Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 13 - From Marx to Mao

AGRARIAN QUESTION AND “CRITICS OF MARX”187Average Number of Livestock per Farm1875 1884Cattle Other Total Cattle Other Totallive-livestockstock(In terms of cattle)(a) Estates 150 69 174 110 41 151(b) Farms of 25 ha and 13.2 11.0 24.2 13.7 10.5 24.2over(c) ” 7.5 to 25 ha 5.4 3.8 9.2 4.9 4.2 9.1(d) ” 5.5 to 7.5 ” 2.2 1.4 3.6 2.2 1.8 4.0(e) ” up to 2.5 ” 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.7 1.1Total 1.7 1.5 3.2 2.0 1.8 3.8On the biggest farms the number of cattle diminished.In the smallest the number grew, and the smaller the farmthe more rapid was the increase. This seems to show progressin small-scale and regression in large-scale production,that is, confirmation of David’s theory, does it not?But we have only to take the figures of the average weightof the cattle for this illusion to be dispelled.Average weight per animal (kilogrammes)1875 1884Cattle Other Total Cattle Other Totallive-livestockstock(a) Estates 562 499 537 617 624 619(b) Farms of 25 ha and 439 300 376 486 349 427over(c) ” 7.5 to 25 ha 409 281 356 432 322 382(d) ” 5.5 to 7.5 ” 379 270 337 404 287 352(e) ” up to 2.5 ” 350 243 280 373 261 301Average 412 256 354 446 316 385* The various other types of livestock are expressed in terms ofcattle according to the usual standards. For one year, and for one ofthe eleven types of animals, the number given is approximate: thefigures refer only to weight, not to the number of cattle.