44 LABOUR 



Digging cane stubbles in wet lands Rs. 1\ per acre. In 

 Godavari Rs. 5 per acre. 



Digging with mamuty. — Ceded districts, Rs. 2-5-0 per acre 

 in wet lands. Coimbatore, Rs. 4£ in wet lands. Kulivettu 

 or levelling wet lands : 1 Kuli = 4 Koles, i.e., 48 ft. X 3 ft.X 

 9 in. the rate for this is 2£— 3 as. 



Digging wells. — One niluvu or man's height and 4 feet 

 diameter : — 



First niluvu 



Second „ 



Third , 



Fourth „ 



Fibre extraction. — In Godavari", one-eighth of the fibre in a 

 good crop of sunn-hemp to one-fourth in a bad crop, is given 

 for cutting, retting, stripping and washing. 



Groundnut lifting.— Contract Rs. 10 per acre, for a rainfed 

 crop or else for one -fourth to one -eighth the crop ; or piece- 

 work 2 — 4 pies for every marakkal (2 Madras measures), the • 

 higher rate being for the rainfed crop. 



Stripping nuts off haulms : 2 p. a Madras measure : picking 

 nuts out of ground after they have been dug : 9 p. a Madras 

 measure (Pollachi). 



Penning cattle.— -In Ganjam, Re. 1 for a herd of 100 to 150 

 cattle for one night : in Tanjore, 4 to 6 marakkals of paddy 

 per 100 or, 1 rupee and 2 Madras measure rice. 



Hurdles. — Ordinary tattis of split bamboo, 2 annas per 

 square yard inclusive of the cost of the material. Trellis 

 work 3 — 3£ annas per square yard. 



Paddy.— Reaping, threshing and cleaning are done in 

 Godavari at one-tenth of the crop. Reaping : carrying and 

 first threshing : one twenty-fourth of the crop (Pollachi). 



Planting is done on contract in Tinnevelly in some parts 

 at 42 Madras measures of paddy per acre. Paddy seedlings 

 in Tanjore are pulled by men at 1£ to 2 pies a big bundle. 

 Reaping, binding and taking to threshing floor in Coimbatore 

 at three selag ais of paddy for 3*20 acres crop. 



In Tanjore 72 Madras measures per acre for harvesting, 

 threshing and stacking per acre ; or one Madras measure for 

 every kalam (24 Madras measures) of paddy threshed and 

 cleaned. Stacking extra labour : 1 man to 20 women harvest- 

 ing ; thus. 



