&>tt&. C0niuw4 ^Ctfiio, Jury 







Acres. 



Lohangi ... ... 536 



Murram ... ... 563 



Bhul! ... ... 466 



Mandwi ... ... 305 



1,870 during 5 years of rotation. 

 1,565 during rest of rotation. 



28. The system proposed for working the bamboo areas has never been tried 

 in this district before, but it is hoped that every endeavour will be made to 

 encourage its adoption, as the present crude methods are fast destroying the 

 bamboo. The bamboo is a greatly sought after and a much valued product in 

 this district. Statistics show the gradual decrease of bamboo sales, which is 

 due not only to the recent agricultural distress but to its scarcity owing to the 

 congested condition of the clumps. It is proposed that the whole bamboo tract 

 be open annually for extraction. Before this area is fit to face these annual 

 cuttings, a cleaning is first essential, made over fixed areas, as the whole is too 

 large to be taken in hand at once. This cleaning which must be done depart- 

 mentally is best attained in the following way : 



(1) By cutting one-third of the total number of culms in every clump 

 in such a manner that the remainder of the bamboo will stand 

 apart from one another all over the clumps and thus allowing of each 

 individual being reached and cut without injury to the rest. This 

 one-third will at first embody dry wood, old stumps, and twisted 

 and crooked culms. 



(2) No bamboo should be cut at more than 6 inches above ground or 



above the first internode. 



(3) One year old culms should not as a rule be cut. 



(4) As each area is cleaned it will be thrown open for annual thinnings, 



otherwise a relapse into congestion will result. 



In order not to interfere with the annual demand the bamboo tract has been 

 divided into two circles, one to be felled in a triennial rotation and the other is 

 divided into nine sub-blocks. The order of their working is best explained in the 

 tabulated statement attached to para. 38 of this plan. 



Analysis of the crop; method 29. The area check being adopted, no detailed 



of valuation adopted. analysis or valuation has been considered necessary. 



* NOTB It may be noted that the sum of Rs. 1,626 was eventually recovered from the people concerned in 

 this unauthorized felling and the subordinate in charge was prosecuted and punished. 





