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first, but as the twisting action went on the volume steadily 

 diminished. The trial would have given better result if the 

 mill had been kept filled up by a continuous supply of paddy 

 or partially husked rice. From the trial itself however it 

 could be inferred that each maund of rice would cost about 

 4 annas husking with this mill. The wages of i man for 2 

 hours may be taken as 9 pies and the cost of keep of a pair of 

 bullocks for jth of a day as i anna. 17 seers of rice costing 

 i anna 9 pies, each maund would cost about 4 annas, exclusive 

 of the cost of steaming and drying the paddy. One woman 

 can steam and dry 3 maunds of paddy per diem from which 

 with dhenki 2 maunds of clean rice is obtained. So the cost 

 of steaming and drying per maund of rice turned out is put 

 down at one anna. To husk 3 maunds of paddy with dhenki 6 

 women are required. Thus the wages of 7 women, i.e. about 

 14 annas, are needed for obtaining 2 maunds of clean rice. 

 So the difference in favour of Messrs. Burn and Go's system 

 is 2 annas per maund of clean rice. The rice turned out is 

 however somewhat inferior to ordinary bazaar rice, and if this 

 makes a difference of 2 annas or more per maund, there is no 

 advantage in introducing Messrs. Burn and Go's machine. 

 But, as already pointed out, continuous feeding would have 

 considerably diminished the cost. 



297. As to the quantity that the machine turns out per 

 diem, on the 17 seers basis, we can expect only 68 seers per 

 day of 8 hours, as it is not feasible to work bullocks for more 

 than 8 hours per day. Even with continuous feeding probably 

 not more than 3 maunds of clean rice could % be expected 

 per day. If it does this much, the cost of husking comes to 

 only about 2 annas per maund of clean rice, which is a great 

 improvement over 7 annas per maund which is the average 

 cost of husking with dhenki. If, however, instead of 2 

 bullocks, 8 prisoners are employed in jails for husking paddy 

 with Burn and Go's mill, the advantage in its favour will 

 disappear. 



