Plans for Spring work in the Jewish colonies in Kalinindorf region were formulated at the second conference of local Jewish Soviets just concluded in Kalinindorf.
The conference decided that during the coming Spring 19,500 hectares of land will be sown. The government has supplied the Jewish colonists so far with 55,000 Pud seed and 20,000 Pud potatoes, it was reported at the conference. The Jewish colonists in the Kalinindorf district possess 2,086 horses, 13 tractors, it was stated. Thirty-six more tractors and 200 additional horses are expected to arrive for the Spring. Those colonists who have no horses will get the new stock to work the fields.
The situation of the Jewish transmigrants in the Krivoy Rog district is serious because of the lack of seed, for age and fuel, according to a report received today.
Difficulties are expected in obtaining seed for the Spring. The horses which suffered during the Winter from lack of forage are not sufficiently strong for the Spring plowing, the report states.
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