This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
Value.. | |
Labor (two days per week)................................................ | .$175,000,000 |
Tithe of crops, etc................................................................ | . 60,000,000 |
Male tribute, timber................................................................ | . 7,000,000 |
Female tribute, spun wool. ................................................................ | 9,000.000 |
Fowl, eggs, butter................................................................ | 5,000,000 |
Total.......................................... ... | .$256,000,000 |
There were 7,000,000 serfs, whose tribute averaged more than $35 per head, which was, in fact, the rent of their farms. Some Bohemian nobles had as many as 10,000 serfs. The redemption was effected by giving the nobles 5 per cent. Government scrip, and land then rose 50 per cent, in value.
 
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