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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
89
CHAPTER
II.
Caru crop
three seasons.
before the ploughing for the rice commences. The produce of the
transplanted crop is nearly equal to that of the dry seed cultivation;
and on a good soil, properly cultivated, twenty times the seed sown May 20> &c
is an average crop.
The Caru crops, according to the time of sowing, are divided into
three.kinds. When the farm is properly stocked, the seed is sown
at the most favourable season, and the crop is then called the Cumba
Caru; but if there be a want of hands, or cattle, part of the seed
is sown earlier, and part later than the proper season; and then it
produces from 30 to 50 per cent, less than the full crop. When
sown too early, the crop is called Tula Caru; when too late, it is
called Maysha Caru. The produce of the Hainu and Cumba Caru
crops is nearly the same.
No Tula Caru dry seed is ever sown. The ploughing season for Dry seed
the Cumba Caru dry seed begins in Bhadrapada, or 21st August, and
the seed is sown about the end of Mdrgasirsha, or 16th December.
In the Maysha Caru dry seed, the ploughing commences on the 1st
of Chaitra, or 26th of March, and the seed is sown at the feast of
Chaitra Purnama, or 9th of April.
The Tula Caru sprouted seed is sown on the 1st Kdrtika, 19th Oc-
tober, the ploughing having commenced with the feast Navardtri,
19th September. The Cumba Caru sprouted seed is sown about
the 16th of Pushy a, or 1st of January. The ploughing season oc-
cupies a month. The ploughing for the Maysha Caru sprouted
seed commences about the 15th of Chaitra. The seed is sown about
the 16th of Vaisdkha, or 9th of May.
The Cumba Caru transplanted rice is cultivated only as watered
seedlings. The ground for the seedlings begins to be ploughed in the
end of Kdrtika, (16th November), and the seed is sown on the
15th Pushya, or 30th December. The fields, on which this crop is
ripened, are begun to be ploughed in the middle of Mdrgasirsha,
(1st December). The transplanting takes place about the 15th of
Mdgha, or 29th of January. The Tula Caru transplanted rice also is
Vol. I. N
Sprouted
seed.
Transplant-
ed.
I
MM
derH
ld^edf0t
Pened, is
QIT1encing
*> all ft,
h plough.
feet, the
plants arc
from the
ay: after-
nundated.
davs after
the tram-
he month
■und three
' May>
h it fonf
the feet-
en 1^ of
; but*
. 'the fi^
for *
are ^
crop'
no
field*
J0*
ti>
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
89
CHAPTER
II.
Caru crop
three seasons.
before the ploughing for the rice commences. The produce of the
transplanted crop is nearly equal to that of the dry seed cultivation;
and on a good soil, properly cultivated, twenty times the seed sown May 20> &c
is an average crop.
The Caru crops, according to the time of sowing, are divided into
three.kinds. When the farm is properly stocked, the seed is sown
at the most favourable season, and the crop is then called the Cumba
Caru; but if there be a want of hands, or cattle, part of the seed
is sown earlier, and part later than the proper season; and then it
produces from 30 to 50 per cent, less than the full crop. When
sown too early, the crop is called Tula Caru; when too late, it is
called Maysha Caru. The produce of the Hainu and Cumba Caru
crops is nearly the same.
No Tula Caru dry seed is ever sown. The ploughing season for Dry seed
the Cumba Caru dry seed begins in Bhadrapada, or 21st August, and
the seed is sown about the end of Mdrgasirsha, or 16th December.
In the Maysha Caru dry seed, the ploughing commences on the 1st
of Chaitra, or 26th of March, and the seed is sown at the feast of
Chaitra Purnama, or 9th of April.
The Tula Caru sprouted seed is sown on the 1st Kdrtika, 19th Oc-
tober, the ploughing having commenced with the feast Navardtri,
19th September. The Cumba Caru sprouted seed is sown about
the 16th of Pushy a, or 1st of January. The ploughing season oc-
cupies a month. The ploughing for the Maysha Caru sprouted
seed commences about the 15th of Chaitra. The seed is sown about
the 16th of Vaisdkha, or 9th of May.
The Cumba Caru transplanted rice is cultivated only as watered
seedlings. The ground for the seedlings begins to be ploughed in the
end of Kdrtika, (16th November), and the seed is sown on the
15th Pushya, or 30th December. The fields, on which this crop is
ripened, are begun to be ploughed in the middle of Mdrgasirsha,
(1st December). The transplanting takes place about the 15th of
Mdgha, or 29th of January. The Tula Caru transplanted rice also is
Vol. I. N
Sprouted
seed.
Transplant-
ed.
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