40 



LABOUR 



(i) By hand, usually combined with weeding. For a 

 fairly clean field of jonna, 3 to 10 coolies will cover 1 acre, a 

 weedy field will take up to 40 per acre depending on the 

 weediness. 



(ii) Cotton with guntaka. — One man and a pair, 3 acres 

 per day. 



(iii) With a plough from f to 1 acre per day. 



Planting— Canes.— Six men and ten women will cut, strip, 

 carry and plant an acre in a day using 10,000 to 12,000 sets. 

 If the rate is 20,000 to 25,000, 10 men and 16 women will be 

 needed. 



Coconuts — 



Digging 80 pits per acre 40 men. 



Manuring ... 20 „ 



Planting 4 „ 



Kiluvei hedge.— One man can do 16 — 30 yards fence a 

 day depending on thickness of hedge, and his skill. Twenty 

 cuttings per yard at 1£ lb. per cutting. 



Chillies and other garden crops. —Four to eight women 

 are sufficient per acre. 



Paddy. — One man or woman will lift seedlings, bundle 

 and clean them for 4 to 5 women depending on the distance 

 of the seed-bed. If seedlings are supplied it will need 12 to 

 15 women to transplant an acre- If the planting is done 

 singly, when the women become accustomed to it, they will 

 plant more quickly. 



A gang will be allotted in the following proportion : 6 

 ploughs, one levelling board, 6 men or 8 women lifting seed- 

 lings, 3 to 6 boys carrying seedlings and 25 women trans- 

 planting. 



Bundling seedlings in a paddy seed-bed. — A man will pull 

 and bundle about 1 cent per day, i.e., from 200 to 250 bundles. 

 On contract he will do at least twice as much and will be 

 paid at the rate of ^ to £ an anna per 20 bundles. 1,000 to 

 1,500 bundles will be sufficient for transplanting an acre 

 singly. 



Onions.— 20 to 40 women transplant one acre in a day 

 according to the spacing of the bulbs. 



Pepper.— Digging holes and planting 400 standards per 

 acre, 12 men ; digging pits and planting pepper cuttings, 12 

 men per acre. 



Plantains. — Digging 900 holes 1 foot deep per acre, 4 

 men ; lifting suckers. 4 men ; planting, 8 men ; pressing, 18 

 men. 



