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14- Very coarse, awned, Aman paddy 

 grown on Aus land ... ... 1,200 4,480 



15. Very fine Aus paddy grown on Aus 

 land ... ... ... 1,014 1,476 



General average 953 K 1898! 



i.e. roughly 12 maunds of paddy and 24 maunds of staw per 

 acre. The general average of this farm for the three previ- 

 ous years was 1,208 Ibs. of grain and 3000 Ibs. of straw. As 

 ou^ of the fifteen varieties grown only two were coarse, and 

 as nearly all the varieties were grown on unsuitable land, the 

 averages struck are too low. Probably 16 maunds would be 

 a fairer average than 12 for grain, and 30 maunds for straw. 

 The produce of Badsdbhog, which is a fine and scented 

 variety, obtained from a lowlying field where there was 

 water throughout the growing period, shows what the possi- 

 bilities are. The outturn actually obtained represents a 

 produce of over 30 maunds of grain and over 50 maunds of 

 straw per acre. The rdiyafs expectation of 50 maunds per 

 acre in the case of coarse paddy, is not, therefore, altogether 

 vain. The figures given above show how difficult it is to 

 arrive at a fair average, and unless a fair average for each 

 subdivision and district is arrived at, it is not possible to 

 estimate the potential food-stock of the country. 



288. Mixed rice crops, The mixture of boro and ray da 

 paddies has been already mentioned. Aman and Aus are often 

 grown mixed in the same field. When a mixed crop like this is 

 grown, usually a full crop of Aus and only a 12-anna crop of 

 Aman, is obtained, if everything goes well. But if there is 

 short rainfall early or late in the season, one or the other crop 

 fails more or less. 36 srs. of Aus and 18 srs. of Aman seed are 

 sown broadcast together per acre. The sowing is preceded 

 by a ploughing and followed by a ploughing and 2 ladderings. 

 After the seeds have germinated the field is once ploughed 

 and twice levelled with the ladder. The ladder is used again 



