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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. £41.
broad-cast, and smoothed with the same implement In three chapter
months the grain ripens, and three seeds are reckoned a good v^*v-0
Crop. March 16'.
A field said to sow 3 Seers of Huruti, and 5§- of Harulu, measured Small value
of this
24,780 square feet. The seed required for an acre will be of Ha- ground.
roll -j-4-3- parts of a bushel, and the produce ■££§ parts of a bushel, or
deducting seed ^~. Horse-gram sells here at 15 Seers for the
Rupee, or for 3s. §\d. a bushel. The value of the produce of an
acre, deducting the seed, is therefore about Is. 9^d. The seed of
Haruhi required for an acre will be TVoV parts of a bushel, pro-
ducing ^VoV parts of a bushel.
The cattle of Soonda are of a rather larger breed than those; of Cattle.
Kankana or Haiga; but they are greatly inferior to those of the
country to the eastward, whence many are brought for the plough.
Buffaloes are here more used than oxen. There are in Soo?ida no
sheep, goats, swine, nor asses, and very few horses. In the dry
season, that is, from the month preceding the shortest day, until
the summer solstice, the cattle are fed on straw, and that of Ragy
is preferred to that of rice. In the two months following the sum-
mer solstice, while there is much labour going forward, the cattle
are allowed hay made of the soft grass which grows on the little
banks separating the rice-fields : that of the hills is considered as
totally useless. For the milch cattle the hay is boiled, and mixed
with the bran of rice. During the three remaining months the
cattle are allowed to pasture.
In the dry weather, the cattle are folded on the fields; in the Marram,
rainy season they are taken within doors, and as a manure for the
fields their dung is collected, and mixed with ashes, and the soil
of the farmer's house. Those who have no gardens allow no litter:
but the Haiga Brahmans, for the use of their gardens, litter the
cattle at one season with fresh leaves, and at another with dry grass.
The two manures thus formed are kept separate, and applied tt*
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broad-cast, and smoothed with the same implement In three chapter
months the grain ripens, and three seeds are reckoned a good v^*v-0
Crop. March 16'.
A field said to sow 3 Seers of Huruti, and 5§- of Harulu, measured Small value
of this
24,780 square feet. The seed required for an acre will be of Ha- ground.
roll -j-4-3- parts of a bushel, and the produce ■££§ parts of a bushel, or
deducting seed ^~. Horse-gram sells here at 15 Seers for the
Rupee, or for 3s. §\d. a bushel. The value of the produce of an
acre, deducting the seed, is therefore about Is. 9^d. The seed of
Haruhi required for an acre will be TVoV parts of a bushel, pro-
ducing ^VoV parts of a bushel.
The cattle of Soonda are of a rather larger breed than those; of Cattle.
Kankana or Haiga; but they are greatly inferior to those of the
country to the eastward, whence many are brought for the plough.
Buffaloes are here more used than oxen. There are in Soo?ida no
sheep, goats, swine, nor asses, and very few horses. In the dry
season, that is, from the month preceding the shortest day, until
the summer solstice, the cattle are fed on straw, and that of Ragy
is preferred to that of rice. In the two months following the sum-
mer solstice, while there is much labour going forward, the cattle
are allowed hay made of the soft grass which grows on the little
banks separating the rice-fields : that of the hills is considered as
totally useless. For the milch cattle the hay is boiled, and mixed
with the bran of rice. During the three remaining months the
cattle are allowed to pasture.
In the dry weather, the cattle are folded on the fields; in the Marram,
rainy season they are taken within doors, and as a manure for the
fields their dung is collected, and mixed with ashes, and the soil
of the farmer's house. Those who have no gardens allow no litter:
but the Haiga Brahmans, for the use of their gardens, litter the
cattle at one season with fresh leaves, and at another with dry grass.
The two manures thus formed are kept separate, and applied tt*
Vol. III. I i