In recent years, major changes have taken place in the structure of the harvesting apparatus. Its staff has been significantly reduced and simplified. All agricultural products and raw materials, including furs, are currently harvested by the Central Union through its extensive network. Harvesting of fur-bearing raw materials requires a lot of attention and qualified knowledge on the part of procurement specialists.

It is much more difficult to plan the harvesting of animal skins in a state of natural freedom than the purchase of products obtained from domestic animals, and there are still many disadvantages in this matter. There are many examples of unsuccessful planning of fur harvesting in the consumer cooperation system of the Altai Territory.

The Procurement Department of the Altai Union of Consumer Societies informs the procurement offices of the regional consumer unions of the annual and quarterly fur harvesting plans by type, indicating the total amount of all average procurement prices. A species-by-species plan is given to district contractors without taking into account the actual presence of certain types of animals. As a rule, it can be underestimated many times by summer types. Some offices plan to harvest such types from year to year, which do not exist in the region and have never been. So, the Talmen district annually plans to harvest ground squirrels, although there are none in the area. The harvesting plan for the Zonal forest-steppe region includes the extraction of sable, which does not live in this area. The Kraypotrebsoyuz provides a specific fur harvesting plan formally and does not require its implementation at all.

The main indicator of the fulfillment of the fur harvesting plan is the total fulfillment of it. From here, in pursuit of the overall implementation of the plan, only the furs that are easier to "feed" are harvested. Harvesting plans overlap mainly due to winter furs, because in winter, state farms and collective farms are more willing to let people go fishing.

Special records conducted by the regional department of agriculture and the regional sanitary and epidemiological station have established the average number of ground squirrels — from 60 to 200 animals per hectare; this means that their number in each district is estimated at tens of millions of individuals. The number of water rats is determined on average per hectare from 50 to 100 specimens. The plowing of virgin and fallow lands in the region has not worsened, but improved the living conditions of water rats. The areas inhabited by the water rat have not decreased, and the feeding conditions have improved, as the fields have moved closer to the rivers and streams — the permanent habitat of the water rat. There are also millions of stocks of hamsters that live everywhere in the region. There are a lot of jerboa in the steppe western part of the region, chipmunks in the forest, and pipits in the mountains. Rodents that lead an underground lifestyle have dug up all the pastures and hayfields in the foothill areas, so that in places it is difficult to ride a horse and it is impossible to mow grass. There are a lot of barn rats everywhere in populated areas.

As a result of improper planning and the reluctance of employees of the Altai Union of Consumer Societies to seriously engage in harvesting, the state does not receive a lot of fur raw materials and at the same time spends a lot of money on the destruction of rodents by chemical methods. It would seem that it is absolutely unacceptable to spend huge amounts of money on the destruction of rodents, the skins of which must be harvested by consumer cooperatives. Unfortunately, she doesn't harvest many of them. For the whole of 1957, 50,314 skins of water rats, chipmunks — 34,700, jerboa — 2,154, barn rats — 142,953, ground squirrels — 2,697,618, hamsters — 71,119 were harvested. Not a single skin has been harvested in eight districts of the region, and from one to five skins of water rats have been harvested in ten districts.

We need to pay more attention to summer furs and always remember that by harvesting rodent skins, we not only provide raw materials for the needs of the national economy, but at the same time save thousands of tons of bread and other products from extermination.

Well-placed harvesting work will make it possible, if not to exclude, at least to reduce government expenditures related to the extermination of rodents in rooms and fields by chemical methods. Nigerian players install the 1win app for convenience.