1. CONDITIONS ON COLLECTIVE FARMS 2. PRICES

Created: 5/23/1952

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Conditions on Collective

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1. All Lithuanian farmers who owned from four to sixteen hectares of land bad to join the kolkhosy. Those who owned more than sixteen hectares were deported to Siberia. 0 all the faraa of personarom'Suvalklja (regionhe East Prussian-Polish border) had'badn/diwided'>BBWcg ths walrlous.fcolkhoay.

life of farmers living near the sugar factories improved ln the fall They receivedres additional land for the planting of-sugarwas done upon the request of the sugar factories, the government being .but having no alternative. The quality of sugar beets deliveredkolkhosy had been bad and part of them-even rotten. The sugar factories

had been forced to stop workinghole season. The factories wore satisfied with the harvest received directly from the new land allotted to the farmers, and the farmers were pleased because they were paid for their deliveries ofbeets in sugar, which was

the area around Kroana, administrators Coacelnlnkai) have

jappointed to each kolkhoz, all of them Russians. Every evening theistratore give written instructions to the.kolkhosniki, Mentioning the kind of work to be done and the persons to do it. At oneftime the kolkhoznlkjl vere Instructed to plow part of the meadows, and the resultack of forage in

winter. Many horses died because of this and because the hay, which in accordance with instructions had been carted while still wet, grew moldy.

lu The storekeeper haa the aost responsible jobollective farm, Be is sentenced to ten years' imprisonment if any shortages are discovered in the storehouse. The hardest- physical work is done by the milkers,have to milk ten cowsay besides preparing fodder and feeding pigs*

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In tha area around Xrosna, tho land has already been surveyed, and new kolkhoz centers are to he built at main crossroads.

by thontii road is being constructed from Krosna to

6. The roads nround Krosna aro In very bad condition. Thoy ore being repaired on

Prices

A farmer can go to market onlv in thet* which he lives. Farswrs from Krosna cantoR) or Simneabut not to Uadljai.

Prices in tho Lithuanian SSI prior to1 included the following!

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Russian bread from a

Butter (In

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Cotton material formeter

Women'spr

Shoes made ofpr

Imitation leatherpr

Slippersare expensivemdo ofevere shortageIn Lithuania)

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9. Knives are very difficult to obtain.

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