1848.] 



The Neilgherry Mountains. 



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Todars and of the Burghers themselves, that what they actually make 

 over as goodoo" is not above one-half of this proportion, if even 

 so much, especially in the item of wheat which is so profitable to 

 them. 



It may not be considered out of place to introduce here a state- 

 ment of the expense of keeping horses and cattle, and of carrying on 

 farming operations generally on the Neilgherries. 



Plough horses. Horses cast from the Artillery and Cavalry 



would, when castrated, answer very well for the 

 plough: they may be purchased at from 100 to 200 rupees. 

 2 horses would require 1 horsekeeper at Rs. 7 per mensem.. Rs. 7 

 and (until the farm yielded hay) 



2 grass-cutters „ 4 „ „ 8 



Food; gram 2 seers per day for each horse 4x30=120 seers „ 7 

 barley 2 „ „ „ 4x30=120 „ „ 4 



Shoeing, 1 rupee each per mensem „ 2 



Halters, cumblies, salt, medicines, &c., 1 R. per mensem. . 2 



Total per mensem. .Rs. 30 



which is £ 18 per annum per horse. 



Spade husbandry. ^ ^°«^y Working day in new 



meadow ground about 25 to 30 square yards, one 

 foot deep, his pay being 2 annas. 



Children employed to weed, receive 1 anna per da5^ 



Native farm servants, gardeners, Sec, receive 5 Rs. a month. 



Herdsmen for cows, goats, &c. „ 4 „ 



Keepers for bullocks, employed to bring supplies or carry produce 

 to the coast or to market, receive 5 Rs. a month, at the rate of 1 

 keeper to every five head of cattle. 



A good carpenter receives J rupee a day. 



A good bricklayer „ i „ „ 



Lime. Lime, in an unslaked caustic state, can be delivered 



on a farm on an average of distance from the high 

 roads at the rate of 12 annas per bullock load of about 2 bushels. 



Bones could be obtained from the low country for 



Bones. 



the cost of collecting in the villages and conveying 

 up the passes. 



TOL. xy. No. XXXIV. ^ 



