DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 



1735 



There is a disproportionate amount of cereals grown in the country 

 and it is questionable whether it be good policy to allow the cultivation 

 of wheat and maize to replace grass to such a large extent. The vast area 

 under wheat is no doubt a direct response to the good prices obtained on 

 foreign markets, but the same cannot be said of maize which fetches 

 a much lower price, and its continued growth on a big scale must be 

 attributed in a great measure to the traditional habits of the Rumanian 

 peasants. 



The distribution of the area amongst the different sized holdings is 

 given in the adjoining Table. Nearly half the land is in the hands of 

 peasant proprietors and of the other half, four fifths consist of large hold- 

 ings and estates, while medium-sized farms only occupy 10 per cent of 

 the total area. The peasants, besides owning half the agricultural soil in 

 the countr}^ also hold a great part of the estates, paying rent either in cash 

 or in kind. But the disadvantages of this system of land tenure are evi- 

 dent in the low standard of cultivation and the absence of proper build- 

 ings, which prove that the land is being worked with insufficient capital. 



the Constitution (revised on October 13, 187^)) lays down that " only Ru 



