Note 38 — Chapter III · THE PRODUCTIVE FORCES OF THE PEASANTRY.
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This can be inferred from the table on the next page:
Districts. Farmers buying rye and flour. To the amount of rubles. Deficit of farming in the district (rubles).
Number. Percentage to the population.
Korotoyak3,3681631,48142,310
Nizhnedevitzk7,2383684,47370,103
Ibid., Vol. V., part I., p. 107, columns 89, 92, 93; Vol. VI., part I., p. 145, col. 151, 154, 155. The quantity of bread consumed by a peasant family in a year amounting to 57 poods upon an average (l. c., vol. IV., part I., p. 97, col. 75-76, total), the deficit of bread in a year of ordinary crops figures as follows:
Districts.Households buying bread, per cent.Deficit of bread, per cent.
Ostrogozhsk5854
Zadonsk4144
(Ibid., Vol. II., part I., p. 223, col. 58, 59; Vol. IV., part I., p. 97, col. 77-82.)