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was particularly good in the Bundelkhand districts and Fateh-
pur, whereitisan important accessory, and gave valuable and
timely aid, besides affording some employment to the weaker
classes of workers in collecting it. Mangoes, on the other
band, proved a general failure, except in some parts of the
Meerut division.
The extra hot weather (zaid) crops were largely sown
and generally turned out well. The various sorts of pumpkin
and melon gave a large yield, which helped out the food supply
very usefully while it lasted. In the Hardoi district advances
were offered to cultivators to grow sdwan (or summer rice).
But throughout the greater part of the district the people are
unaccustomed to this cultivation, and could not be persuaded to
undertake it. In other districts, such as Bara Banki, where
the tenantry were less apathetic, an unusually large area was
sown with the best results. Generally speaking, the people
exerted themselves manfully to obtain as large an outturn
as possible of these intermediate crops, which mature during
the hot weather. Where necessary, they were assisted by
Government advances. The acreage under these supplemen-
tary or intermediate crops turned out 29 per cent, in excess
of the normal area, and the produce was uniformly good.
Besides the addition to the food supply, these crops, which
require constant irrigation and tending, were useful in afford-
ing employment to a considerable number of labourers during
the slack season.
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was particularly good in the Bundelkhand districts and Fateh-
pur, whereitisan important accessory, and gave valuable and
timely aid, besides affording some employment to the weaker
classes of workers in collecting it. Mangoes, on the other
band, proved a general failure, except in some parts of the
Meerut division.
The extra hot weather (zaid) crops were largely sown
and generally turned out well. The various sorts of pumpkin
and melon gave a large yield, which helped out the food supply
very usefully while it lasted. In the Hardoi district advances
were offered to cultivators to grow sdwan (or summer rice).
But throughout the greater part of the district the people are
unaccustomed to this cultivation, and could not be persuaded to
undertake it. In other districts, such as Bara Banki, where
the tenantry were less apathetic, an unusually large area was
sown with the best results. Generally speaking, the people
exerted themselves manfully to obtain as large an outturn
as possible of these intermediate crops, which mature during
the hot weather. Where necessary, they were assisted by
Government advances. The acreage under these supplemen-
tary or intermediate crops turned out 29 per cent, in excess
of the normal area, and the produce was uniformly good.
Besides the addition to the food supply, these crops, which
require constant irrigation and tending, were useful in afford-
ing employment to a considerable number of labourers during
the slack season.
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