210 Foop GRAINS IN INDIA. 
estimate is made of the production, but it is practically all 
devoted to home consumption, the average annual export of 



jawar and bajra in the five years 1894-98 amounting only to 
about 48,000 tons, which was sent chiefly to the African coast 
of the Red Sea and to Aden and Arabia. There is also a 
regular export of these grains to England, where they are 
used for bird-food. 
Gram or chick-pea covers about Io million acres, but 
is chiefly grown in the cold season, and the same land yields 
in addition some other product, such as wheat or rice. 
The quantity exported amounts to about 17,000 tons 
annually, while there were also about 28,000 tons of other 
kinds of pulse exported. 
With regard to wheat, which, from its effect on the 
European market, is the crop which attracts the most 
attention in this country, particulars of the current harvest 
will be found on p. 252 of this Journal, with details for the 
different previnces, including various native States. For 
purposes of comparison, however, the variations in acreage > 
and production are shown in the following table for the past 













Quantity re- |Exports, less im- 
quired for seed | ports, including 
at two bushels /flour, in the suc- 
per acre. ceeding year. 
Quantity 
available for 
consumption. 
Acreage. Yield. 


1893-4 

26,778,000 6,771,000 T, 393,000 373,000 5,006, 000 
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 
1894-5 25,994,000 6,279,000 I,245,000 | 538,000 | 4,496,000 
1895-6 | 23,242,000 5,511,000 | 1,019,000 106,000 4,386,000 
1896-7 19,024,000 ‘| 4,893,000 I, 230,000 150,000 3,513,000 
1897-8 27,954,000 6,687.000 1,281,000 | 1,023,000 4,383,000 
1898-9 23,923,000 6,340,000 | 934,000 526,cco 4,880,000 









1899-1900 17. 438,000 4,891,0co - — = 
*Flour estimated. 
seven years, together with the amount remaining for con- 
sumption after deducting the exports of grain and flour, and 
allowing 120 lbs. per acre for seed. This amount appears to 
have averaged about 20,700,000 quarters during this period. 
The above table represents a somewhat exceptional period, 
including as it does three unfavourable years, viz., 1895-6, 
