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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
S55
for.
and
dry-field, and one Vullam of garden, which is 4TVVo acres; in all5
3~v acres.
CHAPTER
IX.
Oct. 29,30.
Gardens
called Capify
Tota.
Rent*
A considerable quantity of the ground rated as dry-field is called
here Capily Tota, or gardens watered by the Capily; and also Ve-
lami Tota, or cultivated gardens. Its rent is much higher than that
of the other dry-field ; as it lets for from 30 to 200 Canter'-Rdya
Fanams a Vullam, or for from 4s. 4ifd. to 1/. 9s. I-gtf: an acre; while
common dry-field lets for from five to sixty Fanams a Vullum, or
for from 8%d. to 8*. 9d. an acre. All kinds of soil are cultivated
for gardens, and the variety in this respect occasions some differ-
ence in their value; but the depth below the surface, at which the
water stands in the wells, is the chief cause of the variation in rent.
In some gardens the water is within eight cubits of the surface, in
others at eighteen. Some wells also contain only saline water, and
this diminishes greatly the value of the land which they irrigate.
The best soil for this purpose is called Krishna burnt, and is a black
mould, that readily dissolves into mud when watered. The articles
cultivated in these gardens are tobacco, Sholum, (Holms sorghum),
Kevir (Cynosurus corocanus), Cambu (Holcus spicatus), wheat, cap-
sicum, onions, and other kitchen stuffs.
Tobacco preceded by Kevir, and followed by Sholum, is by far Rotation
the most important rotation.
The Kevir raised in these gardens is the same with the Nat' Ragy
of Mysore. Between the 11th of April and the 12th of May cattle
are folded on the ground, which is then ploughed four times,
sprinkled with ashes, divided into square plots for confining the
water, and then sowed. The plots are smoothed with the hand,
and immediately watered. On the third day, and on every fifth
day afterwards, for a month, the watering is repeated; and then
the seedlings, which have been raised very thick, must be trans-
planted. The ground for this purpose is prepared exactly like that
for the seed, in the interval between the sowing of this, and the
seedlings being fit for transplantation, By watering the soil is then
Cynosums
Corocanus*
S55
for.
and
dry-field, and one Vullam of garden, which is 4TVVo acres; in all5
3~v acres.
CHAPTER
IX.
Oct. 29,30.
Gardens
called Capify
Tota.
Rent*
A considerable quantity of the ground rated as dry-field is called
here Capily Tota, or gardens watered by the Capily; and also Ve-
lami Tota, or cultivated gardens. Its rent is much higher than that
of the other dry-field ; as it lets for from 30 to 200 Canter'-Rdya
Fanams a Vullam, or for from 4s. 4ifd. to 1/. 9s. I-gtf: an acre; while
common dry-field lets for from five to sixty Fanams a Vullum, or
for from 8%d. to 8*. 9d. an acre. All kinds of soil are cultivated
for gardens, and the variety in this respect occasions some differ-
ence in their value; but the depth below the surface, at which the
water stands in the wells, is the chief cause of the variation in rent.
In some gardens the water is within eight cubits of the surface, in
others at eighteen. Some wells also contain only saline water, and
this diminishes greatly the value of the land which they irrigate.
The best soil for this purpose is called Krishna burnt, and is a black
mould, that readily dissolves into mud when watered. The articles
cultivated in these gardens are tobacco, Sholum, (Holms sorghum),
Kevir (Cynosurus corocanus), Cambu (Holcus spicatus), wheat, cap-
sicum, onions, and other kitchen stuffs.
Tobacco preceded by Kevir, and followed by Sholum, is by far Rotation
the most important rotation.
The Kevir raised in these gardens is the same with the Nat' Ragy
of Mysore. Between the 11th of April and the 12th of May cattle
are folded on the ground, which is then ploughed four times,
sprinkled with ashes, divided into square plots for confining the
water, and then sowed. The plots are smoothed with the hand,
and immediately watered. On the third day, and on every fifth
day afterwards, for a month, the watering is repeated; and then
the seedlings, which have been raised very thick, must be trans-
planted. The ground for this purpose is prepared exactly like that
for the seed, in the interval between the sowing of this, and the
seedlings being fit for transplantation, By watering the soil is then
Cynosums
Corocanus*