous extremes during
growing season; how these damage crops
2. Weather satellite photo (cyclonic storm of
'73 season)
3. Frequency maps for a. sukhovey
b. hail
c. violent storms
d. drought
E. Soils Resources 1. Essay on relation of soil fertility to crop
distribution and yield; crop competitir.
for fertile soils
2. Map of basic soil types
3. Map of permafrost and soil temperature
conditions
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 PLATES OR PLATE GROUPS INDIVIDUAL ITEMS
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II. Technology A. Systems to alter natural environment 1. Map and text on irrigation and drainage
systems
3. Weather modification research --text
C. Plant Breeding
2. Photo and possible map on windbreak progran;
caption-length text
4. Fertilizer application: map and data
by crop if available
5. Special situations hothouse ag:
photos and text; brief
1. Photo/text treatment highlighting require-
ments and major new equipment
designs
1. Essay on major advances; possible photos
or yield data for major new varieties
2. Map-location of major agricultural research
stations (name, address, and primary
research activities)
D. Disease and Pest Control 1. Essay on major diseases; types of
herbicides and pesticides in use
2. Photos of aerial spraying, etc.
E. Cropping systems and practices 1. Text with diagrams (layout of typical
100 sq mi in new lands vs S Ukraine,
etc)
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III. Institutional A. Historical perspective
Framework
1. essay on pre-Soviet agriculture
B. Management-administrative system 1. essaydevelon recent
2. Vertical organization chart from Brezhnev
to milkmaid (photos and wiring
diagram)
3. Timeline/chronology of events (innovations
in mgmt) during Soviet regime`
4. Histogram/chronology of numbers of state
and collective farms and average
acreage
5. Maps showing distribution of state farms aid
distribution of collective farms and
brief paragraphs on the reasons for
these distributions
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Rural Life The State farm -- descriptive/interpretive
essay to deal with character and
quality of farm life; diagrams of
typical farm layouts
2. The collective farm -- ditto
3. The Private Plot -- essay on the forms and
functions of private plots
4. Map of existing rural settlement patterns
and essay on trends
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IV Crops and Yields
A.
wheat
1.
Map -- distribution of acreage
2.
Map -- distribution of yields
3.
Brief text of yield development, seed
improvement, etc.
B.
Other Grains
1.
Map -- distribution of acreage
2.
Map -- distribution of yields
3.
Brief text of yield development, seed
improvement, etc.
C.
Other Crops
1.
Map -- distribution of acreage
2.
Map -- distribution of yields
3.
Brief text of yield development, seed
improvement, etc.
1.
Map-- distribution of cattle, sheep etc.
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