One day in March Juche 64 (1975), Chairman Kim Jong Il visited the then Sungnam Cooperative Farm in Kyongsong County, North Hamgyong Province in the DPRK.

After learning about the rice harvest of the previous year, he looked at the beach for a while. He got familiar with the cultivated area of the farm, saying that it was likely that the farm was affected by the sea wind.

He said that if North Hamgyong Province gives effective guidance to farming in keeping with the climatic and soil conditions of the area and thoroughly meets the requirements of the Juche farming method, it will be possible to produce six tons of rice per hectare as instructed by President Kim Il Sung, adding that seeds, water and fertilizer are the main factors in rice farming and that the key to rice farming lies in settling them.

He inquired about the fishing at the farm and said that if this farm with coastal and mountainous areas and fields develops stockbreeding and catching fish well by making a good use of mountains and sea, it can improve the peasants’ living standards considerably by increasing their cash income.

Receiving his on-site instructions, the officials vowed to further improve the living standards of peasants by doing farming well and making a good use of mountains and sea. -0-