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Cement Factories: There were in 1950, approximately 1,700 registered factories in the state, employing a total of 85,000 workers. Most of these, however were employed in small fagtories with between 30 and 100 workers. There were, in 1950, 5 Textile mills, 150 cloth-weaving factories, 24 woolen mills, 2 cement factories, and numerous steel re-rolling mills, machine-tool factories, and factories making agricultural implements.
Economic Development of the Punjab and Indo-Pakistan Relations.—The greater part of the Punjab was until the end of the 19th century a vast, arid waste.
The resulting cement, produced from the formerly discarded grappiers, was of much higher quality than that obtained from the unsintered material. This fact was firmly established by the English cement manufacturer L. C. Johnson in 1845, and the term "portland cement" has since been applied solely to the cement made from the sintered material. This period marks the real beginning of the portland cement industry.
The Economy. The major crops, harvested in the spring and autumn, are food grains, of which wheat is the most important. Other agricultural products are cane sugar, vegetable oils, and cotton. Animal husbandry is well developed, and camels are widely used as draft animals. The state's industrial establishments include Textile mills, sugar factories, paper mills, and cement factories. Other manufacturing plants make shoes, bicycles, sewing machines, tools, electrical goods, and agricultural implements. |
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