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to succeed specially well if sown at this time. I have never seen 

 it grown at this season, but the proverb runs : — 



" Mirgsir men boo chena, 

 Zemindar ko kuch mut dena" : 



" Sow chena* in Mirgsir, give nothing to the zemindar." 



3. Adra. — From about 20th June to the 4th July. This is the 

 great sowing season, and if only sufficient rain falls at this time, 

 the majority of the autumnal crops are got in. For til (Sesamum 

 orientale), jowar (Sorghum vulgare), urhur (Cajanus indicus), moth 

 (Phaseolus mungo), moong (P. mungo), cotton, Rousa or Loheea 

 (Dolichos sinensis), kulthi or hoortee or hhutwas(D. uniflorus) , oorud 

 or mash (P. Boxhurghii), suman (Panicum miliare), huknee (P. 

 italicum), and some others of the lesser millets, this is the time 

 par excellence, but hajera (Penicillaria spicata) is said not to succeed 

 if sown in this nahhat. If there is no rain at this time, the yield, 

 both of cotton andyowar, is seriously endangered. 



4. PooNBURSoo. — From about the 5th to the 17th July. This 

 and the next following nahhat are the favourite sowing times for 

 rice ; the legend runs : — 



" Pookh, Poonbursoo bowe dhan 

 Aslaikha ko do din parman " : 



" Poonbursoo, Pookh, and two days of Aslaikha are best for 

 sowing rice." Bajera is also sown to some extent during this 

 period. 



5. Pookh. — From about the 18th July to the 1st August. This 

 is the best time for sowing hajera, and rice that could not be got 

 in in Poonbursoo is sown now. 



" Boo bajera aye Pookh, 

 Phir man mate bhogo sookh." 



In other words, if you want things to go happily sow your bajera 

 when PooJch appears. 



6. Aslaikha. — From about the 2nd to the 15th August. Kodon 

 (Paspalum scrohiculatum) is generally sown at this time. Heavy 

 rain during this period is considered very injurious, and clear 

 weather during its continuance is greatly preferred. If it does 

 rain, the cultivators never allow the water to lie in the fields (ex- 

 cept perhaps in those of rice and sugar-cane), but drain it off or 

 bale it out most perseveringly. You may sometimes see every 

 man, woman, and child in a village hard at work at this. If the 



* This is the common native name for P. miliaceum, and is of course quite 

 different from chunna, which is the ordinary gram. 



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