SOUTHERN IMI\ 



thinks that is too much and that 50 Ib. should nuraw. Alter 

 sowing, tin- Held should be laid out m beds, and one or two 



*!',: en. One huixl-weeilini.' -ln.nl, I be done tn day* 



^ first watering, and two 1 iesubsqti .-n, TM 



Top is harvested when tin- ^rain is t|tnte ri|H-. Mul 

 cost of cultivation at Rs. 26 per acre un-l tin- value of con- 



sisting of I- inaunds grain ami !' inuunds straw at Rs. 37-H, giving 

 profit per ;t . iv of uhoiit Ks. 11. 



'. Grienon. Bihar Peatant Lift, 1885. 213-4 ; Cult, and Trad* o/ Wktat 

 in India, Beng., 1886; Baau. Agri. Lohardaga. 1890. pt. 2. 3O-2 ; Mu 

 Handbook Ind. Agri., 1901, 237-4:. ,iy., 1901 



Crops of Bfng.. 190fi. 31-42 ; n'Mnllry. Bfng. Ditt. Oat., 1906. i . 49. 54 

 80-1 ; iii.. 109 ; Reptt. Dept. Land Ree. and Agri. Beng. ; Dwnraon and SApur 

 . Farm Repts.} 



Eastern Bengal and Assam. Wheat is a very unimportant crop in 

 Assam. The area returned for 1904-5 was 10,012 acres, p 

 whole being in Goalpara. The Final Memorandum on t J6-7 



states the area and yield in the new province of Eastern Bengal and Asnam 

 to have been in 1905-6, 159,800 acres and 50,000 tons ; and in 1906-7, 

 168,700 acres and 44,000 tons. Cultivation in Assam as yet is almost 

 entirely of an experimental nature. An account (Kept. Dept. Land Ree. 

 and Agri., 1904, 20-1) of some of the experiments made in 1903-4 in 

 Manipur and certain localities in Cachar and the Assam Valley is given. 

 " In Manipur," it is stated, " one of the four experiments made gave 

 a very successful result, the yield being no less than 2,140 Ib. of grain 

 to the acre," but in the other localities they generally proved a failure. 

 Summarising the experiments, it is said that " wheat will undoubtedly 

 thrive and give a good yield in Manipur ; it promises well in the Naga 

 hills, but the people need to be educated to appreciate and tend the un- 

 accustomed crop. The same remark applies to Nowgong and Kamrup, 

 and there is a fair prospect of success with wheat in these two districts." 



The area in Eastern Bengal does not usually much exceed 150,000 

 acres. Taking Eastern Bengal and Assam together, they may be said 

 normally to possess a wheat area equivalent to 1 per cent, of the total 

 wheat area of British India. 



Madras and Mysore. Wheat is unimportant in the Madras Presi- 

 dency, and occupied only 15,276 acres in 1905-6. In Mysore the 

 corresponding area was 1,178 acres, and according to the Final Memo- 

 randum there were in 1906-7, 4,600 acres. The largest tracts are in Karnul, 

 Bellary, Kistna, Guntur, Cuddapah, the Nilgiris, Anantapur and Madura. 

 In Mysore, Chitaldrug and Shimoga are the most important districts. A 

 brief statement of Mysore is given in the local Gazetteer (1897, i., 129-30) 

 by B. L. Rice, compiled largely from Buchanan- Hamilton. Two kinds 

 are said to be cultivated, jave godhi (affirmed to be T. imm< 

 and hotte godhi (T. Sjeltn). Rice tells us that in Kolar jave godhi 

 (whatever species it may be botanically) is sown broadcast in May- 

 June, after frequent ploughing, and the crop ripens in three months. In 

 the black clay of Madgiri, jave godhi is also the most common crop. In 

 Sira, when there is a scarcity of water, both jave and hotte are sown on rice- 

 lands. A small quantity of jave godhi is raised near Periyapatna on fields 

 of a very rich soil, from which alternate crops of kadale ( < > - mm 



and of wheat are taken. Near Narsipur hotte godhi is gnwn, and there are 

 two seasons for its cultivation, known as hain and kar. When the rains 



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