(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
All Jewish settlers who returned to their home towns for the winter have gone back to the colonies with their families, according to a report of Mr. Lubarsky, agricultural expert, who is supervising the settlement work in the District of Cherson, addressed to the headquarters of the Agrojoint, the agency of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
The thirty-five colonies in the District of Cherson are almost filled; 2,600 Jewish families constitute the population of the colonies of this district.
The winter crops in the districts are good in some places, and satisfactory in others. Horses, implements and seeds are available in sufficient quantity. The colonists need loans for the purchase of cattle. House building is advancing rapidly. There is a scarcity of food and fodder pending the new harvest, the report states.
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