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is very limited. Oxen and bullocks are commonly 

 used both for carriage and agriculture. The few 

 mules in the district are small, and good for nothing. 



The ploughs, carts, and other implements of hus- 

 bandry, are the same as those used in other parts of 

 the country. Models would not be worth procuring. 



The Budowy, or rain crops, are sown on the first 

 fall of the rains, which in this district usually takes 

 place about the end of June. They are cut about 

 the middle of September. The Rubbee crop is sown 

 in October, and cut in February and March. The 

 Sugar-cane is laid down in the beginning of March 

 as fallow land, and in land cultivated before Rubbee, 

 after it has been cut in April. The extent of waste 

 land by the late survey, amounts to 848,534 acres, of 

 which 255,975 acres are culturable. 



The rate of labour varies with the different classes 

 of workmen. Ahirs, Choomars, and Passees, get on 

 an average grain to the value of from one to two 

 rupees per mensem. The carpenters and blacksmiths 

 are allowed in general a few biswahs of land, besides 

 a small allowance of grain from their employer. 

 \Veavers get two rupees a month. Labour com- 

 mences at sun-rise, and is continued till sun-set, with 



the intermission of one hour at 12 o'clock. 



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