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— GON The main

feature of the ^^^^

General features.

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Gonda cultivation is the immense area under ™ore than half of this is the winter, or trans-

planted

The

527

rice,

which

is

not reaped

till

December.

fine cultivation consists of

Acres.

Garden crops

...

...

...

...

...

...

4,215

Pan

157

Tobacco Safflower

...

397

..

154

Poppy

12,411

Sugarcane...

10,891

^28,225

The above

is 2 per cent, of the total acreage under cultivation. This a higher average than that of Bahraich, but lower than the provincial, which is 5'2 per cent. f-

is

Apparently this

is

the great opium-producing district of Oudh.

upon this point is contradictory Judging from the crop return, about 245,000 acres are irrigated, and 845,000 acres unirrigated, but this refers Another return* gives to the area actually watered in the one year. '^^® information

Irrigation

and

distracting.

the area generally irrigated at 429,280 acres as follows

By

tanks..



...137,369

...

...

...

...

...

Fiom

rivers

...

...

...

...

..

...

147,852

From

wells

...

...

...

...

144,059

may be fairly accurate. At any rate the watered compared with others along the Ganges, where met with at 60 feet from the surface.

It is possible that the return district is well

water

is

nothing special worthy of notice under these heads the cattle are superior to those of Bahraich a pair of bullocks fit for ploughing will cost from Rs. 20 to Rs. 30 according to season, the price varying 60 per cent, according as the ploughing plough costs about Re. 1-4 a harrow 8 time is coming or has passed. annas a cart for four bullocks, Rs. 50.

There

is



Ploughing and husbandry



A






 * Appendix

J.

Sarda Canal Report.