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from these sources that we mainly rely on getting early returns. 

 In the Kalpi plantation in the dry year 1913 we obtained a orop of 

 over 10,000 maunds of hay from an area of 1,000 acres. This year 

 after heavy rains we have obtained crop of about 12,000 maunds 

 from an area of 860 acres- Even assuming that there may be no sale 

 for hay from the ravines of the Bhadawar estate in a good year, 

 and I do not admit that this is likely to be the case, the sale for 

 hay in a bad year would quite compensate for the lack of revenue 

 from this source in a good year The price for hay in cities suoh 

 as Agra or Etawah in an ordinary year is about Re. 1 per maund, 

 while in a bad year it is Bs. 2 or more. This is for the feed of 

 horses. In a bad year at least Re. 1 per maund caa- be obtained 

 in the district for the feed of cattle. Such years of" scarcity may, 

 I think, be reckoned to come once in every five years. 



Assuming that only half the reclaimed area was kept closed 

 during the monsoon to allow the grass to grow, the revenue from 

 the total reclaimed area would be Bs. 5 per acre, or say Rs. 4 profit, 

 which gives a return of about 13 annas per acre per annum. 



As regards grazing under the scheme for the Etawah ravines 

 grazing dues can only be charged for grazing on improved areas 

 If the estate worked on similar lines and did not charge grazing 

 dues from the beginning, revenue from this source woul 1 not begin 

 to come in for three years, after which time 400 acres would be 

 ready. Thereafter the area open to grazing would increase by 

 400 acres each year. Re. 1 per cow or bullock is a fair fee, al- 

 though graziers are willing to pay more for good grazing. Under 

 proper management it should be possible to accommodate one head 

 per acre, without causing deterioration to the pasture. Assuming 

 that there is a sufficient demand for grazing, revenue from this 

 source, starting from Rs. 400 per annum after the third year of 

 management, should be Rs. 8,000 per annum after the 23rd year 

 of management. 



33- 1 have attached to this report a financial forecast based 

 on the figures given in the last paragraph. That is, I have assumed 

 that a sum of JBs. 15,000 is spent each year, that for the first three 

 years there is no revenue at all, but that after the third year a 

 revenue" from grazing increasing each year by Rs. 400, that every 

 fivfl years with unfailing regularity there is a year of scarcity in which 

 the reclaimed area, and the reclaimed area only, produces a crop of 

 grass worth Rs. 8 per acre, and I have assumed that only half the 

 reclaimed area has been closed to grazing during the rains and, 

 finally, that, in the 20th year, the compartment sown up in the 

 first year is felled and the produce sold at the rate of Rs. 100 per 

 acre. 



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