DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2373#0410
380
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
Harulu, or
liklnus.
CHAPTER which Caf-Ellu has been cultivated, will answer for the last-
k^^^^j mentioned grain; but not so well as that which has been uncultivated.
July 25, &c. After it, even without dung, Shamay thrives well. The same ground
will every year produce a good crop of this Ellu. If a crop of
Ellu is taken one year, and a crop of Shamay the next, and so on
successively, the crops of Ella will be poor, but those of Shamay
will be good. After the first rain that happens in Vaisakha, which
begins about the middle of April, plough three times. With the
next rain sow broad-cast, and plough in the seed. In between four
and five months, it ripens without farther trouble. On a JVocula-
land the seed is six Seers, and the produce in a good crop is 5
Colagas, or eighty fold.
An acre sows 0,555342 peck, and produces 11,106842 bushels.
Harulu is cultivated on a particular soil, Avhich is reserved for the
purpose, and consists of ash-coured clay mixed with sand. There
are here in common use three kinds of Harulu; the Phola, or field;
and the Doda, and Chittu, which are cultivated in gardens. A red
kind is also to be seen in gardens, where it is raised as an ornament.
The Chit f-Harulu produces the best oil. Next to it is the Phola
that is cultivated in the fields. In the course of a few days, any
time in the three months following the vernal equinox, plough
three times. With the next rain that happens, plough again, and
at the same time drop the seeds in one furrow at the distance of
one cubit and a half, and then cover them with the next furrow.
A month afterwards hoe with the Cuntay, so as to kill the weeds,
and to throw the earth in ridges toward the roots of the plant. It
ripens without farther trouble. At the time the Harulu is planted,
seeds of the pulses called Jvaray and Toxaray are commonly scat-
tered through the field. In four months after this, the Harulu begins
to produce ripe fruit, and for three months continues in full crop.
Tor two months more it produces small quantities. A IVocula-tend
sows 9 Seers of seed, and in a good crop produces 4 Colagas,
An acre sows 0,833 peck, and produces 8,8854 bushels,
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
Harulu, or
liklnus.
CHAPTER which Caf-Ellu has been cultivated, will answer for the last-
k^^^^j mentioned grain; but not so well as that which has been uncultivated.
July 25, &c. After it, even without dung, Shamay thrives well. The same ground
will every year produce a good crop of this Ellu. If a crop of
Ellu is taken one year, and a crop of Shamay the next, and so on
successively, the crops of Ella will be poor, but those of Shamay
will be good. After the first rain that happens in Vaisakha, which
begins about the middle of April, plough three times. With the
next rain sow broad-cast, and plough in the seed. In between four
and five months, it ripens without farther trouble. On a JVocula-
land the seed is six Seers, and the produce in a good crop is 5
Colagas, or eighty fold.
An acre sows 0,555342 peck, and produces 11,106842 bushels.
Harulu is cultivated on a particular soil, Avhich is reserved for the
purpose, and consists of ash-coured clay mixed with sand. There
are here in common use three kinds of Harulu; the Phola, or field;
and the Doda, and Chittu, which are cultivated in gardens. A red
kind is also to be seen in gardens, where it is raised as an ornament.
The Chit f-Harulu produces the best oil. Next to it is the Phola
that is cultivated in the fields. In the course of a few days, any
time in the three months following the vernal equinox, plough
three times. With the next rain that happens, plough again, and
at the same time drop the seeds in one furrow at the distance of
one cubit and a half, and then cover them with the next furrow.
A month afterwards hoe with the Cuntay, so as to kill the weeds,
and to throw the earth in ridges toward the roots of the plant. It
ripens without farther trouble. At the time the Harulu is planted,
seeds of the pulses called Jvaray and Toxaray are commonly scat-
tered through the field. In four months after this, the Harulu begins
to produce ripe fruit, and for three months continues in full crop.
Tor two months more it produces small quantities. A IVocula-tend
sows 9 Seers of seed, and in a good crop produces 4 Colagas,
An acre sows 0,833 peck, and produces 8,8854 bushels,