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The production of wheat, barley and oats in the district of Osijek from 1707 to 1712
Milan Vrbanus
; Hrvatski institut za povijest - Podružnica za povijest Slavonije, Srijema i baranje, Slavonski Brod
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In this paper the author has striven to present the production of wheat, barley and oats in the district of Osijek during the period from 1707 to 1712. He has accentuated the methodological inadequacies in the analysis of data drawn from the list of the tithes of the Osijek district during the mentioned period of time. By applying quantitative methods the author endeavoured to determine the yields of wheat, barley and oats of that period of time. In doing so he managed to determine oscillations in the production as well as in the average production of the mentioned cereals per household. By using the division of the district of Osijek used by tithe registers the author also ascertained that most of the cereals were produced in the eastern and central part and smaller amounts in the western part of the district. Dividing the households in two groups, according to production quantities, he determined differences in portion of both household categories, in the quantity of the total output as well as in the average production per household.
The production of wheat, barley and oats in the district of Osijek declined and at the end of the six-year period it was lower than at the beginning of that period. During that period the production of all three grains, however, increased in 1710 and 1711, although insuffi ciently to reduce the consequences of such a situation during the years of lower yields.
The inhabitants of the western part of the district produced the smallest amounts of wheat, barley and oats. That area also provided the smallest average amounts of all cereals per household. The current state of research makes it impossible to determine the reasons for such an occurrence. Indeed, during the entire six-year period, that area was the area with the lowest number of households. The households of the central and eastern part of the district produced quite equal amounts of wheat. The greatest amounts of barley were produced by the inhabitants of the central part of the district, while oats were reaped in the central and eastern part.
Ključne riječi
wheat; barley; oats; tithe; district of Osijek; production; yield
Hrčak ID:
87706
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Datum izdavanja:
28.9.2012.
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