The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-02

parents LOT a rev Gays OF weeks on Occd-
sions. The wife Of Sta Ram has her sill
yer bracelets and anklets, her silver ear
rings and nose rings, and so has her
daughter-in-law. Last year, too, the
couple were able to present their sons
wife a pair of extra-flnished toe rings,
costing $150, at the Dusserah festival (the
time of the harvest noon and they also
hope to greet the expected grandchild
with some suspicious ornamental present.
Ii is a general estimate that out of every
800 of a farmers receipts nearly so per
cent is for rent Of land and farm expen-
ses, SIS goes for marriages and presents,
and the rest is for household expenses,
including religious offerings. All his
wants and luxuries are included in these
three items.
The average daily rations per head In 8
peasant family consist of a pound and
half Of grain, made into bread without
leaVen, and seasoned with butter and
salt; from three to four ounces of split
peas, or some kind Of pulse; buttermlk,
pint now and. then; vegetables, spices,
betel and betel nut and salt. The salt il
an, important item, as the. duty on it is
nIne-tenths Of the price, while the article
Is consumed pretty freely BY the people.
"a family OF seven viii need eighty pounds
OF salt during thesyear, costing $3.50, Of
which $225 goes for the duty. In rice
eating districts 10 pounds Of rice viii supa
ply the daily Fatlons of family OF seven.
sta Rams family, fares comfortably on
81 month, or say $50 year. Less than
fifth part Of the sum viii .clothe them
for a whole year. The male dress con-
sists Of a piece ofrGoarse linen, five yards
by ~. which is folded round the waist,
10.
Of smaller size, worth Is cents. In winter
the wrapper is-of wool, mixed with cot
ton, worth from so to IS cents, which will
LAST two or three seasons. The woman's
dress is not more costly. 1t includes a
short Jacket, while from the peculiar
manner of folding, one end of the wearing
cloth (Which is O. little longer than the
man's) serves as a wrapper. Two changes
will run through the year. Shoes are sell
| dom worn by the males, and never by the
| females. -
A. farm house like that Of Sta Ram will
cost about $40 to build, and will take from
| three to four weeks with as many mems
labor. Such man cultivates about 20
acres. He. pays an annual rent of from
| so cents to So an acre, say $3.50 for irrigat-
ed and Is cents for unirrigated land, and
he manages on the share, which he puts
down. in wheat, to grow eight or nine
bushels. 3,
How 1t Gets to Market.
Sta Ram hadnOt a ghost or a. chance IN
the worlds wheat markets as long as he
depended upon himself. He grew his mil
| let and his pulse; he ate 1t at home and
| his family went without silver ornaments
| But a network of some 10000 miles of rail
has been put at his service, and If the
In I, In
gun he can add 2OOOO,OOO acres to the area
under wheat. =. ..'.r ..'.
India with all its. families has $4,000, 900
acres arabic but uncultivated. He would
double his wheat export but for one cause:
Ir,dia is slowly beginning the consumption
of wheat on its own account. The 'Silkhs,
the most manly and progressive race of
northwest India, have begun the. free con-
sumption of wheat. Its use has begun in
other parts of northern India, and the re-
duction in Indian wheat exports from an
average Of S5,214,6E5 bushels in 1SSS-S to
q, 7O4, 900 bushels in 1885 Is in part due
| to the Increased demand for wheat in In
dia. +f''
The ryot labors under lother difficulties.
| He grows. his wheat with other food
grains; he threshes 1t on a mud floor; he
houses 1t III Il pit and he never cleans 1t.
The result is that Indian wheat is never
graded There are no elevators and a &c
bate of. from to per cent, or 10 times
the rebate on American wheat, has to, be
made to allow for dirt. Grown as 1t is,
however. j, under, a sub-tropical sun; the
wheat has an aromatic "'beany''' hayor, to
use the technical term; is dry. and hard
and will return 1882 per cent OF flour from
ordinary milling, against 652 per cent from
English and 72.2 per cent from American
spring wheat. This makes 1t MORE val,
liable than almost any other wheat fol
mixing, and part of the Indfan':Fe
wheat grewn near thesmouth of this Indus
is exclusively exported to. ITALY,! where i
is turned into macaroni, for which 1t. is
even better suited than the hard wheats
of southern Italy and Sicily.
, The railroad rate (Alfred Dealzin writes
who Investigated the subject for Australia
in 18sD from Cawnpore to Bombay. 100
miles, is rs cents a bushe1, Al cents hun
dredweight. The average railway rate FOL
long distances he found to- be. l cent PEI
ten miles, OF about twice the American
az erage. The ports from which the whea
is shipped are about twice the 'distanc'
from Liverpool as ours; tn
distance from New York to Liverpool be
ing SO7s miles, while from Bombay the dis
lance is 6274 miles and from Kurrache,
6CsO miles. The result is that in 1891, Will
, the average rate on wheat from Bomba!
was from "a to IS per ton, running as higl
as So, the rate from New York was no
more than from one-third to half this
A quarter bought in Oudh in 1891 for Ii
Sd was landed In London at a little. unde
80 shillings. In other words, 1t took thre
bushels Of wheat to get one to market
and in this country that is true only O
the wheat fields which are IN the extrem
west, more than twice as far from tn
seaboard as is the Indian wheat field
For most of our wheat It takes one busht
to get another to market.
MARRlES HIS MOTHER I'M LAW
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