295
Brought forward     1152 hours.
1st to 30th MAH
February—March.
1.	Reaping tur—
6 days; 4 hours a day	=   24      ,,
2.	Reaping wal—
5 days; 4 hours a day	=20      ,,
3.	Second watering to sugarcane—
3	days; 8 hours a day	=24      ,,
4.	Digging the sugarcane field with a pick-axe-
4	days; 7 hours a day	=   28      ,,
5.	Separating and winnowing tur and wal—
9 days; 8 hours a day	=72      ,,
1st to 30th FAGAN
March—April.
1.	Reaping and separating castorseed—
7 days; 6 hours a day	=42      ,,
2.	Third watering to sugarcane—
3	days; 8 hours a day	=24     ,,
3.	Hand-digging the sugarcane-field—
4	days; 7 hours a day	=28      ,,
4.	Bringing grass bundles home—
2 days; 7 hours a day	=14      ,,
1st to 30th CHA1TRA
April—May.
1.	Four waterings to sugarcane—
12 days; 8 hours a day	=96     ,,
2.	Twice hand-digging the sugarcane field—
6 days; 7 hours a day	=42     ,,
3.	Cutting and packing mango fruits—
2 days; 6 hours a day	=12     ,,
1st to 30th VAISHAKH
May—June.
1.    Six waterings to sugarcane—
12 days; 8 hours a day	=   96     ,,
Grand total      1634 hours.
Taking a normal day of 7 hours, the total number of days for
which these two brothers work comes to 233*4 days per annum.
In other words, they work for about 8 months during the year.