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in April, and ripens shortly after rice. It U a delicate cr< 

 cold wind*. 



Bombay and Hind. Kstimated areas, in. ludji, .ta. 



were given in 1904-5 as 793,900 acres in the I' 

 in Sind. with yields ,>l D :.s and 5,300 tons respectively. The area 



actually Mirxeve.l in the Bnti>h district-, aim,.- was 902,600 acrr- 

 Bomhav and 7 ( .,77J in Sind. In Bombay (1904-5) the latest anas 

 W.T.- Khan.lesh, 80,812 acres ; Nasik, 54,989 acres ; Panch Mahals, 4', 



Ahmadabad, :'.::.:..' I acres; Kaira, 18,681 acres; AhmadnaKar. 

 16,731 acres ; Dharwar, 16,446 acres, etc. In Sm.l l>, 

 46,894 acres, etc. Although no returns are available for the year named. 

 the crop is known to he very important in Kat ln.r.s ..i . Baroda a 

 Native States. The suppl.-m. ->6-7 



estimates the area and yield in Bombay (includm-: its Native States) 

 at 1,020,400 acres and" 182,400 tons, and in Sind (with it> N. k 

 States) at 62,100 acres and 4,700 tons. The method of ulnvati.. 

 fully desrrihed hy Mollison: "The kharif <-rop requires," he says, "a 

 totally, different soil to that found most suitable for the robi crop. / 

 as a rain-crop, likes a sandy soil or light soil, whereas the crop wh 

 sown in August-September, or later, grows best on black soil or on 

 soils as are retentive of moisture." 



The Kaira cultivation, he further says, is typical for the kfiarif crop. It 

 is sown subordinate to bdjra on sandy loam soils. Ot her subordinate crops 

 are the usual pulses and fibre-plants. " The til seed rate is Ib. or less 

 per acre." If sown as early as possible in the kharif season, harvest should 

 commence in September-October. A good outturn as a subordinate crop 

 he estimates at " 80 to 120 Ib. per acre." As a rabi crop it is grown 

 extensively alone on black or medium black soil. The rotation crops are 

 cotton and judr. The field is repeatedly ploughed and harrowed during June. 

 Inly and August. If sown in September, the crop is ready in Janu.. 



With regard to outturn, he estimates that a good crop in Khandesh *IM- 

 yields from 320 to 360 Ib. per acre, and the seed is worth 15 to 18 Ib. per 

 rupee. From a seed-rate of 1 Ib. per acre, a crop experiment at Sur.i 

 1895-6 gave an outturn of 372 Ib. per acre, worth Rs. 25-13-3. The cost 

 of cultivation is rated at Rs. 10-6-0 per acre. [Cf. Mollison, Textbook Ind. 

 Afjri., iii., 90-4 ; Crop Exper. Kept. Bombay Pres.] 



Madras and Mysore. The estimated area and outturn were ' 

 acres and 55,100 tons, but the actual area in Madras during 1904-5 was 

 755,475 acres. In Mysore the area was 90,623 acres. The chief districts 

 of Madras in 1904-5 were Godavari, 83,939 acres; Vizagapatam, h 

 acres ; South Arcot, 68,218 acres ; Timievelly, 56,938 acres ; North. A 

 56,873 acres ; Salem, 55,429 acres ; Coimbatore, 47,334 acres, etc. The 

 supplementary Final Memorandum for 1906-7 estimates the area and 

 in Madras at 585,500 acres and 48,000 tons. In Godavari, it is stated that 

 mixed or sandy soil suits the plant best. The land is prepared about the 

 month of April and the seed sown in May or June. The crop is ripe about 

 three months after sowing. In North Arcot it is said to be an early crop. 

 being sown, if the rains are sufficient, in April or May, and reaped four 

 months later. It is sometimes irrigated, and is then sown as early as 

 January or February. [Cf. Cox, Man. N. Arcot, 1895. i.. L'7 1 

 Mysore Gaz., 1897, i", 122 ; Francis, South Arcot, 1906, i.. 114. I 



Burma. The area in 1904-5 was 976,361 acres in Upper Burma ; 



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