dessiatines| 17 | 4.6| 1.1 | 9 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 3.7 | 3.3 | | | | | | | | | | Tenure, | | | | | | | | | | from | | | | | | | | | | 5 to 15 | | | | | | | | | | dessiatines| 51 | 6.7| 1.6 | 3 | 50 | 37 | 10 | 41 | 10.3 | 6.5 | | | | | | | | | | Tenure, | | | | | | | | | | from | | | | | | | | | | 15 to 25 | | | | | | | | | | dessiatines| 23 | 9.9| 2.2 | 1 | 24 | 38 | 37 | 33 | 19.4 | 8.5 | | | | | | | | | | Tenure, | | | | | | | | | | above 25 | | | | | | | | | | dessiatines| 8 |15.0| 3.4 | .. | 7 | 21 | 72 | 24 | 36.6 | 9.2 -----------+------+----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+------+------- Total | 99 | 7.8| 1.8 | 4 | 44 | 32 | 20 | 39 | 13.5 | 7.2 -----------+------+----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+------+------- We notice that the greater the percentage of separations during the period from 1877 to 1887, the smaller the average plot per family and per worker, and _vice versâ_. About one-half of the households whose plots are the smallest, are those who have separated in the course of the last ten years and have as a rule only one worker. On the other hand, the largest plots, absolutely and relatively, are held by the compound families of the old stamp, of whom only about one-quarter have undergone division during the last decade.[100] Furthermore we find a certain percentage of the village community absolutely without any land: Thus we have-- Per cent. In Ranenburg 4 In Dankoff 4 In Korotoyak 1.7 In Nizhnedevitsk 0.5 This new class of the peasantry owes its existence solely to the division of the family: _Landless households._ _Korotoyak._ _Nizhnedevitsk._ Without male worker 260 69 With 1 male worker 58 42 With 2 male workers 12 6 With 3 or more male workers 5 2 ---- ---- Total 335 119 Above the age of 60-- Males 31 8 Females 68 14 ---- ---- Difference, females 37 6 In the age from 18 to 60-- Males 113 68 Females 382 149 ---- -- Difference, females 269 81