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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
367
I shall now detail the other circumstances which attend their cul- CHAPTER
tivation. y^l^j
On the first division of the watered-lands, rice is the greatest July 25, &c
crop; and, when there is plenty of water, the same ground in the
course of the year gives two crops, which, from the respective
times of harvest, are called the Kartika and Vaisakha crops. The
former, provided two crops are taken, is the most productive; but,
if the Kartika be omitted, the Vaisakha gives a greater return
than the Kartika alone would have given; not, however, equal to
the produce of both crops. The quality of the grain in both crops
is the same. For the reasons mentioned at Colar, the Vaisakha crop,
although raised in the dry season, is the one most regularly taken;
For this crop all the kinds of rice may be sown ; for the Kartika
crop the Bily Sanabutta, and Cari Chaningy, are never sown; as with
rain they are apt to lodge. The soil used for Tripetty-Sanabutta,
Bily-Chaningy, Cari-Chaningy, and Puf-Rajah, isMarulu, or sandy.
The others require a clay, which in the low grounds is always black.
The red soil is always confined to the rising grounds, and is there-
fore never cultivated for rice, except Avhen it can be watered by
machines; and, if the water be more than 3if feet from the sur-
face, these are never used. Two men and four oxen can, by means
of the machine called Capily, supply an acre and a half of ground
Avith water sufficient to raise a crop of rice. One set works four
or five hours in the morning ; and the other as much in the even-
ing. In the day the men do little jobs; but the cattle do no other
work. When this machine is used, the government does not divide
the crop with the farmer; but, on account of his extraordinary
labour, takes a fixed rent of four seeds, or else contents itself with
one quarter of the produce. Sixteen seeds may, therefore, be con-
sidered as the average crop of this country ; but then the seed, it
must be observed, is sown very thick. Little rice is, however,
watered by machinery; and the kinds chosen are those which
require the shortest time to come to maturity.
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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
367
I shall now detail the other circumstances which attend their cul- CHAPTER
tivation. y^l^j
On the first division of the watered-lands, rice is the greatest July 25, &c
crop; and, when there is plenty of water, the same ground in the
course of the year gives two crops, which, from the respective
times of harvest, are called the Kartika and Vaisakha crops. The
former, provided two crops are taken, is the most productive; but,
if the Kartika be omitted, the Vaisakha gives a greater return
than the Kartika alone would have given; not, however, equal to
the produce of both crops. The quality of the grain in both crops
is the same. For the reasons mentioned at Colar, the Vaisakha crop,
although raised in the dry season, is the one most regularly taken;
For this crop all the kinds of rice may be sown ; for the Kartika
crop the Bily Sanabutta, and Cari Chaningy, are never sown; as with
rain they are apt to lodge. The soil used for Tripetty-Sanabutta,
Bily-Chaningy, Cari-Chaningy, and Puf-Rajah, isMarulu, or sandy.
The others require a clay, which in the low grounds is always black.
The red soil is always confined to the rising grounds, and is there-
fore never cultivated for rice, except Avhen it can be watered by
machines; and, if the water be more than 3if feet from the sur-
face, these are never used. Two men and four oxen can, by means
of the machine called Capily, supply an acre and a half of ground
Avith water sufficient to raise a crop of rice. One set works four
or five hours in the morning ; and the other as much in the even-
ing. In the day the men do little jobs; but the cattle do no other
work. When this machine is used, the government does not divide
the crop with the farmer; but, on account of his extraordinary
labour, takes a fixed rent of four seeds, or else contents itself with
one quarter of the produce. Sixteen seeds may, therefore, be con-
sidered as the average crop of this country ; but then the seed, it
must be observed, is sown very thick. Little rice is, however,
watered by machinery; and the kinds chosen are those which
require the shortest time to come to maturity.
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