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ni "Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/22 : eet te ' si Y DP80-00809A000600360643-8 CIA-R : ee eke CLASSIFICATION fi AL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR INFORMATION FROM ; Zz FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO, SOX HUM COUNTRY Yugoslavia : DATE OF INFORMATION 1950 SUBJECT Econcnic Agriculture, fishing, reclamation HOW DATE DIST. J? Nov 1950 PUBLISHED Daily newspapers WHERE PUBLISHED Yugoslavia NO. OF PAGES 2 DATE PUBLISHED 27, 28 Oct 1950 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. LANGUAGE Slovenian; Serbo-Croatian iP OF 175 CONTENTS IN ANY MANIA TO AM UNAUIHOAIZED PERSON IS PRO-| HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED, THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION SOURCE Newspapers as indicated. CROATIA HIT BY DROUGHT Sa LG FODDER CROP DAMAGED -Ljubljana, Slovenski Porocevalec, 27 Oct 50 The most drought-stricken areas in Croatia are in Dalmatia, the Lika, and Karlovac Oblast. ‘The drought was especially damaging to the fodder crop, which these areas exported in previous years. Despite the fact that they are dl using leaves to the utmost ) these areas need about 2 2270 carloads of corn stalks and straw to feed their livestock. CROATIA FULFILLS 51.3 PERCENT OF SOWING PLAN -Zagreb, Nova Poljoprivreda, 27 Oct 50 According to the latest reports, 256,049 hectares of land have been ‘ planted in Croatia, and 21.3 percent of the total Croatian sowing plan has been i fulfilled thus rar. Osijek Ublast planted 85,787 hectares, or 43.9 percent of j the plan; Bjelovar Oblast, 63 »848 hectares, or 61.8 percent; Zagreb Oblast, 57,534 hectares, or 74.3 percent; Karlovac Oblast, 32,336 hectares, or 75.9 percent; Rijeka Oblast, 12 2078 hectares, or 41.3 percent; Dalmacija Oblast » 45103 hectares, or 8.3 percent 3 and the city of Zagreb, 303 hectares » or 20.7 percent. RICE CROP LARGER THAN LAS? YEAR ~Ljubljana, Slovenski Porocevalec » 27 Oct 50 This year's rice crop in Macedonia is two to three times larger than in 1949, In many srez, harvesting already has been completed. Thus far, 150 carloads of rice have been delivered to crop-purchasing agencies in Macedonia. v CATCH 18,000 TONS OF FISH -. Ljubljana, Slovenski Porocevalec, 28 Oct 50 During the first three quarters of 1 950, Yugoslav deep-sea fishermen caught 18,000 tons of fish. Most of the fish we re made available for consumption, one . 3 of fresh fish were ex; 000 tons of fish, which is ; : rises and the private sector third were delivered to canning Padtories, and 10 percent ported. Fishermen} -dogperatives caught over 10, larger. than the catch of ‘the state fishing enterp together. : ’ -1l-. : : G Ses GATION # CONFIDENTIAL | [usre | een aa Mebsbaiee le abtee tea = 7 ae ized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/22 : } . Ae | nS Tae . 4 . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/22 : CIA-RDP80-00809A000600360643-8 . 7T CONFIBENTIAL sox-HUM | COMPLETE 7-KILOMETER DAM -~ Ljubljana, Slovenski Porocevalec » 27 Oct 50 A 7-kilometer dam recently completed along the Bojana River near Ulcinj will protect 4,500 tectares of land from floods. The dam is scheduled to be made higher in the future and a road built on it. -END Ao eRre terse oan Approved for Release 2011/07/22 :