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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
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in a good crop produces ninety-six Bulks. The seed for an acre, CHAPTER
according to this, will be •£• bushel, and the produce two bushels. \J^±s
The next most considerable crop is cotton. It is of two kinds, Oct. 16', 17."
Upvm Pirati, and Nadum Pirati. pirati!
The seed of the Nadum Pirati, to the quantity of six Bulks for the Nadum Pi-
Bulk land, is mixed with the usual quantity of Cambu, Colu, or Sholum, 1<xtl'
and sown broad-cast, without any farther preparation than would
be necessary for the single crop. After the crop of grain has been
cut down, the field is ploughed four times between the plants. The
intervals between these ploughings are from ten days to a month,
according as rain happens to come; for each ploughing must be
performed immediately after a copious rain. The cotton next year
produces a small crop in the month which commences about the
12th of July; and a larger crop in that Avhich commences about
the 10th of January. On the third year the field, is ploughed again
in July, and gives then a small crop. It is ploughed again in the
month commencing about the middle of November, and gives a
good crop in January. The field is then, manured,, and cultivated
for two years with grain. With the third crop the cotton seed may-
be again sown. The crop of grain accompanying the cotton on the
first year is as good as that sown by itself. Some poor people sow
a crop, of Cambu among the growing cotton plants, in the second
and third years; but it produces very little. The quality of the
July and January crops of the same year is equal; but the crops of
the second year are superior, both in quantity and quality, to those
of the ihird.. The cotton, as sold by the farmers, is.mixed with the
seed, and, according to the demand, varies from two to four Go-
paly Fanams a Tucu, for that of the first two crops. The produce
of the two crops of the third year sells for about
lower than that of the second year.
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221
in a good crop produces ninety-six Bulks. The seed for an acre, CHAPTER
according to this, will be •£• bushel, and the produce two bushels. \J^±s
The next most considerable crop is cotton. It is of two kinds, Oct. 16', 17."
Upvm Pirati, and Nadum Pirati. pirati!
The seed of the Nadum Pirati, to the quantity of six Bulks for the Nadum Pi-
Bulk land, is mixed with the usual quantity of Cambu, Colu, or Sholum, 1<xtl'
and sown broad-cast, without any farther preparation than would
be necessary for the single crop. After the crop of grain has been
cut down, the field is ploughed four times between the plants. The
intervals between these ploughings are from ten days to a month,
according as rain happens to come; for each ploughing must be
performed immediately after a copious rain. The cotton next year
produces a small crop in the month which commences about the
12th of July; and a larger crop in that Avhich commences about
the 10th of January. On the third year the field, is ploughed again
in July, and gives then a small crop. It is ploughed again in the
month commencing about the middle of November, and gives a
good crop in January. The field is then, manured,, and cultivated
for two years with grain. With the third crop the cotton seed may-
be again sown. The crop of grain accompanying the cotton on the
first year is as good as that sown by itself. Some poor people sow
a crop, of Cambu among the growing cotton plants, in the second
and third years; but it produces very little. The quality of the
July and January crops of the same year is equal; but the crops of
the second year are superior, both in quantity and quality, to those
of the ihird.. The cotton, as sold by the farmers, is.mixed with the
seed, and, according to the demand, varies from two to four Go-
paly Fanams a Tucu, for that of the first two crops. The produce
of the two crops of the third year sells for about
lower than that of the second year.
\ of a. Fanam