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I LOW£!? BURMA BlN-W.F.PROV!NC£ 2 UPPER BURMA 9 SINO JASSAM RA/PUTANA(INCLUO!N& BENGAL AJMER-MERWARA) 5 BIHAI?&ORISSA II BOMBAY 6 UNITEDPROVINCES <B£RAR CENTRAL Pf?OVINC£S 7 PUNJAB(!NCllJOINIJ DELHI MADRA.S LARGE fiX CESS { MODERATE NORMAL MODERATE. DEFECT { LARGf PERCENTAGE DEPARTURE OFAREA SOWN, 19.3.3-34 . ' PERCENTAGE lJEPARTUR£ OF RAINFALL., !933-.34 COMPARISON OF RAINFALL WITH NORMALS E.<c£.Ssf lARG'E ~OJJERAT£ NORMAL DEI'EC7irOIJ£RATE LARGE [ FIFTIETlf ISSUE ) DEPARTMENT OP COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND STATISTICS, INDiA Agricultural Statistics of India 1933=34 • Volume I Area, Classification of Area, Area under Irrigation, Area under Crops, Live=Stock, Land Revenue Assessment and Harvest Prices in British India. Published by order of the aovernor-Oeneral in Council l)ELRI: :MANAGER OF PUBLICATIONS 1936 [No. 2875.) •'I 0 . il CONTENTS ·~. tI -,,• '1:: . PAGES ..·"- ' INTRODUCTORY N OTl'l .·~-----~ • ·- ~<.1 • ........ l'~ 1-ix (1) ~Iap of India showing the departure of area sown and that of ~~fri f~ll iti • 1933-34 from the average of the preceding ten years CHARTS illustrating- (2) Total area sown, area under food crops, current fallows lre>ersed), and) variations in rainfall as compared with normal . • • ., (3) Total cultivable area, total "J.ncultivable area, net area sown, culturahle waste other than fallow, and current fallows • • . , • (4) Total area sown, total area under food crops, total irrig-ated area sown, f and total area under non-food crops . • . (li) Area under rice, wheat, millets, oilseeds, cotton, jute, ant! other crops , (6) Total area sown and •rea under different crops . • • (7) Total live-stock divided between bovine, ovine, and others ' (8) Shares of provinces in the total area nuder principal crops •• (9) Harvest prices of principal crops .) SUMMARY TABLES No. 1. General summary, 1914-lli to 1933-34. 2-8 2. Area cultivated aud uncultivated in 1933-34 • { 3. Area under irrigation in 1933·34 • II 4. Area under different crops cultivated in 11133-34 ~-7 5. Number of live-stock, ploughs, and carts -. , 8-9 6. Area asse>sed and incidence of the land revenue assessment on area and popnlativn . lO-ll 7. Harvest prices of principal crops in 1933-34 . 12 8. Comparative statement showing acreage under certain orops in various countries of the World in 1934 • 13 GENERAL TABLES TABLB I.-AREA 9. British India . • • 14--16 10. Ajmer-llierwara • • • • 16 11. Assam • • • • • 16--'17 HI. Bengal . • 18-19 13, Bihar and Orissa • • 20 H. Bombay • • 21-22 Hi. Burma • • 23-26 16. Cent1'al Provinces and Berar 27-28 17. Madras . • 29-30 18. North-West Frontier Province • 31 19. Punjab . • 32-SS 20. United Provinces • 34-86 TJ.BLE II.-CLASSIPIOATION or AuA 21. Britioh India • • • • • 87-88 22. Ajmer-Me~rs • • • • • 89 23. Assam • • • 40 41-42 2t-. Benp:al • • • • • ( 2 ) UEt\EIIAL TABLES-,·untd. TABLE II.-CusSIPlcATION oF AuE.&-cOI•td. No. 25. Bihar a!!d Orissa 43-44 45-46 26. Bombay • 47-50 2i. Burma . 28. Central Provinces and Ilerar 51-63 64-65 2~. :Madras . SO. North-,Vest Frontier Province 56 31. Punjab . • 67-68 32. lT nited l'rovinces 69-62 'l'ABLE Jll.-AREA UNl)ER IRJtiOATION :!3. British India 64-67 34. Ajmer-lll!Jrwara 68-6:1 So. Assam 70-11 S6. Hengal • 72-75 3 7. Bihar and Orissa 76-79 SS. Bombay 80-83 39. Bu~ma . • 84-91 40. Central Provinces and llerar 92-!li 41. Madras • 98-101 12. North-West Frontier Provint·e • 102-103 43. Punjab . • 104-·107 44. United Provinces 108-116 TABI.E IV .-A REA UNDER citors AND SPECIFICATION oF en or< 46. British Inuia . 116-123 46. .A j !11er-lll erwara 124-125 47. A"am 126-120 48. lleugal . • 130-137 .J.U. Bihar all!l Oriss.~ 138-145 50. Bombay Ho-153 :il. Burma . l64-16i> 62. Central l'ro1·inces anu Berar 166-173 63. llladras • . 174-181 {,4. Korth-"" <·st Frontier l'roYince 182-183 ;,;;. Punjab . • 184-191 liti. United P1·ovinces • 192-207 'fABLt V .-LIVE-STOCK, Pr.ouaHs, AND CAnTs 5i. British India • 20B-211 ii8 •. Ajmer-l\Ierwara 212-213 1\9. Assam • 214.-216 · 60. Bengal . 216-219 6l. Jlihar and Orissa .. 220-228 62. llombav 224-229 63. Burma • 230-237 ( 3 ) GE:KERAL TADLES-concld. TABLE V.-L!VE•STOCK, FLOtTGHS, AND CARTS-cn11l.l. No. 64. Central Provinces an<! Berar 238-243 65. Madras 24-l.-247 (;6. North--West Frontier Province 24S-t~9 67. Punjab • 250-253 68. U cited Provinces 254-259 TABI.~-: VI.-lNCIDLNCE OF THJ:o; LA~ r> UEn.NuE A~ESSYt.;NT oK ARL\ AXD PortTJ,.iTIOX 69. British India • 260-267 70. Ajmer-1\ferwara • 268-269 71. Assam 270--sm 72. Bengal . 