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araha* , and maize are usually grown on such lands. Jowar, 

 Bajra and cotton are grown, as a rule, with arahar both 

 on gohani and loamy soils. When the land is very rich, 

 arahar which occupies it for a whole year, is not grown in 

 mixture. 



^rd. Sandy loam. Bajra, Kalai, Barley with gram, 

 Jowar, mustard with wheat and other Rabi crops, are grown 

 on such soils. 



^.th. Clay loam. Barley mixed with gram (or gram alone) 

 or with pea (or pea alone), sugarcane, Mung and paddy are 

 grown on such soils. 



j^. Clay soil near tanks. The same crops are chosen 

 for such soils as for clay loam. Only these are harder to 

 work and being more subject to floods are more uncertain. 



6th.Bhur or Sandy soils. (a) near rivers (dearh land) 

 suitable for growing melons and Kankries : (b) in fields, 

 suitable for growing Bajra along with Til or Kalai or Mung, 

 also Barley with wheat or mustard. 



jth.Kankreli M//. -Full of Calcareous nodules, suitable 

 for growing gram and leguminous crops generally. Bajra^ 

 jowar* urd, gram, barley, pea and mustard are the usual 

 crops grown on Kankreli soils. 



53. In the Madras Presidency the following classification 

 of soils is generally in vogue : ist. Karisol, or Black soil, 

 No. i and No. 2. 2nd. Seval, or Red loam, No. i and 

 No. 2. $rd. Guruman, or Clay loam, No. i and No. 2. 

 4th. Veppal, or dry and hungry sandy soil, which is so 

 common in Madras, No. i and No. 2. $th. Pottal, or 

 barren soil, either too saline or too ferruginous (laterite). 



54. In the Central Provinces the recognised divisions 

 are Kali Nos. i and 2 (i.e. Black soil) ; Morun Nos. i and 2 

 (Loam) ; Kherdi Nos. i and 2 (Sandy soil) ; and Berdi Nos. 

 i and 2 (Stony soil). 



55. In the Bombay Presidency, Revenue officers follow a 

 very systematic method of classifying soils. This method how- 



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