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RURAL ECONOMICS 



Wlifu under landlord : 



Maize with bean 



Wheat with clover seeds . . . 



Clover 



Wheat 



Beans 



Wheat with lucerne or sainfoin 

 lyucerue or sainfoin 



I St yei 



2nd 



3rd 



4th 



5th 



6th 



7th 



8 th 



9 th 



Wheat, stubble grazed in autumn 



Total 



L,ire 



32 



61 



iifi 



61 



73 



61 



103 



150 



61 



718 



* net return per hectare per annum 80 lire. 



II. When under metayage : 



I St year: Maize with beans and grazing previous 



autumn 



2nd " Wheat with clover seeds 



3rs " Clover 



4th " Wheat 



One fifth ot total area always kept on lucerne . . 



Total . . . 

 * net return per hectare per annum 



Total net Ivandlord's Metayer's 



Difference between t'.x'o systems : 



rer hectare : 



under system II 



I . 



Difference . . 



On the whole tarm (8.6 hectares) : 



' luider system II 



I 



Difference 



Total net I,andlord's Metayer's 

 returns share share 



145 



1937 



686 



1251 



30 



938 

 6i^6 



990 



990 



No similar comparison can be drawn with regard to the returns from 

 the vineyard, as the vines were newly planted and the conditions therefore 

 not comparable in the two periods. But according to observations made in 

 other vineyards worked first under the one system and then under the other, 

 it is probable that the yield of wine was increased b} between 2 and 3 quin- 

 tals by the more careful management of the metayer who ha'^ a more per- 

 sonal interest in the welfare of the vines than the day labourer. Even by 

 valuing the increased returns as low as 50 lire per hectare, the net returns of 

 the holding amount to 2000 lire per annum or to 1313 lire more than when 

 it was run on the landlord's account. 



