Indigo in Shahabad. 



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only a very few of the shortcomings of native magis- 

 trates whom Lord Ripon had contemplated making the 

 future arbiters of the English men and women in India ! 

 Yet another description of indigo has sprung into 

 existence since the opening of the Sone canals, 

 which is called falguni from the fact of its being 

 sown in the month of Falgun (February-March) 

 In this kind of cultivation, niz or private lands,. 

 i. e., lands in the actual rented possession of the fac- 

 tory itself as tenant and cultivator, are irrigated by 

 canal water and sown at the end of February and 

 on into March. This system has been found very 

 remunerative in the few European concerns in the 

 North-West Provinces, though the sowings are, 

 owing to the cold, somewhat later than in Shahabad, 

 which has a considerably warmer climate than the 

 North-West. The following schedule will enable the 

 reader to see at a glance the different kinds of crops, 

 their duration, &c : 



