Economy activity

Eszter Ladó, Barbara Nyisalovits, Jakub Vítek, Tomáš Hlavsa, Matthias

Meindlhumer

Manual exploitation of peat

•Since the middle of the last century

•Used for heating and bedding in stables

•Was very exhausting collective labour

Industrial exploitation of peat

• Since 1953• Much larger scale than manual exploitation• More than 100,000 tonnes every year• Altogether more than 1,700,000 tonnes was

extracted from the area of about 400 ha in 27 years

• Most important for horticulture

Agriculture

Growing of corn:Mainly wheat, but also barley, rye and oat

Production of fodder crops

Growing of famacae: for hay, green feed and seeds

Interesting Information

„Clover princess“-> They were daughters of farmers, who lived in this place. They were very rich, because on this place there was regale soil.

Potatoes and root-crops

Mainly turnip

OTHER CROPS

Cabbage growing tradition in Veselí:The farmers, who cultivated cabbage, were

called „Košťálníci“(„cabbage stalkers“)

Cultivation of flax

• Cemolen ->Factory processing flax• Today the name of the factory is Grena

Cultivation of Poppy

Poppy was planted in the second half of the twentieth century

Cultivation of corn

Corn is most frequently cultivated plant since 1960´s

Animal farming

• For meat and milk• Mostly cattle and pigs• Poultry also, but not as much• Today horses only for riding

Agricultural activities

• Growing of wood • Mining peat for spa centres• Gardening on recultivated marsh areas• Pumping water for water treatment plant

Dolní Bukovsko

• Brick-clay extraction for brick production

Conclusion

• Plant production is prefered today• Animal production is regressing• The fields that were once divided, were

united into vast areas of arable soil,