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ARMENIA AND THE NEAR EAST
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In addition to the foregoing, irrigated land may be very
profitably used for growing vegetables, sunflower, alfalfa,
and the like. The following comparative table shows the
average yield which may be expected from various crops per
hectare (2^ acres) of ordinary irrigated land :
Average
Number of
Kilos grown
per Acre
Priee in
Roubles
per Kilo.
Gross Value
in Roubles
of Crop
per Hectare
Net Value in
Roubles of Crop
per Hectare after
Subtracting Cost
of Labour, etc.
Winter wheat
Cotton
1,340
1,040
o-i7 228 80
o-3i 322 209
Vegetables
Fruit
Vineyards .
Alfalfa
i7,9°° 895
’,746
O-O5 537
9,700 o-i8 786
5,200 o-i5 780 351
6,000 360
O- 12 720
All land is owned by the State, which, however, is bound
to provide every working peasant with the land he needs.
Land may not be bought or sold, but houses, gardens, and
anything built or made on the land may be bought and sold.
A farm and its land may be handed on from father to son, and
may also be rented out in certain conditions.
There are about 160,000 farms of between seven and
iifteen acres of cultivated land. The land is allotted on a
system by which a certain area is allowed per head in each
family; its size varies somewhat in different districts, but
averages one dessiatin (= ri hectares). In some places, for
instance the Arax plain, it is reduced to half, or even a quarter
of a dessiatin, but in such cases it is well-irrigated land which
gives a good yield.
The land is divided up among the families of the different
villages at intervals of not less than nine years, and gardens
and vineyards may not be re-allotted unless the tenant himself
so desires. There is now a regulation that the portions of
ground allotted to each farm must be as near one another as
possible, and must not be in more than six different places.
Formerly a farm might consist of as many as forty-five different
patches. The peasants are now permitted to employ hired
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