& 
® 
5 
£ 
g 
= C. 
FR 
so 
§ 3 
: 
i 
A 
3 
» 
> 
a 
: 
. 
: 
Cy 
NN 
LA 
oy 
N 
& 
sr 
> 
Ch 
N 
~ 
Ie 
ke 
ot 
oO 
fe) 
oO 
[3%] 
-] 
N 
:hnical methods. Moreover, even wherever there are 
tractors as yet on the collective farms (and there 
still a considerable shortage of tractors, despite 
bir ever wider distribution throughout the agricul- 
1gral areas of the U. S. 8. R.), the advantages of 
*ge-scale production are clearly in evidence. 
First of all, one must point out the increase in the 
, oductivity of agricultural labor as a consequence of 
¢ uniting of the small peasant holdings into large 
lective farms. Thus the number of hectares sown 
r farm laborer in the collective farms has increased, 
comparison with the peasant holdings prior to their 
trance into the collective farms (in 1929): in the 
iraine—31.6 per cent; in the Middle Volga Region 
78.1 per cent; in the Central Black Soil Region— 
-0 per cent; in the Lower Volga Region—178.0 per 
at; in the Northern Caucasus—50 per cent. 
At the same time, there has been a considerable 
'rease in the utilization of draft cattle, which in the 
all peasant holdings had never been fully utilized. 
1s, according to budgetary data, the percentage of 
aft cattle which were not used had been as follows: 
In the Ukraine—68.6 per cent. 
In the Northern Caucasus—78 per cent. 
In the collective farms the draft cattle have been 
lized much more productively than was the case 
the petty peasant holdings. In the Ukraine the 
lization of draft cattle has increased, in compari- 
with the peasant holdings prior to their collectivi- 
don (in 1929), 24.1 per cent; in the Middle Volga 
g1on—30 per cent; in the Central Black Soil Region 
7.4 per cent; in the Lower Volga Region—25.2 per 
it; in the Northern Caucasus—34.6 per cent, 
The significant increase in the productive possibilities 
21 
d