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MYSORE CANARA, AND MALABAR.
313
Statement of the seed, produce, and value of the grains cultivated on
Nunjy land at Darapuram.
Kinds,
Crop for which
each is fitted.
»
(A
u
u
'%
CT"
u
,-C OJ
« o
•5 *^
3
0
Quality.
Average value of Bazar
Siliga,
Average value of farm
Siliga.
o
3
"3 _?
t> "
2 w
>
T3
G
rt
a
P-,
OJ
CO
u
QJ
Oh
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Produce.
Of a Mau land.
Of an Acre.
to
Value,
deduct-
ing seed.
to
U
-a
3
03.
Value,
deducting
seed.
Sambau Rice - -
Alaky Mammal do.
Sri Ravabanum do.
Cam Curixay ditto
Kevir, or Ragy
Nadavu, or
transplanted
ditto
ditto
CaiVarapu^or
sprouted seed
6
8
6
3
Small
Coarse
Small
Coarse
7
81
7
71
V.R. F.
9,714
8
9,714
8
8,286
0 lif
0 8
0 11
0 Sf
0 9|
Bulks
40
40
40
80
3
Bush.
1,579
1,579
1,579
3,157
0,118
30
30
30
25
15
V.R.F.
281|
232
28l£
184
123|
47,35
47,35
47,35
39,46
23|
£. s. d.
2 8 1
1 19 7
2 8 1
1 11 4|
1 1 If
I also received the following account of the Kiet, or dry-field CHAPTER
cultivation of Darapuram. v^^^/
The best fields let at 60 Canter'-Raya Fanams a Vullam of 64 Nov.is—20.
J Dry-field.
Vaums square; the worst lands at 4 Fanams. Grass land lets from Rent.
10 to 2 Fanams. These rents, when reduced to English money and
measure, are as follow: arable land from 8*. S^d. to 7d. an acre.
Grass land from Is. 5\d. to o\d. an acre.
The quantity of cotton raised is considerable, and the kind most Cotton,
commonly cultivated is the Nadum Pirati, which requires a red
soil. The ground is ploughed four times; and between the 10th
of April and the 10th of May the seed is sown. No other grain is
mixed with the cotton. For three seasons it produces a crop once
a year, in April and May ; after which a crop of grain is taken, be-
fore cotton is again sown on the same field. In a good year a
Vullam land produces 5 Tolams, or an acre 20TV lb. It sells at gi
Vif-llaya Fanams a Tolam, when containing the seed ; or at T?
Vol. II. Ss
"0000
313
Statement of the seed, produce, and value of the grains cultivated on
Nunjy land at Darapuram.
Kinds,
Crop for which
each is fitted.
»
(A
u
u
'%
CT"
u
,-C OJ
« o
•5 *^
3
0
Quality.
Average value of Bazar
Siliga,
Average value of farm
Siliga.
o
3
"3 _?
t> "
2 w
>
T3
G
rt
a
P-,
OJ
CO
u
QJ
Oh
<U
OJ
CO
Produce.
Of a Mau land.
Of an Acre.
to
Value,
deduct-
ing seed.
to
U
-a
3
03.
Value,
deducting
seed.
Sambau Rice - -
Alaky Mammal do.
Sri Ravabanum do.
Cam Curixay ditto
Kevir, or Ragy
Nadavu, or
transplanted
ditto
ditto
CaiVarapu^or
sprouted seed
6
8
6
3
Small
Coarse
Small
Coarse
7
81
7
71
V.R. F.
9,714
8
9,714
8
8,286
0 lif
0 8
0 11
0 Sf
0 9|
Bulks
40
40
40
80
3
Bush.
1,579
1,579
1,579
3,157
0,118
30
30
30
25
15
V.R.F.
281|
232
28l£
184
123|
47,35
47,35
47,35
39,46
23|
£. s. d.
2 8 1
1 19 7
2 8 1
1 11 4|
1 1 If
I also received the following account of the Kiet, or dry-field CHAPTER
cultivation of Darapuram. v^^^/
The best fields let at 60 Canter'-Raya Fanams a Vullam of 64 Nov.is—20.
J Dry-field.
Vaums square; the worst lands at 4 Fanams. Grass land lets from Rent.
10 to 2 Fanams. These rents, when reduced to English money and
measure, are as follow: arable land from 8*. S^d. to 7d. an acre.
Grass land from Is. 5\d. to o\d. an acre.
The quantity of cotton raised is considerable, and the kind most Cotton,
commonly cultivated is the Nadum Pirati, which requires a red
soil. The ground is ploughed four times; and between the 10th
of April and the 10th of May the seed is sown. No other grain is
mixed with the cotton. For three seasons it produces a crop once
a year, in April and May ; after which a crop of grain is taken, be-
fore cotton is again sown on the same field. In a good year a
Vullam land produces 5 Tolams, or an acre 20TV lb. It sells at gi
Vif-llaya Fanams a Tolam, when containing the seed ; or at T?
Vol. II. Ss
"0000