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 RAE 183 CHAPTER II. AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE. Agriculture - Renta-Agricultoral statistics from the setilement report-Irrigation - Ad- yances and land improvements-prices and famines-Food of the people-Fish-Manu- factures and trades-Means of communication Extracta from the route book-Weights snd mcasures. Agriculture. The principal occupation of the people is agriculture. It is not necessary here to detail the different processes and crops which are much the same as in the adjoining district of Partabgarh and are there described. The rotation of crops, the crops sown, the implements, the out- turn, are much the same. Irrigation depends not so much upon the agri- culturist's habits, which are monotonous and uniform as upon natural fea- tures which differ in each district. The following remarks are from the settlement report, and other sources severally indicated. It may be pre- mised that speaking generally the agricultural features of Rae Bareli are- a great deal of rice, wheat, arhar, gram, opium, and comparatively little maize, sugarcane, anri tobacco. The accompany table shows the opium area and outturn; it will appear that the produce is much greater than that of the two adjoining districts, Sultanpur and Partabgarh taken, together :- ARBA. OUTTURN. Districts. Average ot both years. 1872-73, 1878-74. 1872-73, 7873-74. Arcas. Areas. Maunds Serg Maunda. Serg ve Rae Bareli Sultanpur Partabgarh .. 7,622 4,113 1,688 7,816 3,842 2,079 1,178 470 867 8 4 8 1,768 759 574 34 25 2 p! 13,863 13 737 2,016 20 3,702 21 Average produce per acre, 6.03 9 02 7.62 DO ta Rs. 8. P: Rents.--Rents in Rae Bareli are much above the average of the pro- vince. This is owing to the density of the population, and to the irriga- tion facilities afforded by numerous masonry wells. The following are those prevalent according to the most recent official returns. Rent of land suitable for Rice per acre. Wbeat 8 8 0 Inferior grain Opium Oil 4 8 0 Sugar 9 60 Tobacco ... 11 4 0 Cotton 9 90 4 U 20 4 4 0 990 990 seeda t >>
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