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RUSSIA - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



As the table shows, the organization of the local agricultural experts 

 was of much later origin than the settlement of the self-contained peasants' 

 farms. This organization extends its support not only to the newh' formed 

 farms but also to all farms within its circle of activit}', and its help thus 

 reaches the whole rural population. For this reason the whole number of 

 newly formed farms which at the time of the enquiry had had support from 

 the agricultural experts, in the form of advice or UKDre practically, was not 

 large, as appears from the following table : 



The Absolute and Relative Number of the Neuiy Formed Farms 

 on which the Local Agricultural Experts gave Instruction. 



Name of Province 



Total Number 



of 



Investigated Farms 



except those 

 as to which facts 

 were incomplete 



Number 



of these Farms 



as to which 



the 



Experts advised 



Percentage 



of whole 



Number of Farms 



1. Berdjansk 



2. Bogoduchov ..... 



3. Jepifany. 



4. Krasnoutimsk .... 



5. Krementschus .... 



6. Mologa 



7. Nikola] evsk ..... 



8. Orel. 



9. Ostrov. 



10. Rschev 



11. Sitschevka. 



12. Trokki 



Total 



1,691 

 3,658 

 1,509 

 1,314 



2.137 



337 



1,891 



1,095 



1,335 



658 



1,373 

 2,769 



19,767 



225 

 639 

 971 

 618 



974 

 228 

 426 

 638 

 400 



3" 



248 



1,137 



6,8l; 



13-3 

 17-5 

 643 

 47.0 



45.6 

 67.7 

 22.5 



58.3 

 30.0 



47-3 

 18.1 

 41. 1 



34-5 



Thus onh^ 34.5 per cent, of the newly formed farms have been able 

 to draw profit from the organization of local experts ; all the others were 

 directed to the common measures undertaken in the interest of all the 

 rural population — the model farms, the experimental cultures and the 

 others. The organization has been universall}- valuable to the rural 

 districts, and has much promoted co-operation, in the form of agricultural 

 co-operative societies, dair^^ co-operative credit societies, consumers' 

 unions and so forth. The number of peasant farmers adhering to co- 

 operative unions rose ver\^ notably after the land settlement, especially in 

 the case of agricultural societies, for the members of these who were houtor 

 and otroub farmers was almost multiplied by five. 



