. Indian cotton. nced of agriculturalexperts to the posts of Directors of Agriculture, and that new posts ofRural Commissioners will be established, to be occupied by membersof the Indian Civil Service. Their work will be the administra-tion of all the departments concerned with agriculture, such as co-operative societies, veterinary department, and agricultural departmentproper. INDIAN COTTON. 25 AGRICULTURE. The percentage of gross cropped area under the principal cropsgrown in India is as follows :— Rice Wheat Barley Jawar Bajra Ragi Maize Gram Other grains andpulse Total, food-grains Sugar
. Indian cotton. nced of agriculturalexperts to the posts of Directors of Agriculture, and that new posts ofRural Commissioners will be established, to be occupied by membersof the Indian Civil Service. Their work will be the administra-tion of all the departments concerned with agriculture, such as co-operative societies, veterinary department, and agricultural departmentproper. INDIAN COTTON. 25 AGRICULTURE. The percentage of gross cropped area under the principal cropsgrown in India is as follows :— Rice Wheat Barley Jawar Bajra Ragi Maize Gram Other grains andpulse Total, food-grains SugarCoffeeTea . 1901-02. 1911-12. 30-8 30-8 8-2 10-1 2-7 34 9-6 7-4 5-8 5-3 2-7 2-2 4-3 5-7 77-8 78-4 1-0 • 05 • 04 • 22 • 22 Linseed Sesamum Rape and mustardOther oil-seeds Total, oil-seeds . Cotton .... Jute Other fibres Indigo .... Opium ....Tobacco .... Fodder crops 1901-02. • 91-01-31-3 1911-12. 5-2 • 35 • 1-3 6-6 5-91-2 .28 • 11 • 2-0. Plioto by Kremner «.r The Ancient Persian Wheel. It is frequently asserted that cotton cultivation cannot beextended except by a reduction in the cultivation of food crops. Indealing with this charge at the Coimbatore meeting, I said :— We were told by the Right Hon. Viscount Morley of Black-burn, , when Secretary of State for India, that the extensionof cotton wrould interfere with the growing of food stuffs, butaccording to Government statistics the percentage of the grosscropped area of India was :— 26 INDIAN COTTON. Under Under food crops. fodder cent. Per cent. 1901-02 79-17 .. 1-3 1911-12 79-66 .. 2-0 Total, food and fodder crops. 80-2 81-66 Under cotton. 4-5 I think that fear has now vanished ; besides cotton requires afood crop for a rotation. Although the ryot may not be able to eathis cotton, as one official kept telling me on my journey, yet it payshim well, and with the help of the splendid railways he can purchasehis food from other l
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