THE BURKACH AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015500180011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT The Burkach Agricultural Cooperative
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1. In Burkach villages as throughout the majority of the Pleven areas most of the
farmers belong to agricultural cooperatives. Of the 500 families in Burkach,
25X1 only 20 families are non-members. The non-members on approximately 1,000 to
1,500 decares of land and have been denounced as enemies of the people.,
sunflowers,, and cotton. In 1951, the farmers delivered 150,,000 kilograms of
grain, corm, and barley to the State. After quotas had been met, the remainder
of the harvest was divided among the members of the cooperative. For each "working
The cooperative of Burkach controls some 20,000 decares of land and rases equip-
ment from the Machine Tractor Station at Bezhanovo (N4313 E2L21.),, six kilometers
from Burkach. Part of the purchase price of such equipment is paid in foodstuffs.
Much of the farming of the cooperative lands is done manually.
The agricultural cooperative raises wheats barley, c, corns ryes oats, toabacco,
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day's me ed by the plowing of five- decarea of land with a pair of horses or
the harvesting of one decare of lands each member received the following crop
itemss
a. Mheat, four kilograma3;
b. Unground corn, six kilograms
c. Barleys 400 gram,,;.
d. Oats, 300 grama~
e. Sunflower oil, 20 grams
f. Sugar, 20 grama3
g. White cheese, 10 grams,$ and
he Cotton cloth, two centimeters.
~. Persons who did not meet the "working day" standard received lesser proportions
of the .crops when the di I6idh- as'made: Each member of the cooperative also
receiver. 300 leva (old currency) for each "working day" however this money was
nvt paid directly to the fanner but was ' givenn to the odOper^ati a and the farmer
had to apply to the cooperative for a portion of it when he was in need. The
cooperative used the balance of the money for "construction" work.
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