. Indian cotton. vation of land, say 10,000 acres, for alarge plantation. The great drawback is that, so far labour has beenscarce. The provincial Government is evidently anxious to assistin such a development. 13(3 INDIAN COTTON. At Jalodi, Balapur, not far from this Government farm atSugar Sindiwahi, the Central Provinces Sugar Syndicate, Ltd., Syndicate. has started a sugar-cane plantation. The syndicate has received a concession of 3,000 acres, 1,000 of which willbe given sufficient water from a reservoir for the growing of cane. Theterms under which the land has been obtained are : First
. Indian cotton. vation of land, say 10,000 acres, for alarge plantation. The great drawback is that, so far labour has beenscarce. The provincial Government is evidently anxious to assistin such a development. 13(3 INDIAN COTTON. At Jalodi, Balapur, not far from this Government farm atSugar Sindiwahi, the Central Provinces Sugar Syndicate, Ltd., Syndicate. has started a sugar-cane plantation. The syndicate has received a concession of 3,000 acres, 1,000 of which willbe given sufficient water from a reservoir for the growing of cane. Theterms under which the land has been obtained are : First three years,no taxation ; fourth year, 1 anna per acre, and every succeeding yearan additional 1 anna per acre. The Syndicate intends to grow sugarcane on 1,000 acres every year, and cotton on the remaining 2, present the land is well wooded, and big game, such as bears, boars,and leopards, are plentiful, and tigers have also been seen. So faronly about 40 acres have been cleared by hand labour, the cost of. ~&WH >> ;» ^ ** /i^-. • ;, K If : ? Clearing the land by hand labour. which is calculated to be Rs. 34 per acre. It is however intended tointroduce Fowlers steam tackle. The quality of the soil is very good,a somewhat reddish loam with streaks of black soil intervening. Thesurface is fairly level, though somewhat undulating. Cotton used to be grown in this division, but hardly any is nowcultivated ; the principal crop is rice, which is grown, year afteryear, on the same ground. Wages, owing to the scarcity of labour,are high; at ordinary times 4 annas per day, whilst at the time ofthe rice harvest 8 annas are paid. According to the tenancy law of the Central Provinces, a tenantobtains the right of occupancy if he has cultivated a piece of landfor more than one year. For this reason it will be a difficult matter torun a plantation on the half-share system, and, as regards cotton, ithas certainly been proved, over and over again, that plantationsworked solely b
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