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all other considerations and taking the nature of these ten
seasons alone into account, it becomes obvious that the
real net income from agriculture, which is the main-stay
of this village community, varies from Rs. 12-5 to Rs. 30
per acre, on the basis of prices as shown below :

Year
Net receipts per acre
Year
Net receipts per acre

1917-18
Rs. 25
1922-23
Rs. 30

1918-19
12-5
1923-24
25

1919-20
30
1924-25
25

1920-21
17-5
1925-26
17-5

1921-22
27-5
1926-27
25

This element of uncertainty in the main industry of the
village is bound to have a highly depressing effect upon
the farmers. In their talks with us on the balance-sheets
of different crops, their spirit of despondence was too evi-
dent to escape notice. We believe that unless agricul-
ture is put on a sound basis it is impossible to improve
the economic condition of the village.
REMEDIES
The following are some of the remedies which, in our
opinion, require immediate application.
(i) The dependence of agriculture on the vagaries of
rainfall should be lessened by providing some irrigationai
facilities, as are stated below, in addition to those already
mentioned in Chapter II.
(a) The fourteen tanks which are found in the village
should be deeply excavated and converted into reservoirs
of water; and
(b) a few pucca bunds should be constructed in the
streamlets passing through the heart of the village, in
order to store up water, for raising irrigated crops like
sugarcane, in greater quantities.