RUSSIAN GRAIN
DOUBTS ABOUT A SURPLUS
Experts well acquainted with the ; state of Russian agriculture express , doubts whether Russia is in a position -, to supply- Germany with the grain i and fodder which the Germans now boast that they are about to receive, , said a "Manchester Guardian" correspondent recently. Soviet papers say that the harvest this year was only about 30 per cent, higher than last year, and that in only seven 'districts. In twenty-five districts of Russia, state "Pravda" and "Izvestia," the harvest was satisfactory, but at the same time "Pravda" speaks about a "critical situation" on the collective farms. Correspondents of "Pravda" report from Central Russia that thrashing is going very badly on the collective farms. Up to October 26, the paper stated, only about 80 per cent, of the harvest has been thrashed on the collective farms. Most of the cultivated land in Russia is, of course, under the collective system. The paper added a note urging that it was necessary to hurry on with the thrashing before w&iter 1 comes. "SLOWER AND SLOWER." Russian papers also complain that the peasants on the collective farms are becoming slower and slower. Most of these peasants, writes "Pravda,", devote their time to the cultivation of their own small holdings rather than to work on the collective farms. It is obvious that Russia needs all she can produce. Any export of Russian corn will be, it is believed, a "hunger export," and is unlikely to be carried on for long without serious disturbance in Russian agriculture and a shortage of food. Optimistic figures in the Russian papers should not be given an : exaggerated value. It is customary in Russia to foster optimism among the public before the anniversary celebrations, soon to be It eld in Moscow.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1939, Page 12
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330RUSSIAN GRAIN Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1939, Page 12
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