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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR.
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however, are not worse than those of the sea-coast, where the dry CHAPTER
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seed is seldom sown. v^>v«0
On the Mackey land,, or that which depends entirely on rain for ^c^land.
a supply of water, the seed is always sown without preparation,
and managed exactly in the same manner as on the Nirwvery. The
produce, on the best land, is 22 Candacas from thirty Colagas sown
on a Candaca field. According to my measurement, this makes the
produce of the acre rather more than 28 bushels, worth 19*. 10^.
deduct 1*. 4>\d. for seed, and 6s. 1\d. for rent, and there would only
remain 2*. 3d. for stock and labour; but it must be observed, that
my estimate of the rent is formed from a very rich field, that
produces a second crop ofCallay, and that the rent of fields giving
only a crop of rice is not more than half as much as what I have
here stated.
The Callay, or Cicer arietinum, is sold as it ripens; so that the
farmers cannot, or at least will not, say Avhat the produce is.
The only dry crop cultivated here is Ragy mixed with Huts 'Ellu. Dry-field.
When the rains are scanty, these thrive very well; but the seasons
are often so wet, as to destroy them all together. The Avhole quantity
sown is very small. The ground is ploughed four times, and then
manured during the month following the vernal equinox, or in
the beginning of the next month. The field is then ploughed twice
more. The Ragy seed is sown with the Curigy, or drill; while the
Huts' Ellu is disposed in rows, by means of the Sudiky, or sharp
pointed Bamboo tied to the drill. After this, the field is smoothed
with a plank, and harrowed with a bunch of thorns. On the 12th
day it is hoed with the Cuntay, and this is repeated four times, with
intervals between every two, of from five to eight days. The
produce in a good crop is said to be forty seeds of Ragy, and nine of
Huts' Ellu. According to my measurement, this will make the pro-
duce of an acre 16-i bushels of Ragy, and li bushel of Huts 'Ellu,
The lands here, both dry and watered, are let by a fixed rent in
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however, are not worse than those of the sea-coast, where the dry CHAPTER
XIX
seed is seldom sown. v^>v«0
On the Mackey land,, or that which depends entirely on rain for ^c^land.
a supply of water, the seed is always sown without preparation,
and managed exactly in the same manner as on the Nirwvery. The
produce, on the best land, is 22 Candacas from thirty Colagas sown
on a Candaca field. According to my measurement, this makes the
produce of the acre rather more than 28 bushels, worth 19*. 10^.
deduct 1*. 4>\d. for seed, and 6s. 1\d. for rent, and there would only
remain 2*. 3d. for stock and labour; but it must be observed, that
my estimate of the rent is formed from a very rich field, that
produces a second crop ofCallay, and that the rent of fields giving
only a crop of rice is not more than half as much as what I have
here stated.
The Callay, or Cicer arietinum, is sold as it ripens; so that the
farmers cannot, or at least will not, say Avhat the produce is.
The only dry crop cultivated here is Ragy mixed with Huts 'Ellu. Dry-field.
When the rains are scanty, these thrive very well; but the seasons
are often so wet, as to destroy them all together. The Avhole quantity
sown is very small. The ground is ploughed four times, and then
manured during the month following the vernal equinox, or in
the beginning of the next month. The field is then ploughed twice
more. The Ragy seed is sown with the Curigy, or drill; while the
Huts' Ellu is disposed in rows, by means of the Sudiky, or sharp
pointed Bamboo tied to the drill. After this, the field is smoothed
with a plank, and harrowed with a bunch of thorns. On the 12th
day it is hoed with the Cuntay, and this is repeated four times, with
intervals between every two, of from five to eight days. The
produce in a good crop is said to be forty seeds of Ragy, and nine of
Huts' Ellu. According to my measurement, this will make the pro-
duce of an acre 16-i bushels of Ragy, and li bushel of Huts 'Ellu,
The lands here, both dry and watered, are let by a fixed rent in
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