Jan. 1908.] 



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Edible Products, 



Transplanted rice grown under irrigation gives a still higher profit, despite 

 the fact that the cost of cultivation in this case is increased by a water rate of 

 Rs. 1*14 per acre. The results of the series are shown below : — 









Outturn per acre in 



IV, 

 ID. 





*o 



O 3 



>f cultivation 

 iding manure 

 irrigation. 





Plot. 



Method of 



OU W 1 1 > 



1904- 



-1905. 



1905- 



-1906. 



1906- 



-1907. 



ge valu 

 turn, 1! 



ge profi 





















Cost c 

 inck 

 and i 



CO 







Grain. 



Straw. 



Grain. 



Straw, 



Grain. 



Straw. 



< 



u 



CO 

 > 



















Rs. A. 



Rs. A. 



Rs. A. 



1 



Transplanting 



2,000 



560 



1,940 



1,220 



1,940 



1,430 



50 11 



10 12 



39 15 



2 



Biasi 



1,630 



1,040 



1,610 



1,660 



1,240 



1,150 



39 11 



12 



27 11 



3 



Broadcasting .. 



960 



700 



1,190 



970 



1,220 



1,410 



30 5 



8 12 



21 9 



4 



Lehi 



770 



1,270 



1,120 



840 



730 



690 



24 11 



12 5 



12 6 



With the exception of broadcasting, transplanting is the cheapest of all the 

 methods experimented with, as it reduces the weeding charges very considerably. 

 The weeds are so thoroughly eradicated by the ploughing given to the plot before 

 transplanting that after-weeding is seldom necessary. The figures given above 

 show the actual cost of cultivation by each method on the Raipur Farm, from 

 which it will be seen that the extra cost of transplanting is much less than the extra 

 cost of weeding entailed by other methods of cultivation. A most important factor 

 in the cost of cultivation is pot, whilst biasi requires about 80 to 100 lb. of seed per 

 acre, transplanting requires only 20 to 30 lb. of seed per acre, 



In the Chattisgarh Division of these Provinces there are about 2.850,000 acres 

 cropped annually with paddy, out of which only about 37,750 acres transplanted, 

 so that this method is seldom practised. The annual monetary loss suffered by the 

 cultivators in consequence must amount to crores of rupees. One of the most 

 important lines of work now being taken up by the Agricultural Department in 

 this tract is to demonstrate the advantages of this method on small Demonstration 

 Farms. By presenting this method in all its details on a field scale, it is believed that 

 it will recommend itself to the rice-growers of this tract, and that it will be the 

 means of materially adding to the farming profits of this class. The rice cultivators 

 of Chattisgarh should give a careful trial to the system of transplanting. The 

 outturn is much larger than by the biasi system, and in ordinary years the crop will 

 grow quite as well without irrigation, Transplanted rice requires more rainfall, 

 but there seems at least to be no good reason why this method should not be 

 followed in all rice land commanded by irrigation, 



H. E. HOUGHTON, 

 P. RAJARATNA, Mudaliar, 

 Honorary Secretaries, 



