The country is densely populated but picturesque, particularly around Barbarow and Yurevich, and the residents grow for themselves much wheat, millet and barley. The people's quality of life is quite good. Today, the agricultural population is involved with fishing, beekeeping, production of forest goods, and rafing on the Dnieper River to Kremenchug. Fisherman go to the bays of the Dnieper, the Pripet and the Berezina, and the rivers Slawecznie, Tremli and Brahin, and also the Swied, Sparysz and others. Recently, small game has become fat and very abundant.
Wolves fatten themselves and cause great devastation among the domestic livestock.
In 1876, they devoured 956 horses and cattle and 1,851 small animals, causing a total of 36,354 rubles in damage. The Treasury lands have the fattest animals. They are home to bears, elk and deer. From river mines come clay, lime and red iron, which the farmers smelt in small, primitive smelters to produce implements such as ploughsares. There are many rivers and lakes in the district.