92
Income:
Value of
Nagli grain (20 maunds @ 2-0-0 per unit). .
Fodder ........ .....
Total .
Net profit to the capitalistic cultivator . . .
Net profit to the self-working cultivator . .
(3) Kodra—another species of coarse grain.
This is also a three months' crop. The seed is broad-
casted in July. It requires considerable weeding in
August when monsoon weeds such as Gundardi, Bhopdi,
Samo and Kutro shoot up in fields of Kodra and obstruct
its growth. The sheaves appear in October, and become
ripe in November. The crop is reaped close to the
ground and removed home early in the morning lest the
grains fall off due to the heat of the sun. The grains are
separated in the usual fashion. This coarse corn is used
mostly by Kaliparaj tribes who consume it in the form
of loaves. The balance-sheet for this crop is similar to the
one given for Marvel. Only the price per maund of
Kodra is different from that of Marvel. The total gross
income from Kodra per acre will come to Rs. 45, exclud-
ing the price of its punja or straw which is used only as
a bedding by the Kaliparaj or sometimes in packing man-
go-fruits to Bombay and hence commands little value.
The expenses on cultivation of this crop for a capitalistic
farmer and for a self-working cultivator will be Rs. 36-3-0
and Rs. 8-6-0 respectively, and their net profits
Rs. 8-13-0 and Rs. 36-10-0 respectively.
(4) Wai—a species of pulse.
Wai is mostly grown as a second crop to paddy—
(Kada). Sometimes it follows sugarcane. Immediately
after Kada is reaped and removed from the field, the field
is ploughed lest the moisture evaporates, and wal seed
sown by means of a wooden seed-drill. Within a week
plants make their appearance. They put forth flowers in