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CHAPTER
VI.
Aug. 1—6.
A plant pro-
ducing oil,
and called
Huts'-Ellu.
Navony, or
Fanicum ita~
licum.
JTarulu, or
Hicinus pal-
ma Christi.
Pulse called
llessaru.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
cattle; but, owing probably to some idle prejudice, they are said to
be bad for milch cows.
The Huts'-Ellu is sown near villages, in places where rubbish and
dirt are thrown. First, at the same season with the Huruli, sow the
seed, and then plough the field twice. In three months it ripens
without farther trouble, and in a good year produces sixteen seeds.
The Navony cultivated on dry-field is that called Bity, and is
raised either on the two poorer soils, or on a black mould that has
been prepared for it by a crop of the pulse called Hessaru. It is
considered as exhausting the ground; but this is obviated by
ploughing up the field immediately after the Nawny has been cut,
and thus exposing the soil to the air. In the two months following
the vernal equinox, plough four times. With the next good rain,
harrow with the rake drawn by oxen, and sow the seed with the
drill; putting Nawny in the Curigay, and the pulse called Avaray
in the Sudiky. In three months it ripens without farther trouble,
and in a good crop produces 96 seeds. For cattle, the straw is
better than that of rice.
Harulu, of the kind called Phola, is here cultivated. For this a
sandy soil is reckoned best; and as it is thought to improve the
soil, the little Ragy that is sown on dry-field generally follows it.
In the first month after the vernal equinox, plough twice; then,
with the first rain in the next month, at every cubit's distance
throughout the field, draw furrows intersecting each other at right
angles. At every intersection drop a seed, and cover them with
another furrow. After two months weed with the plough; and
with the Cuntay, or hoe drawn by oxen, throw the earth in ridges
toward the young plants. In six months it begins to give ripe
fruit, which for three months is gathered once a week.
The Hessaru cultivated here is called Cari, or black, and requires
a black soil, to which it is said to add much strength. It is there-
fore taken alternately with Navony, or with Huts'-Ellu, both of
CHAPTER
VI.
Aug. 1—6.
A plant pro-
ducing oil,
and called
Huts'-Ellu.
Navony, or
Fanicum ita~
licum.
JTarulu, or
Hicinus pal-
ma Christi.
Pulse called
llessaru.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
cattle; but, owing probably to some idle prejudice, they are said to
be bad for milch cows.
The Huts'-Ellu is sown near villages, in places where rubbish and
dirt are thrown. First, at the same season with the Huruli, sow the
seed, and then plough the field twice. In three months it ripens
without farther trouble, and in a good year produces sixteen seeds.
The Navony cultivated on dry-field is that called Bity, and is
raised either on the two poorer soils, or on a black mould that has
been prepared for it by a crop of the pulse called Hessaru. It is
considered as exhausting the ground; but this is obviated by
ploughing up the field immediately after the Nawny has been cut,
and thus exposing the soil to the air. In the two months following
the vernal equinox, plough four times. With the next good rain,
harrow with the rake drawn by oxen, and sow the seed with the
drill; putting Nawny in the Curigay, and the pulse called Avaray
in the Sudiky. In three months it ripens without farther trouble,
and in a good crop produces 96 seeds. For cattle, the straw is
better than that of rice.
Harulu, of the kind called Phola, is here cultivated. For this a
sandy soil is reckoned best; and as it is thought to improve the
soil, the little Ragy that is sown on dry-field generally follows it.
In the first month after the vernal equinox, plough twice; then,
with the first rain in the next month, at every cubit's distance
throughout the field, draw furrows intersecting each other at right
angles. At every intersection drop a seed, and cover them with
another furrow. After two months weed with the plough; and
with the Cuntay, or hoe drawn by oxen, throw the earth in ridges
toward the young plants. In six months it begins to give ripe
fruit, which for three months is gathered once a week.
The Hessaru cultivated here is called Cari, or black, and requires
a black soil, to which it is said to add much strength. It is there-
fore taken alternately with Navony, or with Huts'-Ellu, both of