REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



529 



bushels per acre on proprietors' lands, and from 146 down to 16g bush- 

 els on peasants' lands. The lowest averages are reported from the re- 

 gion around the sea of Azov, embracing Taurida, Ekaterinoslav. and 

 the province of the Don Cossacks. 



Of grains not embraced in the tables reproduced below, one of the 

 most widely cultivated is buckwheat, for which averages are shown 

 ranging from 17§ bushels per acre in Perm down to 1 bushel per acre 

 in Ekaterinoslav. 



Millet, which is grown extensively in the Blackearth region, shows 

 Average yields ranging from 15J bushels per acre in Tambov dowu to 

 2 bushels (on peasant lands) in Taurida and Ekaterinoslav. 



Peas, which are very widely cultivated, show averages ranging from 

 36§ bushels per acre in Livonia and Smolensk down to 3 bushels (on 

 peasants' lands) in Ekaterinoslav. 



Of flaxseed the average yields range from 631 pounds to the acre in 

 Tambov down to 101 pounds in Kherson, on proprietors' lands, and 

 from 568 pounds in Saratov to 88 pounds in Kherson, on peasants' lands. 

 Of flax fiber, the averages range from 379 pounds per acre in Smolensk 

 down to 126 pouudsin Viatka, on proprietors' lauds, and on peasants' 

 lands from 354 pounds in Kaluga down to 101 pounds in Perm. 



Of hemp fiber, the average yields range from 505 pounds per acre in 

 Smolensk down to 152 pouuds in Kursk. 



Of tobacco, which is more or less cultivated in most of the govern- 

 ments of the Blackearth region, the average yields range from 1,187 

 pounds per acre in Tshernigov down to 442 pounds in Taurida. 



TABLES SHOWING THE YIELD OF CEREALS, SUGAR BEETS, AXD POTA- 

 TOES IX RUSSIA FOR 1883. 



fl desiatine=2.86 acres ; 1 ohetvert=5.956 Winchester bushels ; 1 berkovet=361.13 pounds.] 



Table I. — Yield of field plants in Russia. 



[In chetverts.] 



Average per desiatine and range from minimum to maximum. 





Winter wheat on lands 



Spring wheat on lands 



Winter rve on lauds 







of- 







of— 







of 







Governments. 





























Proprietors. 



Peasants. 



Proprietors. 



Peasants. 



Proprietors. 



Peasants. 





Av. 



Range. 



Av. 



Range. 



Av. 



Range. 



Av. 



Range. 



Av. 



Range. 



Av. 



Ranga. 



A.— Blackearth re- 



























gion. 



























I.— Souther* Steppes : 





























5 



1 - 8 



4 



1 - 7 



4 



1 - 



3 



1-6 



6 



2 -12 



5 



2-9 





4 



-10 



3* 



-10 



34 



1 -10 



3 



1-7* 



5 



1 -18 





-11 





I' 



0-5 



1 



0-8. 



3 



1-9 



2i 



-10 





-18 



3) 



-11 



Taurida 





1 -12 



4 



4-9 



3 



1 - 9 



24 



14-9 



I s 



2J- 8 



4 



1-6 



Province of Don Cos- 





















2 



0-4 



2 



0-5 



5 



3 -12 



4 



2-8 



4 



0-7 



34 



-12 



II.— Central : 



























ft 



1 -14 



4J 



-15 





li-10 



4 



14-10 



ej 



3*-13 



54 



4-13 



Khaikov 





-10 



3 



0-9 



4 



-11 



3i 



0-7 





2^-15 



H 



l -114 





n 



1 -13 



4 



14-10 



4 



2 -10 



H 



2 -10 



6 



2 -15 



54 



l -114 



III.-— Southwestern : 

















Kiev 





2|-13 



4i 



H-12 



44 



1*- 8 



3.V 



3-4 



6 



2 -16 



54 



2 -114 



Podolia 





1-8 



3 



1-8 



3* 



14- 5 



3 



94- 5 



5J 



2 -12 



44 



H-10 







1-7* 



3 



1 - 7 



3 



4-5* 



3 



* -5 



3* 



4-luj 



24 



i-44 



34 a — '84 



