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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
159
Carlay, or
Cicer arieti-
num.
Next to Jola, Navony is the most considerable crop. It thrives CHAPTER
. • VIII
best on the richest black soil; but it is raised also on that which k^^^j
contains lime, and on other inferior land. In the two months which £-ct* 2"
Navon,;, or
follow the vernal equinox the field is dunged, and is then ploughed Pankwm ita*
from two to four times. In the two following months, the seed is Kum'
sown broad-cast, and covered with the plough. On the 15th day
the hoe drawn by oxen is used. On the 30th the weeds are re-
moved with the Calay Gudugulu (Plate II. Figure 2.). In four
months it ripens. A Nurcumba of land sows six Seers, and in a good
crop produces 900, and in a bad one 540 Seers. An acre, therefore,
sows only 0,05 bushels; in a good crop it produces 7T4oVo bushels,
and in a bad one 4-jW^ bushels. The Nawny does not exhaust the
soil.
The next most considerable crop here is Carlay, which so ex-
hausts the soil of even ^the richest fields, that it is seldom taken
from the same ground oftener than once in seven years. It is gene-
rally sown after Jola in place of cotton, and must be followed by
wheat, IViiW Ella, or Ragy. The two former may be followed by
cotton, the Ragy cannot. In the third year, when Ragy has been
used, the field is sown with Navony or Jola, succeeded as usual by
cotton. Immediately after the Jola has been cut, which is about
the autumnal equinox, the field is ploughed once, then dunged, and
then ploughed three times, all in the course of a month. In the
beginning of the second month after the autumnal equinox, the
Carlay is sown in drills like the cotton ; but the drills are only half
a cubit distant. Between the drills, on the 15th day, the hoe drawn
by oxen is used. On the 30th, the weeds are removed by the Calay
Cudugulu. If the soil be rather hard, about the 33d day the hoe
drawn by oxen must be again used. In four months the Carlay
ripens. Its produce, from the same extent of ground, is the same
with that of Navony ; but a Nurcumba requires 45 Seers of seed, or
an acre l-/0?0?0peck. Carlay is sometimes sown after a fallow; in
which case the ground is prepared in a similar manner as for cotton
159
Carlay, or
Cicer arieti-
num.
Next to Jola, Navony is the most considerable crop. It thrives CHAPTER
. • VIII
best on the richest black soil; but it is raised also on that which k^^^j
contains lime, and on other inferior land. In the two months which £-ct* 2"
Navon,;, or
follow the vernal equinox the field is dunged, and is then ploughed Pankwm ita*
from two to four times. In the two following months, the seed is Kum'
sown broad-cast, and covered with the plough. On the 15th day
the hoe drawn by oxen is used. On the 30th the weeds are re-
moved with the Calay Gudugulu (Plate II. Figure 2.). In four
months it ripens. A Nurcumba of land sows six Seers, and in a good
crop produces 900, and in a bad one 540 Seers. An acre, therefore,
sows only 0,05 bushels; in a good crop it produces 7T4oVo bushels,
and in a bad one 4-jW^ bushels. The Nawny does not exhaust the
soil.
The next most considerable crop here is Carlay, which so ex-
hausts the soil of even ^the richest fields, that it is seldom taken
from the same ground oftener than once in seven years. It is gene-
rally sown after Jola in place of cotton, and must be followed by
wheat, IViiW Ella, or Ragy. The two former may be followed by
cotton, the Ragy cannot. In the third year, when Ragy has been
used, the field is sown with Navony or Jola, succeeded as usual by
cotton. Immediately after the Jola has been cut, which is about
the autumnal equinox, the field is ploughed once, then dunged, and
then ploughed three times, all in the course of a month. In the
beginning of the second month after the autumnal equinox, the
Carlay is sown in drills like the cotton ; but the drills are only half
a cubit distant. Between the drills, on the 15th day, the hoe drawn
by oxen is used. On the 30th, the weeds are removed by the Calay
Cudugulu. If the soil be rather hard, about the 33d day the hoe
drawn by oxen must be again used. In four months the Carlay
ripens. Its produce, from the same extent of ground, is the same
with that of Navony ; but a Nurcumba requires 45 Seers of seed, or
an acre l-/0?0?0peck. Carlay is sometimes sown after a fallow; in
which case the ground is prepared in a similar manner as for cotton