RUSSIA’S PROBLEM.

Grey River Argus, 8 December 1928, Page 5

RUSSIA’S PROBLEM.

Diminishing Crops. POPULATION INCREASES Tlx—MILLIONS YEARLY. (Received December 7, at 10.45 p.m.)) LONDON, D' eember b. According to the Times Riga cones pondent, Ryoff stated: "The Russian p ople do. not realise the tremenlous menace hovering ov! r our industrial plans” giving the Communist Com ference a most depressing pictuie 0* conditions in agriculture. The chief trouble is population increases, whiS cultivation diminishes especially the production in the grain. The area oi grain has d'ecreased ten per cent and compared with the pr e war the average yield has decreased eight per cent. Meanwhile the population rises tbre w million annually, thus the average pre war harvests gave twenty-five V>' cent more grain per head than to-day. The Oindition of other crops is worse, mhe area incn ased fifty per cent. pI the total crops diminished. There a danger of a rupture between aOTieulture and industry running our wholi ■< industrialisation programme.