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142
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
XVI
Feb. 23
i !
CHAPTER gives only one crop in the year. The Bylu ground gives either
two crops of rice, or one of rice and one of pulse. The Caru in the
rainy season is so deeply inundated, that it cannot then be culti-
vated ; and in the dry season gives one crop. The crop of rice
produced in the rains is called Catica; that which grows in the dry
season is called Saghi.
In the accompanying Table, several particulars, relative to the
cultivation of rice are detailed. The rice raised on Mackey ground
is of a very inferior quality to that raised on the lower fields, and
is that which is given to slaves and day labourers. Its average
price is 12 Pagodas a Gorge, or 21^ pence a bushel; while that of
the other is 20 Pagodas a Corge, or 35^ pence a bushel.
Table explaining the cultivation of Rice at Hulledy-pura.
Quality and
price of
different
rices.
On Mackie
land.
Kinds.
Soils for which
each is fitted.
Crop in
which
each is
sown.
U
t-a
"3
o .
-5 2
S "0
v> O
-5 **
a
o
Prod
uce after deducting Seed.
Of one Moray
sown.
Of one Acre.
"3 A
o O
o is
'O A
is
o 2
"* A
o o
O 5
to
n
"5 „■
s§
Hany Samy
Cocftiga
Aria - -
Hulluga -
Cansu Surity
Ckituca
Machey - -
Mackey - -
Bylu - - -
Bylu - - -
Bylu and Cam
Bylu and Caru
Catica
Catica
Catica
Catica
Si/glii
Sughi
0*
~i
4
5
4
4
Msrays
6
6
JO
10
12
9
Morays
4
4
8
8
9
6
Moray;
o
2
8
8
9
6
Bushels
m
33
33
3.9f
291 1
Bushels
13i
13-f
26\
26\
291
191
Bushels
IS*
I6j
131
The only mode of cultivation used here for Mackey land is that
called Mola, or sprouted-seed. In the month preceding, and that
following the summer solstice, when the rains commence, the field
is ploughed five times in the course of fifteen days, and all the
while the water is confined. Before the last ploughing it is ma-
nured with dung from the cow-house. After the ploughings the
field is smoothed with the Noli-haligay, or plank drawn by oxen
(Plate XXII. Fig. 58.). It is then harrowed with the Haltgay,
142
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
XVI
Feb. 23
i !
CHAPTER gives only one crop in the year. The Bylu ground gives either
two crops of rice, or one of rice and one of pulse. The Caru in the
rainy season is so deeply inundated, that it cannot then be culti-
vated ; and in the dry season gives one crop. The crop of rice
produced in the rains is called Catica; that which grows in the dry
season is called Saghi.
In the accompanying Table, several particulars, relative to the
cultivation of rice are detailed. The rice raised on Mackey ground
is of a very inferior quality to that raised on the lower fields, and
is that which is given to slaves and day labourers. Its average
price is 12 Pagodas a Gorge, or 21^ pence a bushel; while that of
the other is 20 Pagodas a Corge, or 35^ pence a bushel.
Table explaining the cultivation of Rice at Hulledy-pura.
Quality and
price of
different
rices.
On Mackie
land.
Kinds.
Soils for which
each is fitted.
Crop in
which
each is
sown.
U
t-a
"3
o .
-5 2
S "0
v> O
-5 **
a
o
Prod
uce after deducting Seed.
Of one Moray
sown.
Of one Acre.
"3 A
o O
o is
'O A
is
o 2
"* A
o o
O 5
to
n
"5 „■
s§
Hany Samy
Cocftiga
Aria - -
Hulluga -
Cansu Surity
Ckituca
Machey - -
Mackey - -
Bylu - - -
Bylu - - -
Bylu and Cam
Bylu and Caru
Catica
Catica
Catica
Catica
Si/glii
Sughi
0*
~i
4
5
4
4
Msrays
6
6
JO
10
12
9
Morays
4
4
8
8
9
6
Moray;
o
2
8
8
9
6
Bushels
m
33
33
3.9f
291 1
Bushels
13i
13-f
26\
26\
291
191
Bushels
IS*
I6j
131
The only mode of cultivation used here for Mackey land is that
called Mola, or sprouted-seed. In the month preceding, and that
following the summer solstice, when the rains commence, the field
is ploughed five times in the course of fifteen days, and all the
while the water is confined. Before the last ploughing it is ma-
nured with dung from the cow-house. After the ploughings the
field is smoothed with the Noli-haligay, or plank drawn by oxen
(Plate XXII. Fig. 58.). It is then harrowed with the Haltgay,