The Economics of the Russian VillageHourwich, Isaac A. (Isaac Aaronovich)
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The Economics of the Russian Village
Hourwich, Isaac A. (Isaac Aaronovich)
Agricultural laborers -- Russia; Land tenure -- Russia; Mir; Peasants; Thesis (Ph. D.)
+-------------+----------+---------+---------+-------+--------+
| | Stopped working on | Stopped tilling one part |
| | their farms. | of their farms. |
+-------------+----------+---------+----------------+---------+
| | | | With 1 horse. | |
| | | +---------+------+ |
| | | In the | All | All | In the |
| | |district |“stopped”|with 1|district |
| |Horseless,|at large,| _etc._ |horse |at large,|
| Districts. |per cent. |per cent.| = 100. |= 100.|per cent.|
+-------------+----------+---------+---------+------+---------+
|Zadonsk | 95 | 25 | 73 | 13 | 7 |
|Korotoyak | 95 | 15 | 62 | 16 | 8 |
|Nizhnedevitsk| 96 | 13 | 65 | 27 | 13 |
+-------------+----------+---------+---------+------+---------+
As shown by these figures, the percentage of householders who are
unable to till the full size of their farms is twice as large among
those with one horse as in the region at large; moreover, this
transitional class of weak householders consists chiefly of those with
one horse.
[102]
_Districts._ _“Horseless,” _With 1 horse, _In all,
per cent._ per cent._ per cent._
_Gubernia of
Voronezh_--
Zadonsk 25 40 65
Korotoyak 13 32 45
Nizhnedevitsk 13 32 45
_Gubernia of
Ryazañ_--
Ranenburg 36 27 63
Dankoff 34 25 59
[103] The following tables are fully conclusive as regards the rise and
growth of this class:
I. CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF ADULT MALE WORKERS TO ONE
HOUSEHOLD (TOTAL IN EVERY CLASS = 100.)
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