Frosts damage Soviet crops
(N Z P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) MOSCOW.
Bad weather has ruined large areas of winter crops in the Soviet Union and late frosts last month damaged spring sowing in some areas, official Soviet sources say. In Byelorussia, the fourth largest agricultural area in the Soviet Union, a serious meat shortage has been admitted. State and collective farm managers have been warned that their forecasts of reduced harvests this summer will not be accepted. Skill and good management must overcome weather problems, the farmers been told.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33533, 14 May 1974, Page 13
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