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220 ARMENIA AND THE NEAR EAST
from the frontiers of the Soviet republics, they should receive
their land gratis (except for the dues collected to pay for the
loan), and for one or two years after they settled on the new
land they should be exempt from any military service that
would interfere with their farming.
There was complete agreement, therefore, between the
Armenian Government and ourselves in regard to the plans
and the course of action that seemed desirable.
If we reckon that the average yield would be approximately
the same as that tentatively given for the Kirr districts, which
was puc rather low, we find that the total annual yield from
the areas to be irrigated and cultivated would at least be as
under :
Cultivated Area.
Yield Seiling
Price in
Roubles
per Kilo
gram.
Gross Value
of Annual
Yield in
in Kilo Total Annual
Yield in Kilo
grams.
Nature of Crop.
In Des
siatins.
grams per
Hectare.
In Hec
tares. 1 Roubles.
Winter wheat
Spring wheat
Cotton . .
9,000
3,000
13,266,000
4,422,000
12,813,000
29,403,000
7,240,000
9,300,000
19,670,000
9,900 i,340 o-i 7 2,227,500
405,000
3,300 i,540 o’O9
11,200 12,320 1,04.0 o- 3 i
Vegetables
Orchards
Vineyards
Alfalfa . .
3,920,000
1,440,000
1,326,000
1,417,500
2,400,000
i,500 1,650 17,87> o-o5
680 748 9,680 er 1 8
1,620 1,782
3,300
5,210 o-i5
3,000 5>96° O’l2
Total 30,000 33,000 — 13,136,000
According to these figures the gross annual profit on each
dessiatin of cultivated land should average about 440 roubles
(400 roubles per hectare), which is not too high an estimate.
If we put the cost of labour, implements, draught animals,
etc.—including the work of the farmer and his family—at
approximately half the gross profit, the net income on each
dessiatin should be 220 roubles. If, further, we reckon one
dessiatin of land per head, and take five as the average family,
the gross profit for such a family should be 2,200 roubles
(or about £230), and the net profit after paying for the work
done by the family should be 1,100 roubles. An ordinary
1 One hectare = 2"47 X acres.
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