Milking-equipment,issued Oct.6th,1964. (from a set of 15) Exists also imperforated,as cut-out from the "giant" souvenir sheet.
issued March 6th,1973 The left stamp shows a chaff-cutter,what chaffs at variable lengths. In Germany maize,chaffed and ensiled is very widely used to feed cows.
The beet-harvester "Rübenrodelader KS-6 was a product of the co-operation within RGW (an institution for linking the economies of the socialist countries).Different countries produced different parts and the final assembly was done in the UssR. 55.000 were built,what demonstrates the importance of the sugar-beet cultivation in Europe. Stamp issued Aug.27th,1974; from a set of 2; print: 5 millions;
225th birth anniversary of the agronomist Albrecht Thaer. Thaer was a physician by profession,who aged 22,became the personal doctor of te Prince Elector Georg III of Han(n)over. Agronomy was the second interest of this universal scholar. As his patient was also King of England (George III),Thaer was often in Britain,where he studied the more advanced agricultural methods, what were used in England. In 1804 he moved to Prussia,called by King Friedrich Wilhelm III, to reform and enhance the agriculture. Till his death,he was the head of his own institute,lectured as a university professor and was the mastermind of food production reforms in Prussia. Stamp issued Feb.8th,1977 (from a set of 4). On May 2nd,2002,a stamp commemorating Thaer´s 250th birth anniversary was issed.
Issued Oct.6th,1954; from a set of 2; I remember this type of tractor very well: one-cylinder diesel-engine and the flywheel on the left side.It was started after pre-glowing by turning the flywheel by hand. They are very popular vintage-tractors nowadays.
LPG´s 15th anniversary,issued Dec.6th,1967. Showing modern agricultural complex and silos. The LPG´s (Agricultural Production Communities) were established after the model of the soviet kolkhozes.It meant the expropriation of individual farmers and building of large industrial type of farming units,effectively run by the state. Was very unpopular,and undone immediately after 1990.
Here is a sugar cane harvester, part of a Farming set issued Australia 1998. Sugar cane is grown mostly in the tropical state of Queensland, and over 80% is exported world-wide, second only to Brazil.
