Editorial

Abstract

Ceiling Prices and Cost of Production:In the December issue of the Madras Agricultural Journal.we published an article from a contributor from Tinneveli,on the economic price of paddy.A correspondent from South Canara whose letter is published else where in this issue takes us to task for publishing the article without our comments.We may state at once that as a general rule the editorial Board does not hold itself responsible for the opinions expressed by its contributors.nor can it vouchsafe for the correctness of the figures furnished by them in supprt of their opinions. -But in this particular instance it so happens that -we gree with the main contention of our Tinneveli contributor viz.,- that when ceiling prices are fixed by the Government due -consideration should be given to the cost of production and at the same time the cultivator should be guaranteed a reasona -ble margin of profit.To this proposition no one could take any objection.But divergent opinions may be jusrtifiably held regarding the actual cost of production in relation to different crops hold that the figures by Mr.A.Chidambaram Pillai with regard to cost of cultivation are reasonable.The price of land which has been taken atRs.6,000 in the Tinneveli district.we belive,is the prevailing price obtaining in the locality.The tract is very fertile and the yield of 5,600 lb.per acre is about the highest in the Province.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.194922

Pages

107 - 109

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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