98

EXPENDITURE
With hired labour
With cultivator's own labour

Rs. As. Ps.
Rs. As. PS.

(1) Labour cost (animals and men)

(a) Four ploughings "...
10 0 0
400

( bj Sowing the seed . . .
320
1 0 0

( c) Picking up .....
500

(d) Separating seeds . . .
1 4 0

Total . . .
19 6 0
500

(2) Cost of seed, 30 seers @ Rs 3

240
240

160
160

Grand total . . .
23 0 0
8 10 0

Income:

(I) Value of Castor seeds, 6 maunds @

Rs. 3 per unit.....

Loss to the capitalistic cultivator
Net profit to the self-working
cultivator.......

Rs. As. Ps.

18 0 0
500

960

It is interesting to note that like sugarcane, this crop
also entails loss to the capitalistic cultivator. Yet he
grows it for the simple reason that it enriches the soil by
drawing in nitrogen from the air, and prepares it for rais-
ing sugarcane or Kodra in a subsequent year.
(9) Cotton :
Cotton, though an innovation, has passed the experi-
mental stage and is becoming acclimatised to this vil-
lage. As cultivated at present, it is not a very profit-
able crop. It requires a considerable amount of weed-
ing. The seed is broadcasted in June. Weeds, which
shoot up with full force and obstruct its growth, are re-
moved in August. The crop is intercultured at inter-
vals. The plants put forth flowers in early January.
Buds follow suit. They become ripe and burst open in