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which mil, i not be allowed to stagnate. In lands well supplied with 



r, as soon as the January < are made for 



* second crop (most kodei) raised in the same way as the first, but which 



comes to maturity about May. If flu- s.M-on K.- unpro; 

 .Inn nary-February, the second sowing will l>e in March, April or 

 iin.l t,h- ivupini; ii, July or Aunu-t. Tin- second . ;illed adi- 



. Sometime* there uiav be three crop of rice rained in tmccession 

 in a period of \'\ or 11 months. [('/. Sttirrork. Man. S. Canarn 

 .'I. I'.i'.i L'"| <Jox,Man.N.Arcot, 1895,i., 160 2; I , -.. \*,Goz. Ananiapur. 

 I '.'<>:>. :\\ t ; .1 AW Pflfowtte of Paddy in Malabar, in Agri. Journ. Ind., 1906, 

 i., pt. ii.. 1 1.. | 



Mysore and Coorg. The only available figures are for 1903-4, when 

 the area- in Mysore was 792,754 acre-, ami < 'oor^. 79,763 acres. The largest 



in Mysore State occur in Shimoga. which grew 244,758 acres ; M\ 

 1 17.749 acres; Hassan, 103,639 acres ; Kadnr. 97.900 acres, etc. 



Mtthod* of Luii Cation. In Mysore the bara batta or punaji seed is 

 sown dry in tin- fields ; the mole batta, germinated seed, in fields redu< ,-d 

 to a puddle; and the ndti, seedlings transplanted from a nursery after 

 having attained a foot in height. Rice (Mysore Gaz.) fully describes these 

 methods. There are two crops, the hain (rainy season) and the karu 

 (hot weather). In the first, dry-seed cultivation is managed as 

 follows : from February to May, plough twice a month, having previous 

 to the first ploughing softened the soil with water. After the fourth 

 ploughing the field must be manured with dung, and after the fifth, watered 

 by rain or from the canal. Three days later, the seed is sown broadcast 

 and covered by the sixth ploughing. Any rain that falls the first 30 days 

 after sowing must be allowed to run off, but should there have been no 

 rain, the field must be kept inundated till the crop is ripe. If there have 

 been occasional showers, inundation should not commence till the 45th 

 day. Weeding and loosening the soil about the roots of the young plants 

 and placing them at proper distances must be done three times, first on the 

 45th or 50th day ; secondly, 20 days later ; and thirdly, 15 days after 

 the second weeding. These periods refer to crops that require 7 months 

 to ripen. Rice which ripens in 5 months must be inundated on the 

 20th day : and the weedings are on the 20th, 30th and 40th days. 

 By the sprouted-seed method, ploughing takes place in June-July. 

 During this time the field is inundated, ploughed four times, and at each 

 ploughing turned over twice in two directions which cross each other 

 at right angles. About the middle of July the field is manured, again 

 ploughed, and the mud smoothed by foot. All water except 1 inch i> 

 let off, and the germinated seed sown broadcast. For 24 days the field 

 must have some water every other day, and thereafter, till ripe, be 

 constantly inundated. 



In the method of transplanting rice, two distinctions are made, one 

 called bara-vdgi or dry plants, the other nirdgi or wet plants. Low land 

 is required for both. In bara-vdgi the ground is worked in the same 

 way as for the dry -seed crop. In May it is manured and the seed sown 

 thickly and ploughed in. If no rain falls till the 8th day it is watered, 

 and again on the 22nd. From the 45th till the 60th day, the plant- 

 tinue to be removed. The field must be inundated for five days before 

 plucking up the seedlings for transplantation. The ground in which the 

 dry seedlings are to be ripened is ploughed four times in the course of 



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ORYZA 



SATIVA 



Cultivation 



Mysore. 



ATMM. 



Rainy 



Season. 



Seren Month.' 



Oop. 



Fire and a half 



Manor*. 



Transplanting. 



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