Jute in Bengal
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A 1908 review article in The Modern Review that critiques a book on jute cultivation in Bengal by Nibaran Chandra Chowdhry, a government agricultural inspector. The author argues that government experts ignore the experience of jute-growing farmers (Rayats). He disputes recommendations on soil, manuring, crop rotation, spacing and fibre extraction, and recalculates the cost of cultivation (labour, ploughing) to show a profit of only about Rs. 3 per acre, not the Rs. 110 or more claimed. It also covers jute prices, middlemen, rents and rural indebtedness.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1908
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
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