PRINCIPAL CROPS OF INDIA. 



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CONSUMPTION OF RICE AS FOOD. 



The people in India do not keep account. of farm products, except as 

 they are compelled to bj' law; hence it is impossible to arrive at any 

 exact data except through Government sources. In some provinces 

 of India rice is the principal food; in others, less rice is produced and 

 it constitutes onlv a portion of the food supply. In RtMig-al the 

 75,000,000 people on an average consume 1 pound of rice per capita 

 each day, or 365 pounds per year, as determined by the Government 

 reports. This would appear to be large, but in the wa}' this amount is 

 obtained it covers all losses, wastage, etc. The following table gives 

 a comprehensive statement of the food crops produced in India and 

 the relative proportion of rice to other grains: 



Table 1. — Area {in acres) under crop of principal products in each province of British 



, India, 1897-1900. 

 [Native States not included.] 



Province. 



Rice. 



Wheat. 



Upper Burma 



Lower Burma 



Assam i 3, 653, 5.S3 



Bengal 39, 656, 800 



Northwest Provinces 4, 592, 603 



Oudh 



Ajmer-Merwara 



ParganA Miinpur 



Punjab 



Sind 



Bombay 



Central Provinces 



Ber^r 



Madras i 6, 429, 045 



Coorg 94. 523 



1,818,962 

 6, 277, 678 



2, 899, 792 



2% 



167 



482, 795 



898, 853 



1,251,143 



4,708,624 



44,138 



Total a72, 808, 952 



15,813 



14 



223 



1,541,400 



4,601,392 



1.619,583 



1,838 



1,292 



5,488,598 



347,445 



811,. 590 



1,633,777 



21,192 



20, 636 



Barley. 



120 



59 



1,448,200 



3, 1.54, 323 



1,020,830 



27,214 



898,443 



8,910 



44, 328 



6,005 



234 



3,318 



Millet. 



804,950 

 748 



183, .500 



3, 395, 313 



547, 575 



91, 109 



2,504 



1, 243, 605 



1,014,678 



11,035,141 



80, 887 



60, 102 



4,155,425 



18,219 



616,104,793 6,611,984 i 22,633,756 



Corn. 



Peas, beans, 

 i pulses, etc. 



76,300 



11,492 



2, 823 



1,802,200 



1,143,430 



462, 575 



62, 438 



1,101 



1,239,723 



1,400 



184, 8.54 



104, 201 



7,701 



95,234 



195,523 



45,010 



86, 283 



.5,141,200 



3,943,905 



2,224,635 



14, 240 



509 



1 , 047, 568 



165,678 



1,861,980 



2,921,603 



236, 661 



5, 4.53, 883 



80 



5, 195, 472 



23, 338, 758 



Province. 



Upper Burma 



Low er Burma 



Assam 



Bengal 



Northwest Provinces. 



Oudh 



Ajmer-Merwara 



Pargana MAnpur 



Punjab 



Sind 



Bombay 



Central Provinces 



BerSr 



Madras 



Coorg 



Total 



Sugar cane. 



2,236 

 9,330 



28, 315 



873, 000 



1,023,851 



235, 320 



199 



16 



360, 978 



;2,615 



70, .515 



25, 533 



2,471 



58, 638 



2, 693, 023 



Cotton. 



153, 734 



9,068 



3,399 



144, 000 



968, 302 



28, 780 



35, 453 



4 



735, 125 



91,091 



2, 0.50, 251 



712, 836 



2,061,082 



1, 382, 716' 



<■ 8, 375, 841 



Jute. 



Total acres in 

 crops. 



100,168 i 

 1.970,500 



2, 070, 673 



2, 976, 850 



6, 335, 406 



3, 743, 608 



.51,733,900 



24,144,439 



10, 176, 896 



199, 478 



6, 165 



11,074,831 



2, 488, 277 



15, 964, 210 



12, 129, 278 



3, 097, 782 



20, 694, 679 



112, 981 



164, 878, 789 



Total 

 population. 



3,167,791 



4, 603, 103 



5, 433, 668 



70, 414, 425 



33,801,894 



12, 650, 831 



.543, 258 



20,861,061 

 2,871,774 



15, 135, 827 



10, 784, 294 

 2,897,040 



35, 630, 440 



a Total yield, 618,966,312 barrels of 162 pounds each. 



(•Total yield, 2,110,562 bales of 



h Total yield, 266,2.50,560 bushels. 

 400 pounds each. 



