WATER CONSERVATION, TREE-PLANTING PROGRAMS PROGRESS; SPRING PLANTING WELL UNDER WAY

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• Publication Date: June 9, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Economic -Agriculture, Water conservation
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PUBLISHED Peip:.ng; Hong Kong; New York
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WATE};R CONSERVATION, TREE-PLANTL4G PROGRAMS PROGRESS;
SPRING: PLANTIlYG ?WELL UNDER WAY
HYDROGEtAPHIC CONFER~'NCE MEETS IlQ NANICING -- Peiping Kuang-ming Jih-pao,
20 Apr 50'
Shanghai, 19 April (Hein-hua) -- From 5 to 13 April 1950, the Water Con-
servation Department by the East China Military and Political Council held,
in flanking, a conference on the Taster conservation problems of East China.
Li Pao-hua (1) umbers refer to appended character) and Chang Han-ying'
(2) both vice-ministers of the Ministry oY Water Conservation were present
and participated. It was 'decided to establish in the East China regional
area 167 hydrographic stations; and later, to establish six tosting sta~ions
at Nanking, Hai-ping, Chin-ahan-tsui and three other points, Yor the benefit
of water conservation engineering.
KL9NGSI COMPLETES UII~ REPAIR WORK -- IIong Kong Ta Kung Pao, 8 May j0
Nar.-ch'ang -- It is reported that the repair work on dikes damaged by
the disastrous flood of last year in the P'o-yang Hu region of Kiangsu Province
hae been completed. The projects were first undertaken in November 191F9 by the
various hsiena with the cooperation of the Kiangei Provincial People's govern-
ment. Problems faced by the hsiens were numerous. For example, to protect
some 826,800 mou of farmland along the eastern coast of P'o-yang Hu inhabited
by same 360,000 people, more than 31}7,600 of the 930,980 meters of dikes had
to be repaired on the dike level raised. In Chiu-Chiang Special District,
where the dike. line extends soma 380 kilometers, more than 1,918,300 cubic
meters had to be repaired to protect some 318,500 mou oY farmland.
The Kiangsi Provincial Water Conservation Bureau reported that the dis-
astrous flood of last year, which affected 17 haiens, including Nan-ch'snq,
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Hein-Chien, Feng-ch'eag, Lin-ch'usu, Ohin-hsiea, iu=xan, P'v-yaig, ~~-:~cn,
Yung-hsiv, Haing-tzu, Te-an, Chiu-Chiang, Jui-ch'eng, P'ong-tse, Ch'ing-Chiang,
Kao-an, and Hsin-kan hsiena, caused damages try more than 1,512,000 mou of Yarm-
"land of which 65.,220 sou were completely inundated, killed 72 persons and
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2,725 dom.~stic eels, end destroyed 3,532 homes. Lasses to agricult?aral
crops were estimated to be 5,933,100 market piculs of grain, 1+00 piculs of
cotton, hemp, etc., an@ 44,400 piculs of wheat and barley. The number of
persons who were affected by this flood totaled 671,414.
COMPLETES 50 PERCENT OF TUNG CHIANG WORK -- Hang Kong Wen-hui Pao, 14 May 50
Canton, 12 lday -- It is reported that to date, 195,850 fang ~ne fang
equals 100 cubic fee of the proposed 420,80C-fang dike repair ti~ork to be
undertaken along the Tung Chiang have been oompleted. To expedite the com-
gletion of this project, plans are now being made to increase propaganda
activities to solicit more workers, and to set up a system of divisional
responsibility among the various groups.
TROOPS COMPLLTE WATII2-CONSERVATI0:1 PROJECTS -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 11 May 50
Utumchi, 10 May (Hein-hua) -- Since the beginning of a large-scale water-
conservation program in Sinkiang, 1,210,000 mou ~ne mou equals to 1/6 acr~
of land has been made irrigable.
In southern Sinkiang, military personnel completed the building of the
Pa-ch'u Reservoir, and repaired 220 li ~ne li equals 1/3 mil of an old
canal to irrigate 100,000 mou of land. The Ling-hsing canal was also re-
paired to irrigate an additional 20,000 mou.
The canals which water 200,000 mou of land in the Ha-mi area and 100,000
mou in the Urumchi area were also repaired by military personnel in April.
In the Sha-wan area, the 30-kilometer long Hsin-sheng canal, the 20-kilometer
long Ta-p'ing canal, and xeirs and water gates on the Lan Ho were repaired by
military troops stationed in northern Sinkiang. It took 80,000 man-days,
from the end of March to the end of April, to complete the work. With these
two canals completed, 130,000 mou of land in the Sha-wan area have been made
irrigable.
