THE RESUI,TS OF THE NEW AGRARIAN REFORM 



105 



The Yields in the Chief Grain Crops and Potatoes. 



Average yield 

 of deciatine 

 in puds (i) 



1912 1913 



/ Nadiel farms 54.0 54.4 



j^ \ Bank lands 66.5 65.6 



. J lyands of village communities. . . 50.1 51.2 



' lyands of estate holders 58.9 63.6 



f Nadiel farms 54.4 82.6 



Winter Wheat 1 Bank lands ; • • • 45-2 73-0 



J I^ands of village communities. . . 62.6 63.3 



\ I^ands of estate holders 65.9 78.9 



. Nadiel farms 49.8 55.6 



c, „,, . \ Bank lands 57.6 61.8 



Summer Wheat . ,. , r -n -.l- 



i Lands 01 village communities. . . 41.0 51.0 



' Land of estate holders 41.6 47.6 



/ Nadiel farms . 68,1 72.8 



Oats ' ^^^ ^^^^^ 77-6 75-6 



i Lands of village communities. . . 55.9 59.9 



\ Lands of estate holders 60.1 69.3 



/ Nadiel farms 65.9 66.1 



Barley ) ^^"^^ ^^^^^ • • • • ^7-5 734 



] Lands of village communities. . . 53.7 60.4 



' Lands of estate holders 59.0 68.1 



/ Nadiel farms 623.4 570.1 



Potatoes ' ^^''^ ^"""^^ 5514 440-9 



' • ' • j i^ands of village communities. . . 451.8 421.0 



V Lands of estate holders . . . . , 451.8 570.6 



That the average yield of the lands of the Land Bank and the crown 

 is somewhat higher than that of the nadiel lands is to be explained by the 

 fact that most of the investigated farms on lands of the former categorj' lie 

 in the black earth area, and are moreover of earlier foundation, while their 

 soil has been less exhausted by tillage and farming than that of those on 

 nadiel land. In general the differences in yield are not very important, 

 for in the course of so short a period as three or four years the yieding capa- 

 city of the soil on the newly settled peasant farms could not be fundamen- 

 tally altered. It is however a great gain if it can be established that within 

 this short period the yielding capacity of the self-contained farms held in 

 severalty has surpassed that of the land still held by the peasants in 

 common. 



(i) I pud = 40 lbs. 



