LABOUR 



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(i) With Pedda guntaka (Black cotton soil previously 

 ploughed with B.C.S. plough) four pairs of cattle and four 

 men will cover one acre per day. 



(ii) With ordinary guntakas weighted and worked 

 deeply : one man and one pair will cover 2 acres per day ; if 

 worked merely for the purpose of creating a mulch and 

 removing weeds, 3 to 4 acres may be covered according to the 

 weediness of the land. 



(iii) With guntaka to cover seed : with a 4-span 

 guntaka 4 acres will be covered ; if two are fixed to one yoke 

 and a boy used to guide, from 6 to 8 acres will be covered 

 per day. 



(iv) With guntaka to remove cotton or jonna stubble, 

 about 1 acre will be cleared per day. 



Chaffing fodder.— This depends mainly on the length 

 into which the fodder is cut. One man will cut 840 lb. of 

 cholam fodder per day into pieces 24 inches long. With 

 8-inch machine needing 2 horse-power to drive it 8,000 lb. of 

 cholam fodder can be cut in a day of 8 hours into lengths H 

 to 2 inches long. 



Drilling. — A team consists of one pair with three- tined 

 gorru, tines 10 inches apart, one pair with guntaka, two 

 drivers and one or two women (if mixed crop) and they will 

 drill 2£ acres a day, working the guntaka before and after 

 the drilling. If the seed is drilled on the unworked land, 

 one guntaka will keep pace with two gorrus. 



(i) Tvjo-tined gorru. — Used for cotton with tines 1| 

 feet apart. One man to drive, one boy or woman to sow. 

 will do 4 or 5 acres in a day. 



(ii) Three-tmed gorru. — Used for jonna, one man to 

 •ive and sow, one boy to weight when needed and one pair. 

 8 or 4 acres per day. Used for cotton (as in Kurnool), the 

 middle tine plugged, the boy may be dispensed with, and the 

 area turned out will be 4 acres. 



(iii) Six-tined gorru.— With, another man to sow, and 

 the same labour as shown for the three-tined gorru used for 

 jonna, double the area may be turned out. Usually the 

 implement needs to be weighted. 



(iv) Plough and akkadi. — One pair and two men (1 for 

 plough, 1 for akkadi) about 1 to 3 acres will be sown per day 

 according to the crop sown. 



(v) Gorru and akkadi— (As for cotton in Bellary 

 district) one pair of cattle and one driver, and a cooly for 



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