In India we have a very large area under cultivation and people are mostly dependent on the land for their food and clothing. With a variety of soils and diverse climatic conditions this country is capable of producing an infinite number of crops. Plants and crops which can be produced only in the Tropics as well as those which are native to temperate climates can easily be grown or acclimatised in several regions in India because there are localities which reproduce in their conditions typical tracts in all zones, torrid, sub-tropical and temperate. Between, for example, the climate of Ooty at your very doors which reminds an Englishman of his sweet home in the United Kingdom and places like Guntur in the Circars where the thermometer records some-where between 110 and 120 degrees in the shade you have a very wide range which renders possible the production of all sorts of crops and fruits.
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