Note 175 — Chapter XIII · AGRICULTURE ON A LARGE SCALE.
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The following is a synopsis of the results of the above comparison between capitalist ownership of land and property of the nobility:
Negative qualifications. Average estate (dessiatines). Positive qualifications. Average estate (dessiatines).
Capitalist property. Property of the nobility. Capitalist property. Property of the nobility.
Small tenure exclusively128273Large farming289734
Tilled by farmers only108233Proletarian labor employed351783
No fertilizing138280Fertilizing363816
Tilled with the peasant’s stock138326Working horses raised326896
No wheat197501Wheat grown478898
Tilled with the peasant’s sohá191428Ploughs5201044
Backward management by capitalists is found only within the average limits from 108 to 197 dessiatines (292-532 acres), while the same methods are still practiced by noblemen so long as the estate averages from 233 to 501 dessiatines (629-1353 acres). Progress begins on capitalistic farms as soon as they reach the average of from 289 to 520 dessiatines (780-1404 acres), while on those owned by the nobility, improvement is observed only within the average limits of from 734 to 1044 dessiatines (1892-2819 acres). This plainly points to the lack of money as the only reason which prevents the petty nobleman from practicing the same methods as those applied by the capitalist as soon as he takes possession of the same estate.