AGRICULTURE Flashcards
inefficient 1855
three field systems(over using land- less fruitful), outdated farming method
inefficient 1855 persisted
methods
wooden plough v iron plough
=live stock levels remain low=no economy
mir: redistirbted land/strip farming
emancipation serfs develop
in control of land- improve inefieceny
provides stimulus to ind dev(kulaks)
provide urban workforce, domestic marker of consumers
encourage land owners invest in ind
move peasants ind areas
1896 x4 mass urbanisation
lessend ag
restrictedmir - passport, concervative elders, sus western methods
move peasants ind areas
limited by mir
rq a passport, suspicious of western methods, dominated by conservative elders
nobility encouraged invest in industry
weathier nobles: compensaition on industrial enterpirse
some sold estate>transfer industry
poor: compensation not pay debt>lost workforce
gov loans subsides introduced 60/70
help attract landowners invest in industry
agrictultrual production still low after 1861
innefiecnet methods mir, peasnts neg effected land allocation (worser land)
agrictultrual production still low after 1861 statistic
1881 only inc 0.6% py
minister interior barrier agrictulatral dev
conservative, lack understanding rural needs, law + order reluctant for change (in rural areas)
land hunger - population growth
doubled by 1900- mir redistribution land = household less land
urbanisation x5 = more non producing mouths to feed
some peasnts able to prosper (kulaks) 1-2%pp
new effiencent farming tea
buy more land, employed other peasnts
some had say in local gov affairs
summary emancipation
did provide degree stimulus for ind rev, limited effect on ag dev
-all focuses on ind= sacrificed dedication on ag improvement
bunge focus peasantry
allow profits establish consumer market
peasant land band 1883, reduced redemption payment 1881, poll tax abolished 1886
=invest in other things!
however (focused peasantry )
direct tax dec, indirect inc = cost of goods expanded= financial burden peasnts , products (acgriculatral necessities) expensive