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1977
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About half of the territory of the Soviet Union is located in the Far North and in regions with similar conditions, including the vast lands of the tundra and forest tundra as well as the various subzones of the taiga. More than 500 million hectares are considered as forage-bearing land: grazing for reindeer and other farm animals, hay land, and potential arable land. Many scientists believe that up to 5 million head of reindeer may be kept grazing these lands. In recent times, great attention has been paid to the rearing of horses, elks, and muskoxes in northern latitudes. Measures are being taken for improving the productivity of the hunting grounds by enriching the local fauna and rationalizing the hunting trade. Crop farming and animal production are being developed in certain centres in the Far North. High milk yields, good live weight gains of fattening animals, and high yields from vegetables and forage crops are obtained even beyond the Arctic Circle. In our days, under the conditions of the comprehensive and ever accelerating process of utilizing the natural resources of this area, at a time when industrial plants and plants for power generation as well as whole towns are being erected, it has become an inevitable necessity to organize large-scale agricultural production especially by utilizing the natural feed resources to produce food as cheaply as possible.
Citation
Ustinov, Vasil Ivanovich, "Utilization of soil in northern latitudes" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 1.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1977/sess4/1)
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Utilization of soil in northern latitudes
About half of the territory of the Soviet Union is located in the Far North and in regions with similar conditions, including the vast lands of the tundra and forest tundra as well as the various subzones of the taiga. More than 500 million hectares are considered as forage-bearing land: grazing for reindeer and other farm animals, hay land, and potential arable land. Many scientists believe that up to 5 million head of reindeer may be kept grazing these lands. In recent times, great attention has been paid to the rearing of horses, elks, and muskoxes in northern latitudes. Measures are being taken for improving the productivity of the hunting grounds by enriching the local fauna and rationalizing the hunting trade. Crop farming and animal production are being developed in certain centres in the Far North. High milk yields, good live weight gains of fattening animals, and high yields from vegetables and forage crops are obtained even beyond the Arctic Circle. In our days, under the conditions of the comprehensive and ever accelerating process of utilizing the natural resources of this area, at a time when industrial plants and plants for power generation as well as whole towns are being erected, it has become an inevitable necessity to organize large-scale agricultural production especially by utilizing the natural feed resources to produce food as cheaply as possible.
