XIV 
TURMERIC 
431 
Rupees. 
Profit ........ 
. 31 
Duthie gives cultivation of 1 bigha, i acre . 
. 19 
Yield 
. 36 
Profit ........ 
. 17 
Dr. McCann {Dyes and Tans of Bengal) 
gives the 
cost of cultivation of 1 biglia, thus : in Hugh, 6 to 8 
rupees; in Rajshahi, 7 to 8 rupees; in Monghyr, 10 
rupees ; and Bhagalpur, 1 5 rupees. 
Watt’s Dictionary gives for Coimbatore — 
R. 
A. 
p. 
Manure ..... 
. 10 
0 
0 
Six ploughings 
. 3 
0 
0 
Ridging and sowing 
. 3 
0 
0 
Hoeing and weeding 
. 14 
0 
0 
Fifty waterings, allowing for 
rainfall (gardens 
only) 
. 40 
0 
0 
Digging. . . 
. 6 
0 
0 
Sizing and preparing 
. 14 
0 
0 
Cuttings .... 
. 25 
0 
0 
Assessment .... 
. 1 
8 
0 
116 
8 
0 
Value of crop, 3,000 to 5,000 lbs. . 120 to 200 
rupees. 
To this, however, must 
be added the 
value of 
the intermediate crops, usually here grown with the 
turmeric. 
A writer in the Indian Planters Gazette (quoted 
in the Tropical Agriculturist, 1903, vol. i. p. 660) 
gives for 1 bigha : — 
R. A. p. 
Ploughs (8), ploughing at 5 annas each . .280 
Manuring 6 0 0 
16 coolies preparing land, 5 for a rupee . .333 
8 coolies planting . . . . . .19 9 
Cultivation, weeding, etc. . . . . .500 
Digging and sorting, 10 coolies . . . .200 
Rent for one year . . . . . .230 
Total . . 22 8 0 
Returns 16 maunds of fresh turmeric at 3 rupees 
per maund . . . . . . . 48 6 6 
Profit . 25 8 0 
