Outturn. 



Berar. 



Seasons. 



TRITICUM 



VULGAR E 



Central Provinces 



harvest in the beginning of March. A different system is pursued in a 

 tract of country which includes a considerable portion of the Jabbalpur 

 and a small portion of the Narsinghpur and Seoni districts. The fields 

 are surrounded with banks, and rainwater is allowed to accumulate in 

 them. The water is let off at the beginning of October, and the seed is 

 then drilled in without any preliminary preparations. The average 

 outturn for the province for the five years ending 1896-7, according to 

 the Agricultural Statistics, is estimated to have been 925 Ib. per acre for 

 irrigated wheat, 570 Ib. for unirrigated. Returns for irrigated wheat are 

 given only for Betul, Chhindwara, Nagpur and Nimar. 



The method of cultivation pursued in Berar differs but little from 

 that in the Central Provinces. It is sown in October and reaped in 

 February, and is cultivated in rotation with other crops. The Agricultural 

 Statistics give an average yield, for a period of five years ending 1901-2, 

 of 687 Ib. per acre. 



[Cf. Land Rev. Settl. Repts. ; Nagpur Exper. Farm Repts . ; Fuller, Note 

 on Outturn of Land under Principal Crops in G. Prov., 1894, 4-10 ; Russell, 

 Dist. Gaz., 1906, A, 87-90, 101-2, 105-7 ; Clouston, Man. Exper. with Wheat 

 at Nagpur Exper. Farm, in Agri. Journ. 2nd., July 1906, i., pt. iii., 205.] 



Rajputana Rajputana and Central India. The returns published annually in 



and Central the volume of Agricultural Statistics would appear to give actual areas for 

 which definite surveys have been made. The figures, on the other hand, 

 published by the Commercial Intelligence Department would appear to 

 be forecasts and estimates. According to the former, the area in 1904-5 

 in Central India and Rajputana (viz. Gwalior, Jaipur, Bikanir, Marwar, 

 Tonk, Alwar, Kishengarh, Bharatpur, Jhalawar and Kotah) came to 

 1,277,872 acres, with Ajmir-Merwara adding 17,167 acres. According to 

 the latter (the Commercial Intelligence Department), particulars of other 

 States are afforded, and thus manifest larger areas, viz. 2,171,019 acres 

 in Central India and 1,023,773 acres in Rajputana, with yields of 

 472,658 tons and 188,981 tons respectively. Accordingly, if we accept 

 the areas given in the estimates for Central India and Rajputana as 

 approximately correct and add to them the area for Ajmir-Merwara from 

 the Agricultural Statistics, we would obtain a total of 3,211,959 acres 

 under wheat in 1904-5. The Final Memorandum on the crop for 1906-7 

 states the area to have been in 1905-6, 1,852,100 acres with a yield of 

 420,600 tons in Central India ; 604,000 acres and 145,000 tons in Raj- 

 putana ; and in 1906-7, 2,895,000 acres and 639,800 tons in Central 

 India ; and 810,000 acres and 215,000 tons in Rajputana. In Central 

 India the most important districts are Gwalior, Bhopal, Indore, Bandel- 

 khand, Bhagalkhand and Bhopawar ; and in Rajputana Kotah, Jaipur, 

 Tonk and Bharatpur. 



There is little information regarding cultivation available beyond 

 the facts given above. The climate and soil closely approximate to the 

 Pan jab on the one hand and to the Central Provinces on the other, and the 

 wheats are accordingly similar. In Ajmir-Merwara the best land is said 

 to be selected for wheat, generally near a tank or well. To obtain a full 

 crop, the land is fallowed during the rainy season (June to September), 

 and is ploughed two or three times. Sowing begins about the end of 

 October and lasts till the end of November, the crop being reaped in 

 April. The quantity of seed sown is said to be about 2 bushels per acre, 

 and the outturn, if the crop be manured and irrigated, is about 34 bushels. 

 Bombay and Sind. The area in the British districts of Bombay and 



India. 



District*. 



Area. 

 Yield. 



Districts. 



Soils. 



Rotation. 

 Seasons. 



Outturn. 



Bombay 

 and Sind. 



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