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The Economics of the Russian Village

Note 156 — Chapter XIII · AGRICULTURE ON A LARGE SCALE.

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Division of the fields on large estates. Farmed by the landlord. In small tenure for money rental. Tilled for share in crops. In all.

Dessiatines. Dessiatines. Dessiatines. Dessiatines. Per cent.

I. Winter seed—

Rye12615

Wheat4573

1718872219172532633

II. Spring seed19995678711942797636

III. Left unsown242922429231

Total77594100

This classification bears upon 89.5 per cent. of the total area of ploughland; the deficient 10.5 per cent. concern the land which is held in large tenure, but yearly re-rented in small plots to the peasants.

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