( 117A 



was made for an acre of fairly steep ravine land and worked out 

 follows. Cost of soil-preparation per 1 acre : 



as 



This gives roughly a cost of Rs. 150 to Rs. 165 per acre. Mild 

 ravine country would reduce it by 25 per cent., while really bad and 

 precipitous ravines, with 60' to 80' sheer drops, would increase the 

 cost indefinitely. ( i t is not economical to work such areas at all 

 from a plantation point of view, but sometimes they must be 

 worked to check further erosion.) 



13. This table represents the working of the soil with extra- 

 ordinary thoroughness, far beyond anything that has ever been 



Intensity of Boil 

 preparation. 



