DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2373#0409
mOlT,j
?**%!
nCC- *K
1 ^,o56S4 bushekl
siderable.
he quantity
is a black clay,
ground %yvij
though not id,
t quarter of the*
x, plough five'
e drawn byo\tt,j
ing put in tM
are #1} then!
In four
rrew is
ripe capsules;
in- Apnl »*
, . ;f heK
but " ,
,heio,s
e° „<**'
acc°
i> *"" . for
proa**
i*
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
379
by their women as gathered. The produce of the Navony is equal CHAPTER
to about 20 bushels on an acre. This land is sometimes let by a J'1,
division of crops, and sometimes for a fixed rent. It is more valua- July 25, &c
ble than the land used for Ragy.
Harica (see the account of agriculture at Seringapatam) is sown Harica.
in low soft places, where in the rainy season water is found near
the surface. The soil is of different kinds. In Vaisakha, Jyaishtha,
and Ashadha, or three months following the middle of April, plough
three times in the course of thirty days. After the next rain that
happens, harrow with the rake drawn by oxen, sow broad-cast, and
then repeat the harrowing. It ripens in six months without farther
trouble. As fodder for cattle, the straw is reckoned equal to that of
Ragy, or of Huruli. The seed for a Colaga-land is 24 Seers; the
produce in a good crop is 10 Colagas, or 40 fold.
One acre sows 2,221368 pecks, and produces 22,213684 bushels.
Hufs-Ellu is sown in places called Jauvugu, or sticking-land, Huts'-Ellu.
which are situated at the bottom of rocks; from Avhence in the
rainy season the water filters, and renders the soil very moist. In
such places nothing else will thrive. When the rain has set in so
late as to prevent the cultivation of any thing else, the Huts'-Ellu
is sown also on any land, especially on Ragy fields. On such soils,
however, the Huts'-Ellu does not succeed. In Bhadrapada, or
Aswaja, (from about the middle of August till about that of Octo-
ber,) plough once, sow broad-cast, and plough in the seed, which
ripens in four months. On a Colaga-la,nd sow six Seers, which in a
good crop will produce four Colagas.
An acre sows 0.565342 peck, and produces 8,8854 bushels.
Here are cultivated two kinds of Sesamum, the Caru or JVuW-Ellu, Sesamum.
and the Guf -Ellu, which, on comparing the seeds, the people here
say, is the WulV-Ellu of Seringapatam. The last, I have already
observed, forms part of the watered crops; the Caf-Ellu is culti-
vated on dry-field. The soil best fitted for it is Daray, or stony
land, which answers also for Shamay, and Huruli. The ground, on
?**%!
nCC- *K
1 ^,o56S4 bushekl
siderable.
he quantity
is a black clay,
ground %yvij
though not id,
t quarter of the*
x, plough five'
e drawn byo\tt,j
ing put in tM
are #1} then!
In four
rrew is
ripe capsules;
in- Apnl »*
, . ;f heK
but " ,
,heio,s
e° „<**'
acc°
i> *"" . for
proa**
i*
MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
379
by their women as gathered. The produce of the Navony is equal CHAPTER
to about 20 bushels on an acre. This land is sometimes let by a J'1,
division of crops, and sometimes for a fixed rent. It is more valua- July 25, &c
ble than the land used for Ragy.
Harica (see the account of agriculture at Seringapatam) is sown Harica.
in low soft places, where in the rainy season water is found near
the surface. The soil is of different kinds. In Vaisakha, Jyaishtha,
and Ashadha, or three months following the middle of April, plough
three times in the course of thirty days. After the next rain that
happens, harrow with the rake drawn by oxen, sow broad-cast, and
then repeat the harrowing. It ripens in six months without farther
trouble. As fodder for cattle, the straw is reckoned equal to that of
Ragy, or of Huruli. The seed for a Colaga-land is 24 Seers; the
produce in a good crop is 10 Colagas, or 40 fold.
One acre sows 2,221368 pecks, and produces 22,213684 bushels.
Hufs-Ellu is sown in places called Jauvugu, or sticking-land, Huts'-Ellu.
which are situated at the bottom of rocks; from Avhence in the
rainy season the water filters, and renders the soil very moist. In
such places nothing else will thrive. When the rain has set in so
late as to prevent the cultivation of any thing else, the Huts'-Ellu
is sown also on any land, especially on Ragy fields. On such soils,
however, the Huts'-Ellu does not succeed. In Bhadrapada, or
Aswaja, (from about the middle of August till about that of Octo-
ber,) plough once, sow broad-cast, and plough in the seed, which
ripens in four months. On a Colaga-la,nd sow six Seers, which in a
good crop will produce four Colagas.
An acre sows 0.565342 peck, and produces 8,8854 bushels.
Here are cultivated two kinds of Sesamum, the Caru or JVuW-Ellu, Sesamum.
and the Guf -Ellu, which, on comparing the seeds, the people here
say, is the WulV-Ellu of Seringapatam. The last, I have already
observed, forms part of the watered crops; the Caf-Ellu is culti-
vated on dry-field. The soil best fitted for it is Daray, or stony
land, which answers also for Shamay, and Huruli. The ground, on