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(7) Family. — There are four adults, two women, three boys, 

 and one girl in this family. One girl has separated — i.e., has 

 gone to her husband after marriage. No male of the family 

 has separated. 



(8) Agricultural Implements. — Their agricultural implements 

 are of the usual kind, and are of the value of Rs. 15 10 annas. 



(9) Agricultural Stock. — Their cattle consist of two bullocks, 

 worth Rs. 30 ; one buffalo, worth Rs. 25. 



(10) Household Furniture. — Their household furniture is 

 ordinary, and of the estimated value of Rs. 57 14 annas. 



(11) Tools of Trade. — Nine tools of their trade are valued at 

 Rs. 15 14 annas. 



(12) Rent. — No arrears. 



(13) Food. — Their food consists of the following articles in 

 the different seasons : 



Winter. — Flour of juar, bajra, masina and maize, urd and 



mung pulse; and for vegetables, fcenugreek, sarson, 



and chana vegetables and potatoes. 

 Summer and Rainy. — Flour of bijhar, gurchani (wheat and 



gram), arhar, dal ; and for vegetables, kakris, 



baigans, kaddu, and ghuinyan. 



Their daily consumption of grain is 6 seers, estimated to 

 cost 4 annas 1 pie, or Rs. 94 per annum. The produce of 

 their land suffices for their consumption for the whole year. 

 They have, of course, to purchase from the market spices, 

 sugar, tobacco, etc. 



(14) Seed Grain. — They are able to save seed grain for the 

 kharif sowings, and in some proportion for the rabi too ; for 

 the latter they have generally to borrow Rs. 10 worth of grain 

 from the mahajan (money-lender), on interest of 3 annas per 

 rupee for every half-year. As soon as the rabi crops are 

 reaped they repay this debt. At the times of contracting and 

 repaying the debt the value of grain is calculated only at the 

 current price rates.* 



* That is to say, that the money-lender is not able to squeeze this 

 man in the way which he practises on some less fortunate, which is 

 by lending them grain at i seer dearer than the market rate, and 

 calculating their payments at i seer per rupee less than the current 

 price. Cf. in the same work the case of Newal Singh, a Chauhan 

 Thakur, on p. 57 — he ' has to borrow from the mahajan, having had 

 to pay interest of 2 annas per rupee for every half-year, and in 

 calculating the value of grain, to allow a reduction of 1 seer in 

 current price rate at the time of borrowing, and an increase of 

 1 seer at repaying.' 



