PURCHASE OF GRAIN.
SOVIET CONTRACTS WITH FEASANTS.
United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph Copyright.) (“Times” Cables.) Received 11.55 a.m. to-dav. LONDON, July 25. The Riga correspondent of* “The Times” states that an order lias been issued regarding conclusion of contracts with peasants for the purpose of obtaining grain from them in 1929. The contracts embody five million hectares. The Government advances a credit of eight roubles per hectare, and demands from peasants receiving such advances the sale of part of the 1929 crop to Soviet institutions. It has been decided to assign thirty million roubles for this purpose- from the Budget. These measures indicate pessimism of the prospects of the 1929 grain .stock.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 July 1928, Page 9
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