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cost of the principal farm operations where hand-power is 

 partly or wholly employed, is given below : 



PER ACRE. 



Rs. A. P. 



First ploughing with laddering (inclusive of the cost 



of keep of cattle) ... ... ...i 20 



(exclusive of cattle) ... o 12 o 



Second and Subsequent ploughing with laddering ... o 12 o 



Ditto (exclusive of cattle) ... o 9 o 

 Grubbing, harrowing, rolling, bakharing (inclusive of 



cattle) ... ... ... ...060 



Making furrows with ridging plough ... ... 0120 



Making furrows with kodalis (country spades) 3^ ft. 



apart and i ft. deep ... ... ...3120 



Planting sugarcane or mulberry cuttings or seed- 

 potatoes, including covering with earth ... 4 8 o 

 Irrigating with sewny, or Barrakar pump 3 o o 

 Irrigating with don ... ... ...i 80 



Spreading manure in trenches, including covering the 



manure .. ... ... ...i 80 



Spreading manure broadcast ... ... o 60 



Hilling with kodalies ... ... "-5 oo 



Hilling with Hunter hoe (inclusive of cattle) ... o 80 



Spading fallow land for thorough digging ... 6 o o 



Hand hoeing* ... ... 3 o o 



Wheel hoeing with Planet Jr. hoe ... ... o 90 



Cutting and stripping sugarcane ... ... n 40 



Cutting paddy with hooks or sickles ... ... i 80 



Thrashing and winnowing paddy with hand thrashing 



and winnowing machines ... 4 8 o 



Transplanting paddy ... i 2 o 



Sowing seed broadcast ... ... ... o 60 



Sowing seed in drills with Planet Jr. hoe ... i 80 



* Cultivators usually spend Rs. 6 per acre for hand hoeing paddy, as they 

 have to pay 6 to 8 annas a day to a labourer at the hoeing season. 



