- 
= 
¥ 
tS 
4 
4 
uv 
i 
= 
& 
a 
28 
"B 
2. 
im 
2 
- 
S38 
32 
2% 
AGL 
ADT 
Groups (Classified Ac- 
cording to Value of 
Means of Agricultural 
Production at Their 
Disposal 
fas 
Bw 5i 
WINTER WHEAT (Ukraine Steppe) 
1. Up to 750.0 rubles a2 i ? 26 
2. 750.1-1500.0 rubles.. 55.1 
8. Above 1500.0 rubles  &K.4 
Average for region 52.9 3.1 
SPRING WHF *™ ““Tkreire Stepve) 
1. Up to 750.0 rubles 
2. 750.1-1500.0 rubles 
3. Above 1500.0 rubles 
Average for region 49.2 
a8 
B.S 
Difference Be- 
tween Price 
and Cost Per 
Centner 
(in rubles) 
425 
+38 
+42 
1-3.6 
11.2 
+26 
+83 
12.6 
It will be seen that the larger holdings have a 
lower production cost per unit and, consequently, more 
favorable conditions for development and for building 
ap their resources. The differences in the conditions 
of production existing between the various groups of 
small-scale producers created the differentiation of the 
village, the stratification into separate groups. Parallel 
with the development of class antagonisms among the 
different groups of small producers, the period of eco- 
nomic restoration revealed in all clearness the limited 
means of production which the small peasant producer 
was able to command. The unprofitable character of 
small-scale production, its limited field of operations, 
are indicated by a number of factors relating, on the 
one hand, to the means of production which the small 
holding is able to apply and, on the other hand, to the 
manner of their application. Thus, for instance, the 
use of more or less complicated machinery is a preroga- 
tive enjoyed only by a limited group of farms. In the 
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