The Economics of the Russian Village

by Isaac A. Hourwich

	Households.
D. of Korotoyak.	With net profit. Per cent.	With deficit. Per cent.
Size of the farms—
Less than 5 dessiatines	..	15
From 5 to 15 dessiatines	..	79
From 15 to 25 dessiatines	72	6
Above 25 dessiatines	28	..
Total	100	100
	Dessiatines.	Dessiatines.
Average to 1 household	24.4	10.6
” to 1 adult male worker	11.5	8.3

[133]

D. of Korotoyak.	Section A. Per cent.		Section B. Per cent.
Landholding—
Households owning
Less than 5 dessiatines	15		10
From 5 to 15 dessiatines	79		52
From 15 to 25 dessiatines	6		28	} 38
Above 25 dessiatines	..		10
Total	100		100
Live stock—
Households
Without working horses	..		1	} 40
With 1 working horse	49		39
With 2 working horses	36	} 51	38	} 60
With 3 working horses	13		16
With 4 or more working horses	2		6
Total	100		100

[134]

Gross income per worker.	Rubles.
Section A	66.17
Section B	54.29

[135]

Households (D. of Korotoyak).	Section A. Per cent.		Section B. Per cent.
Without adult male workers	3	} 73	1	} 39
With 1 adult male worker	70		38
With 2 adult male workers	23	} 27	37	} 61
With 3 or more adult male workers	4		24
Total	100		100

[136]

Class II., Section B.
Workers and half-workers	23110
Employed without their farms	16299
Working exclusively on their farms	6811
Total households	10016

[137] In the table below the percentage of old men is contrasted in the several groups of landholders, with a view to the division of the peasantry into the classes above mentioned: