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Soviet Leader Criticizes
State Model Farms
Things are going so badly
down on the farm in Azer
baijan that the head of the
Communist party there says
he is astounded.
And it takes a lot to
astound party General
Secretary Geidar A. Aliev,
who runs what is generally
acknowledged to be one of
the most corrupt corners of
the Soviet Union.
The reformist party boss
said there have been no
improvements since 1971,
when he replaced all the
senior officials in the
Caucasian republic’s
ministry of land im
provement and irrigation.
“We now have to admit
that there have been almost
no changes for the better,”
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Aliev said in a speech
reported by the local
newspaper Bakinskii
Babochii.
Aliev said the minister,
Tofik M. Bagirov, has been
removed from his post and a
“severe reprimand” has
been entered in his Com
munist party card.
“The minister comrade
Bagirov, instead of taking
steps to remove short
comings and defects, only
looked after his own well
being through dishonesty
and deceit,” Aliev said.'
The party leader par
ticularly criticized state
model farms that train local
fanners.
“What is absurd is that
they show far poorer per-
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formtnces that the collective
farms they are supposed to
teach,” he said.
Aliev gave these exam
ples:
-The state cotton institute
is outperformed three or four
times by some collective
farms. -The research in
stitute of animal husbandry
gets a yield of 59 eggs per
hen, compared to an average
of 107 throughout the
republic.
“It is a disgrace,” Aliev
said. “Instead of doing their
jobs, some scientists engage
in scheming, intriguing and
writing complaints to
various administrations.”
“And some . farm
managers,” he said, “with
obvious connivance have
inflated their reports with
eyewash and deceit.”
Aliev said the republics 907
collective farms and 465
state farms are top-heavy
with management and some
ought to be merged.
„ Aliev attacked wastage of
good land. For example, he
said bad planning sited an
automobile service station
on fertile farmland while
thousands of acres of barren
land nearby went unused.
“Elsewhere, some land is
unnecessarily spoiled by oil
exploitation, the republics
No. 1 industry, and soil is
carelessly lost to erosion.”
Aliev said veterinary
services are “primitive,”
the supply of fertilizers
haphazard and crop rotation
ignored by all but 148 farms.
Critical
Erosion
Time
From May until October is
the most critical erosion
period according to Karl
Hellerick, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Soil Con
servation Service. During'
this time 80 percent of the
high intense-short duration
storms occur. Unprotected
building construction sites
and farmland are both
eroded during these
downpours. Soil sediments
carry the lime and fertilizer
off the land and top soil is
lost.
Mr. Hellerick suggests
that you look at the land and
see the difference con
servation does for ear
thmoving and farming
operations. Often adjoining
properties show this
dramatic difference. If your
land needs to be reworked to
close the gullies or the runoff
from your operation is
muddy than you need to ad 4
conservation practice to
your way of doing business.
.Strip cropping, no till,
minimum tillage, grassed
waterway, diversions,
terraces, grass seedlings
and mulching are some of
the practices that can help
you save money concludes
Mr. Hellerick.
“Take Home” Beef
Less than half a steer on the
hoof ends up as “take home”
beef A 1,000-pound animal ends
up as a 600 pound carca's, which
trims down to 162 pounds of fat,
bone and waste, leaving 438
pounds of beef available for sale
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representing eight states
was hosted by Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Moore at their farm
in Newville, Pennsylvania on
Sunday, April 21.
Bob Sollenberger,
representing the
Professional Cattle Service,
gave a demonstration of an
ultrasonic scanner, and Dr.
Lowell Wilson from Penn
State University explained
the operation of the machine
and answered questions
about performance testing.
Bryant Harris, Marfa,
Texas, President of the
North American Limousin
Foundation; Bob Vantrease,
Executive Vice President of
the NALF office in Denver;
and Ken Holloway of
American Cattle Service in
Frederick; Oklahoma also
participated in the program.
Determination and en
thusiasm were present, both
in the presentation of the
film “7000 Years New” and
the thoughts expressed by
each of the speakers. “The
breed enthusiasm is un
believable”, Vantrease
remarked. “Limousin people
have open eyes, ears and
minds and we’re all working
for efficiency for profit.” He
then explained the im
portance of keeping good
beef performance records.
Organizing Directors
elected were John D. Moore,
Newville, Pa.; Paul D.
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