Reports of elections which have been taking place in various parts of the Soviet Union point to growing collectivization in the Jewish national regions.
In Zlatapol collectivization is placed at only one-tenth of one per cent short of completion, with individual farms which still persist a scant twenty in number.
While in 1931, when elections were previously held, the region had only fifty-six tractors, the present number is 103. Collectivization, mechanism of agriculture and the industry of the collective farmers are credited with the avoidance of famine in Zlatapol despite the drought.
Cattle in this region have risen from 3,500 to 5,800, of which 3,000 are in the collective farms. Swine have quadrupled in the last four years.
COLLECTIVIZATION GOES ON
In the Kalinindorf region, the newest Jewish national area, where the old Jewish colonies are situated, sixty-five per cent of the farms were collectivized in 1931. One hundred per cent are collectivized today, according to reports.
Freidorf now has ninety-nine collective farms, comprising 99.8 per cent of the farmers. The number of tractors in this region has mounted to 315 from twenty in 1930. In 1930 there was not a single combine—now there are 112.
The area of orchards and vineyards has grown tremendously in Kalinindorf. This region has twenty-four dairy farms, eleven sheep ranges, 3,269 head of cattle and 2,257 pigs.
MEDICAL AID FURTHERED
Medical improvements have been vast in all Jewish national sectors. Zlatapol, which had no hospital in 1931, now has three ambulatories, four medical centers, a stationary hospital, a lying-in home and a dental clinic. A large hospital is in course of construction.
Kalinindorf, with a ten-bed hospital in 1931, has a new hospital containing thirty beds. In addition, there are seven ambulatories, three medical centers, two first-aid centers, a children’s consultation center and a dental clinic.
Similar advances have been made in educational provisions, aided by liberal budgetary allowances. The birth rate, in Zlatapol at least, is much higher than it formerly was.
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