The Bridge publishes a confidential report, dated February 17, 1924, from the Main Concession Committee detailing the results of an unusual experiment. Thirty American farmworkers, who arrived in the Don Governorate through the Society for Technical Assistance to Soviet Russia, were leased 1,000 desiatinas of land by the People’s Commissariat of Agriculture for 24 years. The document reveals the details of the agreement, from land cultivation obligations and the tax regime to the terms for leasing construction materials. The primary condition: upon expiration of the contract, the entire farm, including all livestock and equipment, transfers to the state free of charge.