CHAPTER—VI
ECONOMICS OF CULTIVATION.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
In the last chapter we have considered the general
aspects of agricultural life and practice of the people. In
this chapter we proceed to greater details and see as far
as the data permit, the economics of cultivation as it is car-
ried on in the village. Under this broad heading our
main object is to consider the total net agricultural income
of the families which our economic enquiry embraces.
This is the most important as well as the most difficult
subject in all village surveys and requires a thorough con-
sideration.
In order to ascertain the net agricultural income for
the village as a whole, we shall first of all study the aver-
age cost and return per acre of the principal crops raised
in the village. We shall then estimate the net receipts
from all forms of vegetation found in the village and
finally calculate the actual net income derived by the fami-
lies. We shall first proceed to see what crops are raised
in the village.
CROPS OF THE VILLAGE
The following is a summary, extracted from Govern-
ment Records, of crops raised in the village in 1926-27.
Acres
Total gross cropped area	3525-5
»    net        „         „       	2884-0
Fallow	      259.4
Area double cropped	      641-5