OF THE GERMAN AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
OF JUNE 12, 1907 114
Capitalism i n
German agriculture , Theeconomicsof Germanagriculture accordingtothedataofthe 1 9 0 7 Cen -
sus.
The capitalist system of agriculture in Germany according to the June 12, 1907 Census
The following main groups of questions (or themes) in processing the June 12, 1907 (agricultural) Census.
 pp. 1-8 115
1. 0. Introduction. General
statement of the question: “areas”.
My analysis of the Σ data.
(I. 8-20)
2. 1. Main Groups.
 § I. (pp. 8-20)
Proletarian,—peasant,—capitalist.
“3 main groups
Co-relation of the three groups.
of farms in Germany”
§ II. Proletarian
Importance of this grouping. Proof of farms its being correct
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§ III. (30-40)
3. Hiredlabour.
§ IV. (60-50)
4. 2. Female and child labour. The
I & II

odious privilege of small-scale production.
§ V (50-59)
5. 3. Labour vs. farmland and quantity
of livestock. (Waste in small-scale production)
§ VI (60-73)
6. 4. Machines (cf. with Hungari-
§ VII (73-87)
a n statistics116)
(Increase in
Hence, quantity of growth of livestock.
expropri-
7. 5. Livestock
Decrease in ation number of livestock owners.
Comparison with Danish data (cf. Dutch and Swiss)
N.B.
9. 6. Main occupation of owners
group-
American (cf. 1895)117 (Farms as side lines.)
ing and
10. 7. Family, family-capitalist and
Russian capitalist farms bynumberof statistics workers.
6 bis
8. Industries.
8. 9. Use of land. [Quantity of livestock
vs. fodderarea. Cf. Drechsler118 and Hungarian statistics.]
10. Rural population by status in
production (data not comparable).
11. Wine-growing farms (nothing interesting).
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plan for the processing of German agricultural census data was used by Lenin
in his article, “The Capitalist System of Modern Agriculture” (Article I).—Ed.
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American
11. 12. Comparisonwith 1 8 9 5.
and
Growth of medium (peasant; Russian farms. Transition to livestock
statistics farming.
1) American statistics, on grouping,
2) Danish
on concentration of
3) Swiss
 livestock,
4) Hungarian on implements,
5) Russian on co-operatives.
The following themes remain for a second, article;
8. Livestock farming. Increase in quantity along with a decrease in the
number of owners = expropriation.
Cf. Danish and Swiss data.
9. Livestock feed. Cf. fodder area (cf.
Drechsler).
10. Main
and auxiliary occupation.
Non-farmers and semi-farmers.
Cf. 1895.
11. Family, family-capitalist and capitalist farms. Three main groups.
12. Cf. 1895. N.B.: American statistics
on 2 groups.
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Tables: (in 1st article119)
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1) p. 19— 3 main groups (and hired labour)
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2) p. 31— number of workers (family and hired) per
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farm in the seven groups
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3) p. 38— % of temporary workers in the seven
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groups
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4) p. 42— % of women in the seven groups
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5) p. 45— % of children in the seven groups —
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6) p. 52— average size of farm and area per worker
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in the seven groups
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7) p. 62— machinery (%, number of machines owned
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and %) in the seven groups
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8) p. 69— hired labour and machines (3 groups)
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9) p. 79— ploughs on farm—8 groups
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10) p. 86— % of cases of use of machinery in 1882,
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1895, 1907 in the seven groups
Written September 1910
-later than June 1913
First published in 1938
Printed from the original in Lenin Miscellany XXXI