99

March. The cotton-fibre is picked and exported either
to ginning factories at Chikhli Road about 6 miles
to the north-east or to those at Billimora about the same
distance to the north-west. The balance-sheet for this
crop is given below :

EXPENDITURE
With hired labour
With cultivator's own labour

1. Labour cost (animals and men) ( a) Removing stubbles and cleansing the ground , ( b} Two ploughings . . , . ( c) Sowing the seed .... Cd) Weeding ......
Rs. As. Ps.
3 12 0 5 00 1 9 0 500
Rs, As. Ps.
200 080

(e) Interculturing&nd harrowing (f) Harvesting . . .
8 12 0 4s S 0
200

( £r ) Carting* .....„,
0 12 0

Total .
2. Cost of seed, 15 seers @ 0 1 0 per seer ..... ... •
24 5 0 0 15 0
480 0 15 0

3. Land Revenue .......
160
160

Grand total .
26 10 0
6 13 0

Income:
Value of Rs. As. Ps.
Cotton fibre (6 maunds @ 5 12 0 per maund) . 34 8 0
Net profit to the capitalistic cultivator ... 7 14 0
Net profit to the self-working cultivator . . , 27 11 0
(10) Hemp.
This crop is grown either for the supply of fibre or
as green manure or sometimes for both the purposes.
When grown as green manure, it is generally mixed with
Wai which we have already noted. When grown for
the dual purpose or, fibre alone, it is sown in July. It is
allowed to grow till the middle of September. It is then
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