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CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. 



CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. 



" Too much rain at the be- 

 ginning of the season and early 

 floods are equally destructive 

 to the young plants, and in- 

 jurious to the prospects of the 

 crop. Alternate rain and sun- 

 shiiie are found to be the most 

 congenial to the jute plant, but 

 excessive rain after the plant 

 has attained a height of 2 or 

 8 feet will not prove materially 

 injurious so long as no water 

 lodges at the roots.' ; 

 . . " My inquiries lead me to 

 believe that it suffers less in- 

 jury from excess of raintall 

 than from entire want of it. It 

 is admitted on all hands that 

 drought always stunts their 

 growth, and very often, as we 

 ourselves observed during the 

 present year in Rungpore, and 

 Goalparah even, destroys 

 them if not sufficiently de- 

 veloped." (P. 26.) 



Thrives in the most arid 

 parts of the province of Sind 

 as well as in the humid pro- 

 vince of Burma. (Part II., 

 par. 25.) 



MODE OF SOWING. 



" The seeds are sown broad- 

 cast on a clear sunny day, and 

 covered over with a thin crust 

 of earth, either by the hand or 

 by a hindd, or harrow, or a 

 mo'i, or ladder, or, as in Bhau- 

 gulpore and Julpigoree, by 

 beams of wood drawn over the 

 field by oxen." (P. 29.) 



MODE OF SOWING. 



Broadcast, without any prior 

 preparation or subsequent 

 labour. (Part I., par. 30.) 



WEEDING. 



" Once or twice between 

 sowing and reaping." (P. 30.) 



WEEDING. 



None. 



