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The approximate average outturn per acre of unirrigated gram, gram-barley and 

 gram-wheat is shown below : — 





Meerut 

 Division. 



Rohilkhand 

 Division. 



Agra 

 Division. 



Allahabad 

 Division. 



Benares 

 Division. 



Jhansi 

 Division. 



Kumaun 

 Division. 



Oudh. 



Gram, 



8 



8 



5 



6 



7 



7 



8 



7 



Gram -barley, 



9 



9 



6 



7 



8 



7 



9 



8 



Gram-wheat, ... 



9 



9 



6 



7 



8 



7 



9 



8 



The outturn is highest in tracts where winter rains are of tolerably regular occur- 

 rence, and is lowest in the Agra Division, the average for the Allahabad Division being 

 raised by its including two Districts of Bundelkhand. The outturn of gram-barley 

 and gram-wheat have been put at the same figure, since although the yield of gram- 

 barley would be largest on similar soils, it is, as a rule, grown on poorer land than 

 gram-wheat. 



For irrigated land an all round average may be assumed of 12 maunds for gram 

 alone, 14 maunds for gram-barley, and 13 maunds for gram-wheat; when irrigated, 

 gram-wheat and gram-barley are grown on similar soils, and the outturn of the latter 

 has therefore been assumed the largest. 



In the outturn of a gram-barley field, gram does not, as a rule, amount to more 

 than fths of the total ; when sown with wheat it constitutes about -|rd of the outturn, 

 except in the Allahabad and Jhansi Divisions, where it rises as high as f rds, since in 

 Bundelkhand Districts wheat takes a very subordinate part in the mixture. 



The outturn of straw is in weight about 25 per cent, more than that of grain. 

 Gra.m-b/iusa is considered a most excellent food for cattle, but is seldom given alone, 

 being generally used to give a flavour to more unpalatable fodders. 



The average area under gram and its mixtures in the 30 temporarily settled N.-W. 

 Provinces Districts is shown by Divisions below : — 





Mecrut 

 Division. 



Rohilkhand 

 Division. 



Agra 

 Division. 



Allahabad 

 Divifion, 

 excluding 

 Jaunpur 

 District. 



Benares 

 Division, 

 including 

 Azamgarh, 

 Basti and 

 Gorakhpur 

 Districts 

 only. 



Jhansi 

 Division. 



Kumaun 

 Division, 

 including 



Tarai 

 District 



only. 



Total. 



Gram. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



acres. 



Irrigated, 

 Unirrigated, 



23,764 

 2,81,983 



8,028 

 2,23,256 



14,787 

 1,10,247 



4,377 

 3,61,665 



23,725 

 66,814 



2,792 

 92,207 



480 

 3,893 



77,953 

 10,90,065 



Total, ... 



2,55,747 



2,31,284 



1,25,034 



3,66,042 



90,539 



94,999 



4,373 



11,68,018 



Gram-larley. 



















Irrigated, 

 Unirrigated, 



1,67,579 

 2,76,781 



13,395 

 1,13,316 



3,63,297 

 3,83,619 



1,89,313 

 4,81,908 



90,865 

 60,068 



4,812 

 32,334 



6 



504 



8,29,267 

 13,48,530 



Total, ... 



4,44,3GU 



1,26,711 



7,46,916 



0,71,221 



1,50,933 



37,146 



510 



21,77,797 



Carried over, 



7,00,107 



3,57,995 



8,71,950 



10,37,263 



2,41,472 



1,32,145 



4,883 



33,45,815 



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