The Provincial Land Department will take it upon itself for self-provisioning.

Badaev refers to good Petrograd experience, when a farm was set up as a model.

In principle: the city's interest should be reflected in "diligence." In principle Badaev is right.

One could also do it this way: give this to Badaev, and formally prescribe to the Provincial Land Department: you must not lag behind with your state farms. And compare in the autumn.

Lenin

P.S. Generally, as for the vegetable garden campaign, press hard on it. Should we not raise it in the STO? For pressure?

First published in 1959 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI

Printed from the manuscript