Cotton In The Soviet Union

"An Agreement, concluded on January 27, 1958, between the Governments of the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, provides for exchanges in the cultural, technical, and educational fields during the years 1958 and 1959 ... Each U.S. exchange study group, on completion of its assignment, prepared a report for publication. 'Cotton in the Soviet Union' represents the report of the cotton exchange group ... "--p. iii.

Excerpt from Cotton in the Soviet Union: Report of a Technical Study Group Water in the USSR cotton areas is plentiful the year round and probably will not be a limiting factor in the cotton expansion pro gram. The concentration on cotton growing is so heavy in central Asia that it resembles the one-crop system existent in the u.s. Cotton Belt 30 years ago. Alfalfa needed for winter feed is the only commercial crop used for partial rotation with cotton except for small fields of melons and rice. Cultivable areas are seldom used as pasture even for rotation. Livestock consist mainly of sheep, goats, burros, and cattle (small numbers) tethered individually along the banks, of irrigation ditches or tended by shepherds in rocky areas not suitable for cultivation. There are no fences along cotton fields or pasture areas. The areas nearest the sources of water were developed first, resulting in a heavy concentration of cotton cultivation in the eastern portion of Uzbekistan. This Republic (equivalent to a u.s. State) accounts for twothirds of the Soviet cr0p. Plenty of new land appears to be available, mostly in Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, and Turkmenia, for the planned increase in the cotton area by 1965' of million acres above the 1958 estimate of million acres. However, it is a major under taking to prepare this land with earth-moving equipment so irrigation water can be properly applied and proper drainage can be assured. The goal can be reached eventually but probably not by 1965. Prime Minister Khrushchev, in a speech on December 15, 1958, before the lt annual plenary session of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union Communist Party, discussed the 1965 production goal for cotton. He stated that production increases in the past had been achieved mainly by reclaiming new-lands and constructing irrigation systems. He mentioned the high cost of this and of pumping stations and the settlement of workers in new areas. Land reclamation will be continued, he said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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