[ 2I 9 



2 hakharings with laddering or rolling ... 012 o 

 i ploughing in puddle ... ... o 12 o 



6 men employed in transplanting seedlings 130 



Proportion of cost for seed nursery (^th)... 080 



Cost of 15 seers of seed @ 2Rs a mnd. ... 012 o 



3 mnds. of powdered oil-cake 6-0 ^ 



or i mnd. of bone-dust 2-8 > say ... 6 8 o 

 and i mnd. of crude saltpetre 4-0 ) 



Cost of applying the same ... ... 060 



Cost of turning up the soil with spades (15 



men) ... ... ... 2 13 o 



Reaping, 6 men ... ...120 



Binding and carrying, 6 men ...120 



Threshing (with threshing machine, 4 men 



employed for 2 days) and winnowing ... i 8 o 



Rent (half calculated against Aus crop) ... t 8 o 



20 6 o 



Yield. Paddy, 20 mnds. ... ... Rs. 20 o d 



Straw, 10 puns, say, 25 mnds. ... 300 



Rs. 23 o b 



The net profit thus comes to less than Rs. 3 per acre, 

 But the 20 mnds. of paddy may sell for as much as Rs. 40, 

 and with such heavy manuring with saltpetre and bone-dust, 

 one can expect even more than 20 mnds. of paddy per acre. If 

 a fine variety is grown the yield will come to about 12 mnds. 

 per acre, but the money-value will be about the same. 



270. Husking. Husking the paddy after steaming, 20 

 mnds. should give at least 14 mnds. of rice, and the cost of 

 husking (3 women doing 2 mnds. a day at a cost of 7 annas 

 per mnd. of rice) may be calculated at about Rs. 6. 14 mnds. 

 of Aus rice at Rs. 2 a mnd. maybe valued at Rs. 28, this 

 adding to the net profit another Rs. 2 per acre. 



271. Aman paddy. Most of the remarks and calculations 



