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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER remedy occurs. As, before the cultivation commences, it is exactly
XIX> known, what extent of ground the water in the Tank will irrigate,
May 10. those persons, in case of a scarcity of rain, may be exempted from
rent, who cannot cultivate their fields ; and there is no occasion
for any favour being shown to those who can get a supply of
water.
Bice-land, In this district (Taluc) good rice-land lets at twenty Bahadury.
Pagodas a Candaca, which the cultivators say is equal to the value
of one half of the grain produced; for they acknowledge, that
this ground produces forty fold, and value each Candaca at one
Pagoda. This, however, is a low valuation; for the Candaca here
contains 24,480 cubical inches ; so that at this rate the bushel of
rough rice would cost rather under 8%d. The produce of the
soil here, and in the Budihalu district, is acknowledged to be
nearly the same ; while in the intermediate district of Garuda-
giri, the people acknowledge only half the quantity. The people
of'Banawara say, that their neighbours did *not impose upon me;
but that their soil is actually inferior. I measured a plot, which
was said to require a Colaga of seed, and found that it contained
%3,Q55 square feet. At this rate, the acre will require for seed
-1 —oVo bushel nearly, which agrees very well with the measurement
at Bellugiiru. The acre here produces 42 TVo bushels of rough rice,
and pays 15*. \d. of rent, which is reckoned the value of one half
of the grain produced; but this is valued by at least one fourth
too little.
Tobacco; In the neighbouring districts of Garuda-giri, Banawara, Caduru,
Harana-hully, Honazvully, and Chin'-raya-pattana, the cultivation of
tobacco is very considerable. It is exported in large quantities to
all the countries toward the north and west. It is sown in the/dry
field, cultivated for Ragy and other similar grains, of which a crop
must intervene between every two crops of tobacco. When the season
proves very wet, it cannot be cultivated, and it requires a good
Ragy soil, A few small stones do no harm> but it will not grow on
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
CHAPTER remedy occurs. As, before the cultivation commences, it is exactly
XIX> known, what extent of ground the water in the Tank will irrigate,
May 10. those persons, in case of a scarcity of rain, may be exempted from
rent, who cannot cultivate their fields ; and there is no occasion
for any favour being shown to those who can get a supply of
water.
Bice-land, In this district (Taluc) good rice-land lets at twenty Bahadury.
Pagodas a Candaca, which the cultivators say is equal to the value
of one half of the grain produced; for they acknowledge, that
this ground produces forty fold, and value each Candaca at one
Pagoda. This, however, is a low valuation; for the Candaca here
contains 24,480 cubical inches ; so that at this rate the bushel of
rough rice would cost rather under 8%d. The produce of the
soil here, and in the Budihalu district, is acknowledged to be
nearly the same ; while in the intermediate district of Garuda-
giri, the people acknowledge only half the quantity. The people
of'Banawara say, that their neighbours did *not impose upon me;
but that their soil is actually inferior. I measured a plot, which
was said to require a Colaga of seed, and found that it contained
%3,Q55 square feet. At this rate, the acre will require for seed
-1 —oVo bushel nearly, which agrees very well with the measurement
at Bellugiiru. The acre here produces 42 TVo bushels of rough rice,
and pays 15*. \d. of rent, which is reckoned the value of one half
of the grain produced; but this is valued by at least one fourth
too little.
Tobacco; In the neighbouring districts of Garuda-giri, Banawara, Caduru,
Harana-hully, Honazvully, and Chin'-raya-pattana, the cultivation of
tobacco is very considerable. It is exported in large quantities to
all the countries toward the north and west. It is sown in the/dry
field, cultivated for Ragy and other similar grains, of which a crop
must intervene between every two crops of tobacco. When the season
proves very wet, it cannot be cultivated, and it requires a good
Ragy soil, A few small stones do no harm> but it will not grow on