-----------------+---------------------------+---------+----------------- | Classes. | |Old men above 60. Households +--------+----------+-------+Total +------+---------- (D. of |Strong |Farmers |Prolet-|in the |Total.|Rate to Korotoyak). |farmers.|labouring.|arians.|district.| |the number | I. | II. | III. | | |of house- | | | | | |holds. -----------------+--------+----------+-------+---------+------+---------- Landless | .. | .. |11 } | 2 } | 1} | 9 | | | } 48| } 16 | } 8 | Owning from 1 to | 2 | 11 |37 } | 14 } | 7} | 7 5 dessiatines | | | | | | | | | | | | Owning from 5 to | | | | | | 15 dessiatines | 14 | 60 |42 | 50 |41 | 11 | | | | | | Owning from 15 to| 56 } | 22 } | 9 } | 25 } |31} | 17 25 dessiatines | } | } | } | } | } | | } 84| } 29| } 10| } 34 | } 51| Owning above 25 | 28 } | 7 } | 1 } | 9 } |20} | 28 dessiatines | | | | | | -----------------+--------+----------+-------+---------+------+---------- Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 14 -----------------+--------+----------+-------+---------+------+---------- The relative number of old men above 60 is four times greater in the uppermost than in the lowest class of landholders (28:7). The absolute number of old householders belonging to the two lowest classes is the half of the average in the district (8:16), while the uppermost class numbers twice as many householders as the average, and in the two upper groups taken together the number of old householders exceeds the average by 50 per cent. (51:34). Now, the bulk of the class of strong farmers is made up of these two groups, and one-half of the old householders range among the very same groups, constituting there a very noticeable minority. On the contrary, one-half of the proletarians range among those groups in which old people cut no figure numerically. [138] The above statements are based upon the following numerical data: