_Average extent of cultured land to 1 household (dessiatines)._ _Zadonsk._ _Korotoyak._ Total plot leased 2.2 2.5 In the region at large 4.6 5.8 _Percentage of families _Percentage of leased land to population._ to the total communal land._ _Ranenburg_: Leasing their plots-- 1) Total 12 } 10 2) Partly 14 } _Dankoff_: Leasing their plots-- 1) Total 11 } 8 2) Partly 13 } [139] _Cf._ Chapter III. [140] It appears from the following table that among the higher classes of landholders, tenure of peasant plots is represented by a higher percentage than tenure from landlords, while the latter kind of tenure is stronger among the lower groups of landholders: +-------------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | Tenants. | Land in tenure. | | | Per cent. | Per cent. | | Classes and districts. +---------+---------+---------+---------+ | | Rented | Rented | Rented | Rented | | | from | from | from | from | | | land- |peasants.| land- |peasants.| | | lords. | | lords. | | +-------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | _Zadonsk_: | | | | | |Owning less than 5 dessiatines | 38 | 31 | 28 | 21 | |Owning from 5 to 15 dessiatines| 52 | 51 | 48 | 48 | |Owning above 15 dessiatines | 10 | 18 | 24 | 31 | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+ | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | | | | | | | | _Korotoyak_: | | | | | |Owning less than 5 dessiatines | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | |Owning from 5 to 15 dessiatines| 53 | 48 | 38 | 38 | |Owning above 15 dessiatines | 34 | 39 | 52 | 54 | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+ | Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | | | | | | | | _Nizhnedevitsk_: | | | | | |Owning less than 5 dessiatines | 25 | 15 | 23 | 9 |