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East wihd is very bad for the poppy ; juice will not exude. West wind 

 is favourable if unaccompanied by clouds. Rain and damp breed blight. 



Smoke is injurious. 



Saline water is injurious. " Soil composed of saline earth, or where nitre 

 is seen diffused in other earth substances, or land abounding in siliceous or 

 calcareous earths, where the latter is found in form of kunkar, are to be avoided." ' 

 (Opium Manual.) 



The area under poppy, according to the settlement 

 papers, is 5,009 acres, but it is extending every year. 



Other castes besides Kdchhis, even Thakurs and Brahmans, now grow it. 

 The advance (about Rs. 8 per acre) comes most oppor- 

 tunely in September, either to meet the first instal- 

 ment of rent, to carry on till the kharif harvest, or for its legitimate purpose, 

 preparing the ground for the crop, and repairing or construction of wells. 



This advance is accounted for at the weighments in May, where a still 

 further 2 annas per rupee is held up till further test of quality has been made 

 at the head office. This 2 annas is paid, if allowed, in the following September. 



The red-flowered poppy gives less juice, and is therefore carefully eradi- 

 cated. There is also a superstition that a red flower amongst the white attracts 

 the evil eye. 



