Considerable advance in Jewish agriculture in Poland is reported here as the result of a statistical enquiry carried through by the O.R.T. (Society for Promoting Agriculture and Handicraft among the Jews) in 429 farms in the districts of Ignatovsky, Ivoniki, Otava, Ruginova, Szalucki, Papievka, and Pelisht, which are provided with agronomical and financial assistance by the O.R.T. The 429 Jewish farmers own 2,684 morgen of land and rent another 283 morgen. They have 1,000 houses, barns, and stalls, 25 per cent. more than last March. There has been a very big increase in the livestock owned by these agriculturists. These 429 farmers have 243 horses, 24 per cent. more than last March, which is an increase of 64 per cent. since last March, with many sheep and other animals. They have also made big additions to their immovable inventory.
The O.R.T. activities in agriculture are conducted through the co-operatives, which have been formed in 11 points. Over a thousand Jewish farmers are organised in these co-operatives, and there is reason to believe that all of them have prospered to the same extent as those 429 among whom the enquiry has been made.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