In the Xuld3a area, the troops from Hui-yuan repaired 17 irrigation
canals to irrigato 50,000.mau of land in that eree. They also repaired- a
canal to the south of Kuld~a which had not been in use .for the past 70 years
thus making possible the irrigation of 320,000 mou. Repairs of the latter
canal, which. required the coordinated efforts of army. personnel, members of
various organ~,zat'ions i.n Kuld,ja, school children, and nearby civilians, .were
completed on 18 April 1950.
NINGSTA'REPATRS IRRIGATION STRUCTURES -- New York Hua-chiao Jih-pao, 23 May 50
Sian, 10 Mtsy (Hsin-hua) -- In about 2 weeks' time repairs were made on ir-
rigation structtu^es in Ningsia Province that will permit the irrigation of 250,000
mou of land. During the previous regime, locks and sluices had fallen into
disrepair and control of water had been lost. These were repaired and dikes
were rebuilt under the supervision of the Water-Conservation Bureau of the
Ningxia People's government.
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TSIfdGHAI AGRICULTURAI. Dr.LGGAas.S DECIDE Pr~i:RA21 -- Hcag Kang Wen-hui Pao; 12 May 50
Sian, 11 May (Hain-hua} -- TWO hundred sixty four delegates, both men
and. women, attending the first multiracial Agricultwcal De7.egates Conference
in Tsinghai Province, voted to carry out the tlv:ee cardinal agricultural
tasks of the CCP rural economy, namely: increase production by mutual help,
eliminate bandits, and reduce rent and begin land reform. Twen~ three mem-
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bers were elected to a provincial spy.?i~+iituua+. nss~-~--?------ --- ---
addressed by Gen P'eag Te-huai, chairman of the Northwest Military and Politi-
cal Commission, and by the vice-chairmen of the Tsinghai provincial government.
PLANT MORE THAN 20 MILLION TREES -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 12 rlaf 50
Hankow, 11 May (Hein-hua) --.To carry out the spring season's tree-planting
goal in the Central-South China, more than 20 million trees were set out on
80,000 mou of land. In prepare?ion for still greater efforts next year,
government farms and nurseries are preparing 81 million seedlings.
In Honan Province, 'over 3 million trees were planted along the Yellow
River to help hold the dikes and prevent wind-driven sand drifts from encroach-
ing on the fields along the river.
Over 2 million trees were set nut along the Tung Ho and Hsi Ho in Kwangtung
Province to aid in flood prevention. kows of trees were set out along the
important highways throughout the area.
In Kwangsi the afforestation ~f several mountains was begun.
NORTHEAST SPRIIQG PLANTIDG IN PROGRESS -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 10 May 50
Mukden, 9 May (Hein-hua) -- Having campleted wheat planting, farm villages
in the Northeast are now busily engaged in the planting of soybeans, kaoliang,
and maize. The area had adequate rainfall for spring pleating, and the planting
in general is progressing satisfactorily in all regions. A total of 157,560,000
mou of the above three crops are to be planted this year, an increase of
4,640,000 mou over 1949?
Planting has been in progress since April in the areas along the Nun Chiang
and Sung-hua Chiang while in Sungkiang Province, planting is 2O percent com-
plete in the lowlands. In the hills in the southern province, maize planting
is 100 percent complete. In the Ch'sng-psi-shan area, the southeastern corner
of Kirin Province, Liaoning peninsula, and Jehol Province, where the climate
is warmer, spring planting has been completely finished.
NORTHEAST WHEAT CULTIVATION -- Hong Kong Wen-hui Pao, 14 blay 50
Mukden, 12 May (Hein-hua) -- According to incomplete satistics, it is
estimated that more than 6.6 million mou of land in the Northeast were placed
under wheat cultivation. This acreage exceeds last year?s planting by more
than 300,000 mou.
The two wheat production ,centers, Hei~ungkiang and Stmgkiang, now have
half _~f their areas under wheat cultivation. It is estima~d0 ~twhileaxea.
under wheat planting in Heilungkiang totals more than 293,
Sungkiarig has about 80,000 mou.
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FUI~N EI4JOYING BiR+II~ER CROP -- Honk Xong k'en-hui Pao, 14 May 50
Foochow, 12 May (Hain-hua) -- Fukien is reaping its greatest whee,t har-
vest in 20 years. In the western part of the province, the average wheat
yield per mou oP cultivated land is said to be between 130-150 piculs, t~r~ile
in the eastern part, it is between 2OU-250 piculs. As compared to last year,
the yield is 20 to 30 percent greater.
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