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district published by the Agricultural department that "It is 

 noteworthy that labourers receiving part of their wages in 

 the shape of food do more earnest and willing work than 

 labourers who get their wages in cash or kind. The 

 Brahmins and the Pillays are not so successful in farming, 

 because they, unlike the Naickmars and Reddis, find it incon- 

 venient to feed their servants at home. The latter recog- 

 nizing the truth of the adage ' he who feeds well, works well ' 

 allow their servants to consume as much as they want, and 

 make no difference between themselves and their servants 

 as regards the service of meals." The remuneration of a 

 ploughman is Rs. 30 in addition to his food which, at the 

 high prices of food grains prevailing in the Tinnevelly district, 

 may be valued at Rs. 30. In Bellary the remuneration of a 

 farm-servant varies from Rs. 24 to Rs. 40 per annum, or 

 Rs. 10 to Rs. 20 plus the feeding and clothing, estimated to 

 cost Rs. 25. The food given amounts to 1^ seers or more 

 than 3 lb. of cholum a day (a high rate) and condiments worth 

 Rs. 3 a year. The clothing consists of cloths, a cumbli, a tur- 

 ban, a pair of drawers and a pair of slippers worth in all Rs. 4. 

 These servants are not solely attached to the farm, but are 

 expected to look after all kinds of household work. They are 

 sometimes allowed by their employers, for marriage purposes, 

 &c., loans ranging from Rs. 50 to Rs. 100, which are liquidated 

 by deductions from the salary. In the Anantapur district 

 (Gooty division), the servant is given food and cloths, the 

 food comprising three meals a day, together with betel and 

 tobacco, and an annual sum, ranging from Rs. 5 to Rs. 16, 

 according to the nature and urgency of the work, character 

 of the season and the capabilities of the labourer. Single 

 men are preferred, and, if married, their wives are tempo- 

 rarily employed. In some cases, instead of an annual cash 

 payment, a daily allowance of 1 seer (2 lb.) of grain is made 

 in addition to food and clothing. In the Ooimbatore district, 

 this class of servants is not employed to any great extent. 

 The servant is always an unmarried man and is provided 

 with food stated to cost between Rs. 15 and Rs. 30, and with 

 sandals, cloths, and occasionally blankets, costing Rs. 2. At 

 the end of the year, he receives a present in money of from 

 Re. 1 to Rs. 3. In Salem, unmarried labourers, if Sudras, 

 are fed by the ryot and are given a cloth valued at 1 rupee, a 

 blanket worth 14 annas, and Rs. 4 or Rs. 5 at the end of the 

 year in cash. They are allowed loans, ranging from Rs. 20 to 

 Rs. 50, without interest, at the commencement of service, or 

 at the time of marriage. In the Nellore district, labourers, 

 employed on the cultivation of garden land, are fed and 



