It is the want of understanding of the value of this earth on the part of the farmer that tempts the village manufacturer to rob his stalls, and walls of such an important manure and prepare the salt for a foreign market. For, India exports as much as 20,000 tons of refined nitre to foreign countries. Imagine the consequences of this incredible thoughtlessness! The writer strongly feels that any effort which aims at inducing the ryot to make a systematic use of his "salt earth," directly contributes to his prosperity.
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