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Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 3 - From Marx to Mao

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V. I. LENIN<br />

39.5% seasonal, and 43.1% day labourers.* Here are data<br />

on the distribution <strong>of</strong> crop area among all the agricultural<br />

undertakings in the uyezd, both <strong>of</strong> private landowners and<br />

<strong>of</strong> peasants.**<br />

Approximate<br />

area under<br />

crops (in thousand<br />

dess.)<br />

Farmswith no cultivation. . . . . . . . 15,228 —<br />

” ” up <strong>to</strong> 5 dess. sown . . . . 26,963 74.6<br />

” ” 5 <strong>to</strong> 10 ” ” . . . . 19,194 144<br />

” ” 10 <strong>to</strong> 25 ” ” . . . . 10,234 157<br />

” ” 25 <strong>to</strong> 100 ” ” . . . . 2,005 91<br />

” ” 100 <strong>to</strong> 1,000 ” ” . . . . 372 2,387 110 215<br />

” ” over 1,000 ” ” . . . . 10 14<br />

Total for uyezd . . . . . . . . . 74,006 590.6<br />

Thus, a little over 3 per cent <strong>of</strong> the peasants (and if we<br />

count only those who cultivated, 4 per cent) concentrate in<br />

their hands more than a third <strong>of</strong> the <strong>to</strong>tal area under crops,<br />

for the tilling and harvesting <strong>of</strong> which masses <strong>of</strong> seasonal<br />

and day labourers are required.<br />

Lastly, here are the data for Novouzensk Uyezd, Samara<br />

Gubernia. In Chapter II we <strong>to</strong>ok only Russian peasants farming<br />

community allotments; now we add Germans and farmstead<br />

peasants (those farming non-community holdings).<br />

Unfortunately no data are available for the farms <strong>of</strong> private<br />

landowners.***<br />

* Tezyakov, loc. cit.<br />

** Material for Evaluating the Lands <strong>of</strong> Kherson Gubernia,<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>. II, Kherson 1886. The number <strong>of</strong> dessiatines cultivated by<br />

each group was determined by multiplying the average area under<br />

crops by the number <strong>of</strong> farms. The number <strong>of</strong> groups has been<br />

reduced.<br />

*** Returns for Novouzensk Uyezd.—All rented land, state,<br />

privately-owned and allotment, has been taken. Here is a list <strong>of</strong> the<br />

improved implements owned by the Russian farmstead peasants:<br />

609 iron ploughs, 16 steam threshers, 89 horse-threshers, 110 mowers,<br />

64 horse-drawn rakes, 61 winnowers and 64 reaping machines. The<br />

number <strong>of</strong> employed workers did not include day labourers.<br />

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