Night plowing at the Machiao People's' Commune, People's Republic of China -- Daily LIFT #1512
"The Machiao People's' Commune's stronger collective economy since it was set up in 1958. This is in line with what Chairman Mao teaches, "The fundamental way out for agriculture lies in mechanization." Today the commune has tractors, rice transplanters, reapers and electrical equipment. Plowing, drainage, irrigation, spraying, threshing, milling and transport are basically mechanized. The commune has a farm machinery plant, an electric equipment repair and manufacturing plant and several farm machinery repair stations, and has trained technicians for them. Wide use of farm machinery has brought about a great increase in grain production." - China Reconstructs, 1975
A plant on the commune making and repairing transformers for rural use.
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