Abstract

                                The various districts of the Presidency arranged according to the area under irrigated ragi are Vizagapatam, which with its 119,655, acres tops the list, followed by Coimbatore, Anantapur, Nellore, N. Arcot, Cuddapah, S. Arcot, Chittoor, Chingleput, Madura, Ramnad, Trichi- nopoly, Salem, Ganjam, Tinnevelly. Kurnool and Tanjore. According to the above N. Arcot holds the fifth and Chittoor the eighth place in the Presidency. The various districts of the Presidency arranged according to the area under rainfed ragi are Vizagapatam with its 387,997, acres which tops the list followed by Salem, Ganjam, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Tri- chinopoly, Ramnad, E. Godavari, N. Arcot, S. Arcot, Anantapur, Chingleput. Bellary, Madura, Malabar, Tanjore and Guntur. Accor- ding to the above list, Chittoor holds the fourth and N. Arcot the ninth place in the Presidency.

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