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the beginning oŁ February. In course of time fruits
follow and become ripe by the middle of March. The
crop is reaped close to the ground, bundled, and carried
home. The plants are allowed to dry for three to four
days and then the grain is trodden out by cattle. Its chaff,
locally called gotar, serves as a nutrious fodder to cattle. It
is often sown mixed with Sanbi or hemp. The following
is the balance-sheet for this crop :

EXPENDITURE
With hired labour
With cultivator's own labour

1 . Labour cost (animals and men) . (a) Digging, sowing, and 2
Rs. As. Ps. 500
Rs. As. Ps. 100

(1) Weeding ......
1 4 0

( t) Harvesting .....
1 10 0

( d) Separating and winnowing.
5 12 0
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Total . . . 2. Cost of seed, 30 seers @ 2-0-0
11 10 0
1 8 0
1 0 0 180

Grand Total . .
13 2 0
280

Income:
Value of RS. As. Ps.
1. Wai pulse (12 maunds @ 1 8 0 per maund) 1800
2, Chaff............. 300
Total , . 21 0 0
Net profit to the capitalistic cultivator ... 7140
Net profit to the self-working cultivator . . 18 8 0
When this crop is sown mixed with jute-plants, the
additional costs to the capitalistic and self-working culti-
vator are respectively 14 annas and 4 annas, and the net
profits increase to Rs. 11-4-0 and Rs. 21-4-0 respective-
ly-