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lages, under the guidance, administration and control of
an intelligent and honest secretary and chairman. The
obvious advantages of such a proposal are :
(i) It would remove the objection of the big farmer that
he cannot spare time, as the Society would undertake to
get paddy hulled for him.
(ii) Since this business of hulling paddy will be on a
large scale, the cost per unit will be low. This removes
another objection of the big farmer.
(iii) If hulled in the village with hand labour, it would
afford a suitable subsidiary occupation to a few small pea-
sant proprietors, who are compelled at present to migrate
to outside areas to eke out a meagre existence.
(iv) It would also give the fanner the knowledge of
some of the modern methods of marketing.
(v) Above all, the higher average price realised would
prove an impetus to the fanner to grow a better species of
paddy, or at least to produce a larger quantity and better
quality, of the same species as he grows now, by the use
of good seed and manure.
MARKETING OF GUL
The volume oj business : Gul is prepared out of
sugarcane which is raised here as the principal commercial
crop. On a rough estimate more than Rs. loooo1 worth
of Gul is exported per annum from the village under study.
The quantity exported by the group of villages including
Atgam, Dhanori, Kalwada, Fanaswada, Muli, Palan,
Khajurdi, Pitha and Endorgota is worth about a lakh of
rupees.
The marketing season : The marketing season varies
with the kind of sugarcane from which gul is prepared.
Two varieties of sugarcane, as already noted, 'white Mala-
i Acreage under sugarcane in 1926-27=26 Acres.
Average production of gul per acre=130 maunds.
„". Total production of gul for the Village==31«0 maunds.
Assuming Rs. Si as the price per maund.
The total value of the whole production=>Ks. 11700.