derive advantages from this large-scale farming in
the form of an increase in the labor productivity of
the members of the collective farms, of a better utilization
 of the means of production which the collective
farms had at their disposal, as a result of the collectivization
 of the means of production formerly belonging
 to the individual peasant, and as a result of the
acquisition of means of production in conformity with
modern technical standards.
These advantages of large-scale production are evidenced
 in an increase of yield, a lowering of the cost
of production; an increase in profits, and likewise in
the higher standard of living of the members of the
collective farms.
The collective farms have inaugurated a new pace
of development in agriculture. Whereas up to recent
years the total annual increase in the sown area had
not exceeded 4 to 5 per cent, this year, with the state
and collective farms as a basis, the sown area in the
U. S. S. R. has increased more than 10 per cent.
Thus, both from the point of view of the general
progress and increased volume of agricultural production
 and from that of the interests of the small and
very small producers themselves, collectivization signifies
 a change bearing the greatest advantages.

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