212 CLASSIFICATION OF RtcE 



Calcium Carbonate 

 Loss on ignition 

 Nitrogen 



Cultivation. — Rice is grown througliout the Central Provinces as 

 a rains crop, only in the Sironcha tahsil of Chanda is a cold weather 

 rice crop grown. This is locally known as jimsara or grishma 

 kal. Briefly stated there are three methods of rice cultivation. 

 The first is broadcast sowing, general names foi- which are hootia 

 in Bhandara and hota or hoar in Balaghat. This takes place either 

 before or immediately after the first showers of the monsoon. Dry 

 broadcast sowing is known as khtirra in Chhattisgarh and as to])a 

 or jhura in Damoh, while wet broadcast sowing is termed rasbeetara 

 in Chhattisgarh and also hatar in Bilaspur and Drug. In the latter 

 district hogdum is the name applied to wet broadcast sowing when 

 the seed is covered by the plough. Antia is the term used for wet 

 broadcast sowing in Chanda and Bliandai'a. A variation of wet 

 broadcast sowing is conmion in the Chhattisgarh Division, in 

 Balaghat and Chanda and in Damoh and Jubbulpore districts. The 

 rice grains are placed in an earthen pot or a basket and thoroughly 

 moistened. This is then covered with cow-dung and straw. In 2-4 

 days the grains germinate. The artificially germinated grain is 

 then broadcasted in fields which have been carefully puddled. This 

 process is known as lehi in Chhattisgarh, kaorak or lelii m Diug and 

 Balaghat, ntulka or kaorak in Chanda and kaorak in Bhandara. In 

 the Northern districts it is called machhaiva. 



The second method (jf lice culti\ation is hiasi wliieli consists 

 of Ijroadcasting the rice by any of the methotis mentioned above, 

 followed by a second process of ploughing when the ])lants are a 

 foot high. Biasi is confined almost entirely to tiie Chhattisgarh 

 Division. 



Thirdly, transplantation called rcpa in Drug, m/nia in Chanda, 

 and ro/uia or parha in Balagliat and C-handa, a i)rocess by which 

 the seed is sown in carefully prepared and heavily manured nursery 

 beds at the beginning of the monsoon ; when the plants are 12 — 18 



