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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER produce of rice would be very small. The Jola also thrives best
VI- after a Kartika crop of Ragy. The following is the process of cul-
July25,&c. tivation. Immediately after cutting the Kartika crop, in Kartika,
Margasirsha, and Paushya (19th October to the 14th January),
plough five times, and manure with equal parts of dung, and of mud
from the bottoms of tanks, mixed with the leaves of the Rob'mia mitis.
A man then draws furrows with a plough, and another places the
seed in the furrows at the distance of four or five inches. By the
next furrow it is covered. Previous to being planted, the seed
must have been soaked in water. In place of using a rolling-stone,
the field is then smoothed by drawing over it a plank, on one end
of which a man stands, and by this means that forms a low ridge;
and thus throughout the field, at the distance of the length of the
plank, which is six feet, parallel rows of ridges are produced. The
intermediate spaces are divided into oblong plots by forming with
the hand ridges, which at every eight or tAvelve cubits distance
cross the others at right angles. At the same time the areas of the
plots are exactly levelled. Before sowing, there must have been
to moisten the ground, otherwise water must be
At the end of a month the field must have another water-
and once in eight days, until the grain be ripe, this must be
repeated.
In place of the Vaisdkha crop on rice ground, the Agara Jola is
sometimes sown. It is cultivated exactly as the Bily Jola, but ripens
in four months. One Capily, requiring the labour of three men and
four bullocks, can water 2^ acres of Jola land that are divided into
eight portions, of which one is daily allowed water.
In place of the Kartika crop, should there be no water in the re-
servoir, a species of Navony, called Mobu, is sometimes taken from,
rice ground, as the usual quantity of rain is sufficient to ripen it.
In Chaitra and Vaiaakha, or from about the middle of March till
the middle of May, plough twice, manure with dung, and then
plough twice again. After a shower of rain, sow, either broad-cast^
rain enough
given.
Agara Jola.
Mobu Na-
xony.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER produce of rice would be very small. The Jola also thrives best
VI- after a Kartika crop of Ragy. The following is the process of cul-
July25,&c. tivation. Immediately after cutting the Kartika crop, in Kartika,
Margasirsha, and Paushya (19th October to the 14th January),
plough five times, and manure with equal parts of dung, and of mud
from the bottoms of tanks, mixed with the leaves of the Rob'mia mitis.
A man then draws furrows with a plough, and another places the
seed in the furrows at the distance of four or five inches. By the
next furrow it is covered. Previous to being planted, the seed
must have been soaked in water. In place of using a rolling-stone,
the field is then smoothed by drawing over it a plank, on one end
of which a man stands, and by this means that forms a low ridge;
and thus throughout the field, at the distance of the length of the
plank, which is six feet, parallel rows of ridges are produced. The
intermediate spaces are divided into oblong plots by forming with
the hand ridges, which at every eight or tAvelve cubits distance
cross the others at right angles. At the same time the areas of the
plots are exactly levelled. Before sowing, there must have been
to moisten the ground, otherwise water must be
At the end of a month the field must have another water-
and once in eight days, until the grain be ripe, this must be
repeated.
In place of the Vaisdkha crop on rice ground, the Agara Jola is
sometimes sown. It is cultivated exactly as the Bily Jola, but ripens
in four months. One Capily, requiring the labour of three men and
four bullocks, can water 2^ acres of Jola land that are divided into
eight portions, of which one is daily allowed water.
In place of the Kartika crop, should there be no water in the re-
servoir, a species of Navony, called Mobu, is sometimes taken from,
rice ground, as the usual quantity of rain is sufficient to ripen it.
In Chaitra and Vaiaakha, or from about the middle of March till
the middle of May, plough twice, manure with dung, and then
plough twice again. After a shower of rain, sow, either broad-cast^
rain enough
given.
Agara Jola.
Mobu Na-
xony.