Acres Plowed
The following tables are based on data found in a memorandum written sometime after October 1924 by
Max Belenky, a Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) agent
who traveled among Jewish Colonies in Ukraine where he trained Jewish farmers in the maintenance and use of
tractors purchased by the JDC.
The JDC was established to provide food and money to the people of the Ukraine who were suffering
from droughts and from the disruption of World War I and the Russian Civil War. In 1924, a spinoff of the JDC,
the Agro-Joint, was created to specifically help Jewish farmers in the Crimea and Ukraine. This aid took the
form of farm machinery, seeds, and training. Read an article about the JDC.
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Mr. Belenky states that one-hundred-thousand acres of land were plowed and planted by Jewish farmers using
JDC tractors as of October 1924. To read his memo, which contains additional information, click
here.
By 1934, the Jewish Settlements appear to have become viable enterprises, with the help of Agrojoint. The
settlements were maintaining vegetable gardens, vineyards, fruit trees, and poultry. This
Agrojoint memorandum from 1934 provides insight into the
extent of the farming operations in various Ukrainian districts.
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Old Colonies Where JDC Tractors Were Used for Plowing
Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Kherson Section |
Krivorshesky Section |
Mariupolsky Section |
Total
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20,100
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Total
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12,250
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Total
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14,000
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Novoberislav
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1,000
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Ingulit
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4,500
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Zelyonopol
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3,000
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Lvova
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6,500
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Novo Vitebsk
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1,500
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Nydeshnaya
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1,000
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Bolshaia Seider Mnucha
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5,000
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Novo Kovno
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1,000
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Grafskaya
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1,500
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Friefield
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600
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Novo Podolsk
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1,500
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Skadkovdnaya
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2,500
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Mala Seider Mnucha
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2,500
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Novo Zhitomirsk
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600
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Zatisha
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1,500
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Bobrowy Kut
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1,000
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Isluchistove
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1,650
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Chlebodarovka
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2,500
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Nahartav
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3,500
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Kamenka
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1,500
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Rovnopol
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2,000
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Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Zaporroshky Section |
Nikolaiev Section |
Eizavetgrad Section |
Total
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15,150
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Total
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9,500
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Total
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5,100
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Novozlatopol
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2,500
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Dobroye
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3,500
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Israelefka
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3,500
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Vasolaya
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1,000
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Novopoltavka
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3,500
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Sykadok
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1,600
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Krassnasyolka
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2,000
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Effengar (Large)
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1,500
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–
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–
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Mezhurech
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2,500
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Effengar (Small)
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500
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–
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–
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Bogodarovka
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1,500
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Artal Zara
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500
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–
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–
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Gurkaya
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2,000
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–
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–
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–
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–
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Roskoohnaya
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1,650
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–
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–
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–
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–
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Preeyutnaya
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2,000
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–
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–
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–
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–
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New Colonies Where JDC Tractors Were Used for Plowing
Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Colony
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Acres Plowed
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Ukrainia 1924 Season |
Crimea 1923 & 1924 Seasons |
Total
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7,250
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Total
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4,100
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Total
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12,300
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Proletarskaya
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1,000
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Lenine
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500
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Telchae
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3,000
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Energia
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500
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Novaya Zarya
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600
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Mishmar
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1,000
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Progress
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500
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Nizamoznik
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700
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Ochdus (Unity)
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800
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Kassnaya Zveyezeea
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1,000
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Kamaniev
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800
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Avoda (Labor)
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1,500
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Rabotnik
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1,600
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Poltavtai
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500
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Chaklay
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3,000
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Borba
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1,000
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Bezloshadnich
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1,000
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Ichar
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1,000
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Vperyod
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1,650
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–
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–
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Zemledeletz
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2,000
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