CHAPTER IV.
AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION.
Agricultural Statistics — The crops most grown — Indigo — Sugar-cane — Jnte — Others. Cur.TiVATioN Methods — On the hills — The Agricultural .Association. Irrigation — The protected area — Wells — Tanks — Channels — From the Varaha — From the Sarada — From the Nagavali — The Nagavali project. Economic Condition of Agriculturists.
More than nine-tenths of Vizagapatam consists of zamindari land, and of the remaining- tenth a fifth is whole inam. Conse- quently agricultural statistics are available for only about eight per cent, of the area of the district, namely for the ryotwari and minor inam land in the three Grovernment taluks of Golgonda, Palkonda and Sarvasiddhi. Figures for these are appended, but the three areas differ widely in their soils, rainfall and facilities for irrigation, and cannot be considered representative of the district as a whole : —
Taluk. Percentage of area by survey which is Percentage of area in village accounts of "u o u o a a .a 1 s N3 Forest and other area not available for cultivation. Cultivable waste other than fallow. u o 2 o a <D U e3 ® 8 h
O Golgonda Palkonda Sarvasiddhi ... 70-7 58-2 36-0 22 5-3 6-6 7-9 13-6 4-3 19-2 22-9 531 67-8 38-1 32-8 2-5 5-4 4-2 56 6-0 11-2 24-1 50-0 51-8 7-2 25-7 271
The divergencies in the circumstauces of the three taluks are further exhibited in the following statistics of the percentage of the assessed wet and dry land, respectively, iu eaoh which is assessed at the various rates : —
