ORDERS DEFINE CROP-PURCHASE QUOTAS, PEST CONTROL

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• Publication Date: September 6, 1950
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ORDERS DEFINE CROP-PURCHASE QUOTAS, PEST CONTROL
ORDER ON COMPULSORY DELIVERY AND CROP PURCHASE OF WOOL Tirata,Mashkistri:1:
9 Feb 50
The order on the Compulsory Delivery and Crop Purchase of Wool in 1950
contains the following provisions;
Article 1. All private agricultural and livestock farms, agricultural
cooperatives, and plots for the personal use of Cooperative members are re-
quired to deliver wool to the stage in 1950 according to the following quotas:
Private agricultural farms that keep up to ten head of small live-
stock (sheep and goats) shall deliver 1.250 kilograms of wool for each hectare
of land. Those that keep over ten head of small livestock are required to de-
liver the following quantities of wool in addition: 0.5 kilogrep if 11 to 20
sheep are kept; 0.6 kilogram if 21-40 sheep are kept; 0.7 kilogram for 41 to
75 sheep; 0.8 kilogram for 76 to 100 sheep; 0.9 kilogram-for 101 or more sheep.
Private livestock farms are required to deliver the following quanti-
ties of wcol;. 0.3 kilogram if one to 10 head of sheep are kept; 0.4 kilogram
for 11 to 20sheep;.0.6 kilogram for 21 to 40 sheep; 0.7 kilogiam,for 41 to
75 sheep; 0.6 kilogram for 76 to 100 sheep; 0.9 kilogram for 101 o: more
sheep.
Agricultural cooperatives are required to deliver 0.4 kilogram of
wool for each hectare of land belonging to the cooperative and 12 kilograms
for each plot reserved for the personal use of cooperative members.
Livestock cooperatives are required,'tb'delivei 0.4.kilogram'wooi for
each head of small livestock belonging to the cooperatives
State livestock enterprises and farms are required to deliver wool to
the crop-purchase enterprises according to the plan approver by the government.
Bashkimi.
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Urban residents who keep up to five head of small livestock are exempt
from compulsory deliveries of wool. If they keep more than five head, they are
required to deliver the amounts prescribed above for private livestock farms.
Quotas for compulsory deliveries of wool according to number of hec-
tares shall be based on the total area of land belonging to the farm (culti-
vated and fallow land, orchards, olive groves, vineyards, pastures, meadows,
etc.) and the total number of sheep and goats raised, Four goats re considered
equivalent to one sheep.,
Article 2. The above quotas may be met by sheep's wool or goat's hair,
and are computed on the basis of pure weal from domestic sheep and ordinary
shearing. The following quantities of wool of various qualities are consid-
ered equivalent; one kilogram of wool from domestic sheep, ordinary shearing;
1.3 kilogram of trimmed sheep's wool or lamb's wool; 1.4 kilogram of goat's
hair; 0.7 kilogram of fine curly wool from the second shearing, or fine curly
lamb's wool; 0.9 kilogram of fine curly wool from the first shearing; 0.6 kilo-
gram of fide curly washed wool.
Wool for delivery shall be sorted according to quality, as described
above, -It must be clean and well dried, and may contain not more than 3 per-
cent foreign matter. Dirty wool and wool from dead animals will not be ac-
cepted,,
Article 3. Compulsory deliveries of wool to the crop-purchase centers
shall be paid for according to the following price scale: 30 lek /per kilo-
gramJ for first-quality wool from domestic sheep, ordinary shearing; 27 lek
for second-quality wool from domestic sheep, ordinary shearing; 22 lek for
trimmed sheep's and lamb's wool; 20 lek for goat's hair; 40 lek for fine curly
sheep's wool from the first shearing; 48 lek for fine curly sheep's woo]. from
the second shearing and for fine curly lamb's wool; 50 lek for washed wool
from domestic sheep.
Article 4. The deadline for compulsory deliveries of wool throughout
Albania shall be 30 July, except that private agricultural and livestock farms
may have until 15 October.
