THE COCONUT ECONOMY OF KERALA 69 But his profit from coconut cultivation is quite meagre. It is only Rs. 1076. He meets the substantial portion of his household expenditure from non-agricultural source. Household expenditure Rs. 15612 Remittance from Kuwait Rs. 13800 With this farmer we find that Rs. 752 is paid for chemical fertilizers. Thus due to the high price of chemical fertilizers, the cost of production for the small farmer has increased substantially. Medium Farmer This medium farmer has a total of 1.62 hectares of land. Out of this .81 hectare is coconut garden. His profit and cost of production is as follows : Gross revenue ==Rs. Paid cost of production 7603 Rs. 2169 Of which : Tilling cost Rs. 240 Chemical fertilizer Rs. 750 Chemical fertilizer application labour cost Rs. 150 Farm yard manure Rs. 24 Farm yard manure application labour cost Rs. 30 Plucking charges Rs. 420 Gathering labour cost Rs. 210 Taking pits labour cost Rs. 300 Irrigation cost Rs. 45 Net profit Rs. 5434 In this case this farmer met most of his household expenditure of Rs. 5884 from his profit from coconut of Rs. 5434. This farmer also had taken a loan of Rs. 12,000 for which he was giving an interest of Rs. 2160. His imputed production costs are following : . Imputed production cost Farm yard manure Farm yard manure application labour cost Gathering labour cost Rs.430 Rs. 220 Rs. 105 Rs. 105 Large Farmer This large farmer has garden land of 4.31 hectares. This fanner had the following costs of production and profit.