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Chapter VIII. Page.
CAPITAL RESOURCES OF THE VILLAGE. 126
Cattle and Implements. Cattle: their importance in
the economy of the village. Distribution of cattle.
Inadequacy. The breed of cattle. Causes of inefficiency :
fodder of low nutritive value, indifference in tending
and emigration. Housing of cattle. Cattle diseases
and the traditional remedies employed by villagers. The
annual net income from the cattle and other animals
of the village.
Implements: Nature and description, quantity and
cost. Hire and repairing charges.
Chapter IX.
CAPITAL RESOURCES OF THE VILLAGE (CONTINUED). l50
Houses and Personal Possessions. The housing of
the people. Utensils and furniture used by them. The
average villager's fondness of ornaments, and his
shortness of cash. His ignorance about modern forms
of investment.
Chapter X.
AGRICULTURAL LABOUR. 158
The nature of the labour-problem: free labour and
the Hall-system. Causes of scarcity of labour in Atgam.
The rates of wages. Hours of work. Growing inefficiency
of labour. Remedies for this twofold problem.
Chapter XL
MARKETING ORGANISATION OF THE VILLAGE. 172
A general discussion of the different forms of market-
ing of necessaries as well as of farm-products, (i) At
the home of the producer, (ii) At the home of the con-
sumer, (iii) At the market place. (iv) Between
buyers and sellers at great distances, (v) Purchase
from, or sale to, a middleman, (vi) Purchase or sale
through a middleman. Care in handling goods. Market-
ing of paddy, gul and mango fruits.