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for them, whence they are taken out and planted 

 in rows, two or three together, eighteen inches or 

 two feet intervening between each stool. 



Planting. The time and mode of planting vary. 

 In the Rajahmundry Circar, Dr. Roxburgh says 

 that " during the months of April and May the 

 land is repeatedly ploughed with the common 

 Hindu plough, which soon brings the loose, rich 

 soil" speaking of the Delta of the Godavery 

 " into very excellent order. About the end of 

 May and beginning of June, the rains generally set 

 in in frequent heavy showers. Now is the time to 

 plant the cane ; but should the rains hold back, the 

 prepared field is watered or flooded from the river, 

 and while perfectly wet, like soft mud, the cane is 

 planted. The method is most simple. Laborers 

 with baskets of the cuttings, of one or two joints 

 each, arrange themselves along one side of the field. 

 They walk side by side, in as straight a line as 

 their eye and judgment enable them, dropping the 

 sets at the distance of about eighteen inches 

 asunder in rows, and about four feet from row to 

 row. Other laborers follow, and, with the foot, 

 press the set about two inches into the soft, mud-like 

 soil, which, with a sweep or two with the sole of 

 the foot, they most easily and readily cover." 

 (Roxburgh on the Culture of Sugar.) 



About Malda, in the month of Magh (January, 

 February), the land is twice ploughed, and harrowed 



