ABSTRACT
The land reforms introduced after the Great War and following the incorporation of Transylvania into Romania led to the expropriation of 960 jugars (556 hectares) of land from the estate of Stefan Weschelenyi. In Mirsid, as in many other villages, the process of redistribution failed to achieve the legislators' aims. In 1919, 135 villagers had received an average of 1 jugar each. From the middle of the 1960s until the 1989, the combined CAP concentrated its attentions on the raising of livestock, rather than arable production. The amount of land devoted to pasture was increased, mainly at the expense of cereal production, towards the end of its time, the CAP had become fairly successful in this area, even exporting its meat to Italy. Some occupiers negotiated an exchange of land or bought the land from the previous owner. These deals depended on whether the owner had other land or vineyards, and the state of relations between them.
