Russia Plans New Areas In Wheat
LONDON, Jan. 11. Plans to turn the Steppes into new sources of grain for Russia, freed from drought and devastating winds, are announced in artieles appearing in ihe Hoviet Press, says a report from Stock--holm. It is intended in a period of 15 years to bi'ing fertility to 14,000,000 acres. Four.great strips of forest, eacli 400 to 500 miles long, are to be planted to act as barrages against' the cold. Trees will also be grown around all colJective farnis, and great ponds dug for ii'rigation. The lirst 2,000,000 trees are ready for planting this year. It is stated that the reason for tlie deveiopm ent is to open up new farm land to feed the millions of worlccrs who are crowding into new towns - that are springing up behind the Ural Aioun- j taiiis and in Siberia as Soviet industry ino ves to those aneas.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 January 1949, Page 6
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