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32
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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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