Department of Development (Agriculture) Orissa. Season and Crop Report of Orissa for the Year 1940-41

In August the rainfall was above the normal in districts Cuttack Ganjam and Koraput and much above the normal in district Balasore and below the normal in districts Puri and Sambalpur. [...] At the tinie of the sowing of winter and autumn rice the rainfall was good but at the time of their growth in September and October the rainfall was deficient. [...] In district Koraput there was scanty rainfall in Rayaghada subdivision towards the later part of the year resulting in partial failure of crops.'2 Bhadai crops.—In district Balasore the weather was favourable at the time of sowing but high floods in June and July damaged the crops in certain areas. [...] The deficiency of rainfall in the later monsoon months was a marked feature of the year in most of the districts and seriously affected the winter paddy in the non-delta areas particularly in parts of Angul. [...] The sum B. Repnsents the estimated yield per acre of the particular crop expressed as percentage of the C. Re( relents the gross produce of the particular crop for the district expressed all percentage ottbe 1).