272-2ili 73. Bihar and Orissa 276-2711 74. Bombay 280-283 75. Burma 284-287 '·76. Central Provinces and Berar 288-2Ul 77. Madras 292-295 7S. North-West Frontier Province 2116-2~7 79. Punjab • ' 298-29ll 80. United Provinces 300-305 TABLE Yll.-HAllV&ST PlllCES 81. British India 306-307 82. Assam 308 83. Bengo.l • 308-309 81. Bihar and Orissa 310-311 85. Jlombay 3H-318 86. Burma • 3H-317 fl7. Central Provinces and Berar :318-31~ 88. Madras • 320-321 89. North-West Frontier Province 322 90. Punjab • • • 3·!3-324 32u--~t7 91. United Provinces ' ( 4o ) APPENDICES APPENDIX A-AVEUAOE YJ~LD OF PI!.INOIPAL CROPS- Introductory note 331-337 No. I. British India and Mysore • 838-347 2. Ajmer-1\Ierwara • 348 3. Assam ib 4. Bengal • 849 5. Bihar and Orissa 350-Sol 6. Bombay Presidency • 352 6A. Sind • • ib 1. Burma • 353 8. Central Provinces and Berar 854 9. Coorg • 355 10. Delhi ib • • ll. Madras 856 12. North-West l•'ront.ier Province • 857 1~. Punj~b • 3118-859 )4., United Provinces 360-361 liS. l\I ysore 362 APPEXDlX B-Glossary of V ernacnlar terms used in the Volume 363-366 Arr.E:SDJ.[ C-Alphabetioal List of Crops cultivated in Iudia with their classi- fication in Table TV • , , • • • 367-378 Index • • • 875-381 329 APPENDICES 331 APPENDIX A The Average Yield per Acre of Principal Crops in India . A provisional estimate of the yield p~r 'acre of principal crops cultivated in India was first made in the year 1892 ; this estimate was based on the then avail abl~ materials, namely, the various statistical publications, such as the periodical ~gncultural and s~t~lement reports,. crop fore.ca~ts, gazetteers, replies received m response to enqturles from the Fallllne Comnusswn and other ad hoc bodies, etc. To provide for the periodical revision of the estimates, a system of experimental crop cuttings was first prescribed in 1893 by the Government of India. The results of these experiments are reported by Local Governments and Administrations at the close of each quinquennium and form principally the raw material for this volume. The returns for the last quinquennium ending 1931-32 ha>e been scruti nised and tabulated in the appended tables.* These figures of outturns per acre are of some importance in view of the fact that they will form, during the present quinquennium (ending 1936-37), the basis for estimating the production of crops for which forecasts are prepared. 2. The estimate of standard yield should represent the average putturn on average soil in a year of average character, as deduced from the information obtained from experiments made up t<J the period tmder review. When, therefore, this average is multiplied by the average area sown, the result should give as near an approximation as possible to the outtnrn of the crop in an average year. J'he Departments of Agriculture or Land Records in the different provinces maintain standard estintates of the average yield of land of average quality (usually under the two major heads of irrigated and tmirrigated land) for several crops in each district. The object of the experiments or investigations annually made is to test the accuracy of these estimates and to enable the head . of the Department in each province to revise his provincial estimates, when necessary. Should it happen that the period has been one of exceptionally favour able or unfavourable conditions which have affected the experiments reported, this would not in itself necessarily involve a change in the standard estimates for the district or for the province, unless there are other reasons for believing that, as estimates of average yield in au average year, they have been pitched too high or too low. · 3. On an examination of the relevant returns for the quinquennium ending 1911-12, it was felt that the results of the experiments as conducted by the district revenue staff were generally unreliable. A change in the system was therefore considered necessary; and in 1915 the Government of India, with a view to improve the returns, issued instructions to employ, as far as possible, expert officers of the Agricultural Department to carry out experiments for the investiga tion of the average crop outturns in each province. The new system was, how ever, introduced only in some provinces, and that only to a limited extent, due mainly to. paucity of staff possessing the many uec.essary special qualifications. During the quinquennium under review no crop cutting experiments were conducted in Bombay and Madras. In Bihar and Orissa, the method of estimating standard <Jutturns by the method of random sampling has been experimented upon and is reported to have proved successful ; but the Local Government consider it still premature to use the figure thus obtained as a standard mean yield for the province.