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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 519
Between the 14th of September and the 14th of October the field CHAPTER
XIII
is manured with fresh cow-dung; between the 12th of January and
the 9th of February with ashes; and between the 12th days of May Jan»8 10*
and June with dry-dung and ashes. The fields are not inclosed.
Those which annually give only one crop of rice produce from four
to seven seeds; which, taking the Poray-candum at the Chowgaut
standard, will make from 9i to 17 bushels an acre. When this land
produces four seeds, it gives to the proprietor one seed as Varum,
or rack rent; when it produces five or six, it gives if; and when
it produces seven seeds, it gives two. The pulse pays no rent
(Varum). In ground producing two crops, the produce, according
to the soil in the early crop, varies from five to ten seeds, or from
12-f bushels to 24-f- an acre; in the late crop, from three to five
seeds, or from 7TV to 12-f bushels an acre. The rent (Varum) varies
from two to four seeds, or from 4£ to 9\ bushels an acre. The seed
of the pulse is one eighth part of that of the rice, or for an acre a
little more than three-tenths of a bushel. The produce is from four
to ten seeds, or from 1-^ to 3 bushels an acre; and frequently
vermin entirely destroy the crop.
There is here a kind of rice called Cutadun, or Orcutadun, that
grows near rivers which are impregnated with salt. Ground that
is fit for this kind of rice is called Caicundum. If the rains are co-
pious, this produces 15 seeds, or 36-f- bushels an acre; but, if the
rains are too slight, the excess of salt kills the rice. On account
of the repairs that are necessary to be made on the banks which
keep out the tide, and which are very liable to be destroyed by
rat-holes, the rent (Varum) of this ground is only two seeds, or
4-f- bushels an acre. It produces no pulse, and only one crop of
rice annually.
The hill-lands that have been cleared are called Parumba, as in Ponna landv
the south; but there are certain hills that are covered with woods
and bushes, and called Ponna. The natural produce of these is of
no value; but once in ten years the bushes are cut and burned.
Between the 14th of September and the 14th of October the field CHAPTER
XIII
is manured with fresh cow-dung; between the 12th of January and
the 9th of February with ashes; and between the 12th days of May Jan»8 10*
and June with dry-dung and ashes. The fields are not inclosed.
Those which annually give only one crop of rice produce from four
to seven seeds; which, taking the Poray-candum at the Chowgaut
standard, will make from 9i to 17 bushels an acre. When this land
produces four seeds, it gives to the proprietor one seed as Varum,
or rack rent; when it produces five or six, it gives if; and when
it produces seven seeds, it gives two. The pulse pays no rent
(Varum). In ground producing two crops, the produce, according
to the soil in the early crop, varies from five to ten seeds, or from
12-f bushels to 24-f- an acre; in the late crop, from three to five
seeds, or from 7TV to 12-f bushels an acre. The rent (Varum) varies
from two to four seeds, or from 4£ to 9\ bushels an acre. The seed
of the pulse is one eighth part of that of the rice, or for an acre a
little more than three-tenths of a bushel. The produce is from four
to ten seeds, or from 1-^ to 3 bushels an acre; and frequently
vermin entirely destroy the crop.
There is here a kind of rice called Cutadun, or Orcutadun, that
grows near rivers which are impregnated with salt. Ground that
is fit for this kind of rice is called Caicundum. If the rains are co-
pious, this produces 15 seeds, or 36-f- bushels an acre; but, if the
rains are too slight, the excess of salt kills the rice. On account
of the repairs that are necessary to be made on the banks which
keep out the tide, and which are very liable to be destroyed by
rat-holes, the rent (Varum) of this ground is only two seeds, or
4-f- bushels an acre. It produces no pulse, and only one crop of
rice annually.
The hill-lands that have been cleared are called Parumba, as in Ponna landv
the south; but there are certain hills that are covered with woods
and bushes, and called Ponna. The natural produce of these is of
no value; but once in ten years the bushes are cut and burned.