Article The following are exempt from compulsorv deliveries of wool
during 19501
1. All agricultural farmers who have been moved from their former hold-
ings and resettled on new lands under the agrarian reform during 1949 and
1950, if they do not own small livestock;
2. Private agricultural and livestock farms belonging to the families of
soldiers killed in the war and disabled veterans of the People's Liberation,
if no member of the family is able to Work;
3. Private agricultural and livestock farms belonging to disabled or
aged persons, if no member of the family is able to work;
4. Private agricultural and livestock farms belonging to percons in mil-
itary service, if, no member of the family is able to work;
5. Private agricultural and livestock farms belonging to families in
which the only person capable of work is absent working (in a mine, industry,
construction, etc.) shall be exempt for one year, or their obligation shall be
reduced 50 percent.
Men over 60 ;ears old, women over 55 years old, and women who have one or
more children under the age of 7-are considered unable to work.
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Article 7. In special cases, agricultural farms without livestock may be
permitted to meet their obligations for the compulsory delivery of wool by sub-
stituting other agricultural and livestock products for one kilogram of wool,
as followsz 5 kilograms of meat, live weight; 4 kilograms of poultry meat;
60 eggs; 800 grams of butter; 7 kilograms of beans; 1 kilogram of rendered lard;
24 kilograms of wheat; one kilogram of olive oil.
Article 8. After properly satisfying their obligations for compulsory
deliveries of wool to the state, owners of private agricultural and livestock
farms, agricultural and livestock cooperatives, and plots for the personal use
of cooperative members are permitted to sell their surplus wool on the free mar-
ket..
Article The district committees of the Crop-Purchase Committee shall
carry out the wool plan and assign quotsa for compulsory deliveries to all ag-
ricultural and livestock farms by 31 March.
Article 10- Any person who fails to deliver his quota of wool by the pre-
scribed deadline shall incur immediate confiscation of the wool by the author-
ized officials., Persons who do not own small livestock and do hot satisfy their
obligations with other agricultural and livestock products as provided above
shall be subject to the measures provided in Decree Law No 234 of 16 April 1946
on the Collection of State Revenues..
Article 11,. Any person who refuses delivery, hides or destroys produce,
makes 9 '-false declaration, or otherwise tries to avoid meeting his obligation
for the compulsory delivery of wool shall be punished according to Law No 373.
of 12 December 1946 on Engaging in Forbidden Trade, Speculation, and Economic
Sabotage.
Article 12.. The Crop-Purchase Committee and the district executive com-
mittees of the Communist Party are responsible for the execution of this order.
Article 13.. This order goes into effect on the date of its publication
in Zeri i Popullit and Bashkimi.
MEASURES AGAINST COTTON PEST -- Tirana Bashkimi, 25 Feb 50
In Order No 1 of 23 February 1950, the Ministry of Agriculture and For-
estry prescribes the following measures for combating the most injurious cot-
ton test, Pectinophora gossypiella, which infested several sections of Al-
bania in 1949.
All cotton seed used for planting, except cotton seed imported from the
USSR last year but not planted, shall be disinfected. The district crcj-
purchase enterprises shall disinfect all ,he depots and all materials.used in
handling the cotton. The planting of cotton seed saved by peasants and agri-
cultural cooperatives from preceding.years is categorically prohibited.
All private agricultural farms, agricultural cooperatives, and state ag-
ricultural enterprises are required to uproot the cotton plants, gather and
burn all stems, and cultivate deeply all fields that were planted in cotton
last year, before 20 March 1950. Fences around cotton fields shall be
burned.
The sections of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and all agrono-
mists and technicians shall make constant inspections dieting the cotton-
growing season to discover infected plants.
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Farmers failing to comply with the provisions of this order shall be pun-
ished by a fine of 500 to 5,000 lek and corrective labor of up to one month.
Presidents of agricultural cooperatives, directors of the state agricultural
enterprises, directors and branch managers of the Seed, Agricultural Supply,
and Crop-Purchase State Enterprise, technicians, aid employees who violate the
provisions of this order shall be punished according to the i,aw on Noncompli-
ance,
This order is effective as of the date of its publication in Bashkimto
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