Note 138 — Chapter XI · INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP AND AGRARIAN COMMUNISM.
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The above statements are based upon the following numerical data:
District of Zadonsk: Classes. One part leased. All cultivated. Dessiatines.
Households. Land to 1 household (Dessiatines).
In all. Leased. Cultivated.
Owning above 25 dessiatines..20.79.910.817.6
Owning from 15 to 25 dessiatines..9.754.78.9
Owning from 5 to 15 dessiatines..52.72.34.9
Owning less than 5 dessiatines..2.51.512
Total..63.22.84.9
Having 4 horses or more1038.1929.110.7
Having from 2 to 3 horses22611.85.66.25.9
Having 1 horse9096333.6
Having no horse8774.32.71.62.6
Total202263.22.84.9
If we consider the first series specified according to the size of the farms, we notice that the lessors, with their plots somewhat above the average, are falling into the next lower classes with regard to the extent of their farming. On the other hand, given the quantity of live stock, the extent of cultivated land remains constant. The lessors are those whose plots equal the standard of the higher class, while by the quantity of their live stock they are on a par with the lower class. The 10 households with 4 horses to each make an exception, the area cultivated by them considerably exceeding the average. There may be a few more households of the same kind, which are hidden in the average figures; on a whole, however, such households are only an exception to the rule.
As to the extent of the farms leased in toto, the following figures need no comment:
Average extent of cultured land to 1 household (dessiatines).
Zadonsk.Korotoyak.
Total plot leased2.22.5
In the region at large4.65.8
Percentage of families to population.Percentage of leased land to the total communal land.
Ranenburg:
Leasing their plots—
1) Total12}10
2) Partly14
Dankoff:
Leasing their plots—
1) Total11}8
2) Partly13