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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. Wj
which is the same with the Ilalivay of Seringapatam (Plate IV. CHAPTER
Fig. <).); and at the same time roots and weeds are pulled out by ^^^j
the hand. The water is then allowed to run off, and the prepared Feb- 23>
seed is sown broad-cast. If in three days any rain fall, the seed is
lost, and the field must be sown again. For a month the water is
allowed to run off as fast as it falls, after which it is confined on the
rice until the crop is ripe. At the end of one moon and a half the
weeds are removed by the hand.
The straw is cut with the grain. That intended for seed is imme- Management
diately thrashed, and dried seven clays in the sun. That intended
for eating is put in heaps for eight days, and defended from the
rain by thatch. The grain is then either beaten off with a stick, or
trodden by oxen; and for three days is dried in the sun. The
whole is preserved in Morays or straw bags, and kept in the house,
till it can be boiled, and cleaned from the husks; for the farmer
here never sells rough rice (Paddy). All the grain that is cut in
the rainy season is boiled, in order to facilitate the separation of the
husks.
The Catica crop on Bylu land is mostly sown sprouted-seed : a Catka crop
of rice on
very little only is transplanted. The manner of preparing the seed .BywlancL
here is, to steep the straw bag containing it in water for an hour
twice a day. In the intervals it is placed on a flat stone which
stands in the house, and it is pressed down by another. The large-
grained seeds require three days of this treatment, and are sown on
the fourth day. The small-grained seeds are steeped two days, and
sown on the third. For the Catica crop on Bylu land the five
ploughings are given at the same season as for that onMackey land.
After the fifth ploughing the field in the course of five days is ma-
nured, and ploughed again twice, having all the while had the water
confined on it. The mud is then smoothed with the rake drawn by
oxen; the water is let off, and the prepared seed is sown broad-
cast. It is managed afterwards exactly like the crop on Mackie
land; and, as it ripens toward the end of the rainy season, the straw
which is the same with the Ilalivay of Seringapatam (Plate IV. CHAPTER
Fig. <).); and at the same time roots and weeds are pulled out by ^^^j
the hand. The water is then allowed to run off, and the prepared Feb- 23>
seed is sown broad-cast. If in three days any rain fall, the seed is
lost, and the field must be sown again. For a month the water is
allowed to run off as fast as it falls, after which it is confined on the
rice until the crop is ripe. At the end of one moon and a half the
weeds are removed by the hand.
The straw is cut with the grain. That intended for seed is imme- Management
diately thrashed, and dried seven clays in the sun. That intended
for eating is put in heaps for eight days, and defended from the
rain by thatch. The grain is then either beaten off with a stick, or
trodden by oxen; and for three days is dried in the sun. The
whole is preserved in Morays or straw bags, and kept in the house,
till it can be boiled, and cleaned from the husks; for the farmer
here never sells rough rice (Paddy). All the grain that is cut in
the rainy season is boiled, in order to facilitate the separation of the
husks.
The Catica crop on Bylu land is mostly sown sprouted-seed : a Catka crop
of rice on
very little only is transplanted. The manner of preparing the seed .BywlancL
here is, to steep the straw bag containing it in water for an hour
twice a day. In the intervals it is placed on a flat stone which
stands in the house, and it is pressed down by another. The large-
grained seeds require three days of this treatment, and are sown on
the fourth day. The small-grained seeds are steeped two days, and
sown on the third. For the Catica crop on Bylu land the five
ploughings are given at the same season as for that onMackey land.
After the fifth ploughing the field in the course of five days is ma-
nured, and ploughed again twice, having all the while had the water
confined on it. The mud is then smoothed with the rake drawn by
oxen; the water is let off, and the prepared seed is sown broad-
cast. It is managed afterwards exactly like the crop on Mackie
land; and, as it ripens toward the end of the rainy season, the straw