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 PAR 95 321 > 26 >> 99 » 30 19 13 19 1 19 15 15 17 11 » > 2 50 11 35 7 J 1) 40 19 7? >> 27 yo 32 3 > > 40 50 » 39 3) 11 5 Now as to the cheaper grains :- Barley sold in the Nawabi at 50 sers, now sella at 32 sers. Maize 19 Makra 40 28 Bájra 25 Juár Kuári dhan 40 80 Mathi 20 Реля 28 1) Arhar 80 >> Thus it will be seen that in some instances the rates of remuneration have only slightly increased since the introduction of British rule. The price of the coarser grains has, however, risen very considerably, and to an extent which is not quite compensated by the amount of enhanced wage. A slight advance on the latter is therefore necessary in order to place these, who are chiefly artizans, on the same footing as they were ia the nawabi; while it is evident that the circumstances of the farm labourers are certainly not more straitened than before annexation as regards actual wage. Relative quantities of seed to the acre. The amount of seed, of course, varies very much with the nature of the crop to be sown. The follow- ing tahlo represents the average requirements per acre for the principal crops - Per acre. Broadcast Drill. ... Fo. .. 10 }} to 14 32 "sere" to 1 mauna maund. 11 to maunds. 14 to 3 14 13 39 1. . 49 + d.. ar 22 FO ... 31 OR ce •40 . Jarhan 4. ... . 9> . Wheat Barley Peag Gram Kuári ahán Jethi Sáchí Laha > Maize Bájra Juár Urd Mothí Makra Kátkun Sarson Sánwśn Sanai Patwa Cotton, Kapás... Radbia Manwa 400 93 11 1 to 1 1 to > 1 to 1 1 1 to 7 93 26 sirs 23 to 33 sere 2% to 4 to 6 6 to 7 99 4 to 5 2 5 39 4 9 i to 19% maund. 4 sers 34 to 4 sers 3 to 4 ? 21 >>> 14. •4. 23 . 39 - YO. . • 99 ! 13 7. It is curious to observe here, with reference to barley, peas, and gram, which are sown both broadcast and in drills, that an excess of seed is required for the latter method. In English farming it is just the reverse, broadcast invariably requiring more seed than drill. Wheat is never sown broadcast in this district. It is always sown in drills. A compari- son of the quantities of seed required for an acre of wheat and barley in these parts and in England is appended :-
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