done the better it is for securing a good outturn. The seed- 

 bed can be kept in a flourishing condition by irrigation if 

 necessary in June, and transplanting can be commenced when 

 the regular rainy season just sets in i.e., about the first week 

 of July or earlier. If transplanting is put off to August because 

 there is not sufficient accumulation of rain-water, the result 

 will be poor, and need for irrigation may be felt if the rains 

 stop early in the season. Early preparation and early trans- 

 plantation are a great security against failure. The reports 

 of the Meteorological Department should be closely watched 

 at this season ;- but the preparation of the seed-bed should 

 on no account be put off to the regular commencement of the 

 monsoon. It is better to resort to irrigation to keep seedlings 

 alive, if necessaryj early in the season. So instead of sowing 

 seed in July as is usually done, sowing should be done by the 

 beginning of June and transplanting by the end of June, 

 instead of in August. In unusual years, there is sometimes 

 no rain till the end of June and beginning of July. In such 

 years preparations must perforce be delayed, but in this case 

 it is advisable to drill paddy seed in fields instead of sowing 

 it in seed-bed and afterwards transplanting the seedlings. 

 This saves time, and time is of the greatest importance when 

 the rainy season threatens to be a short one. At such a 

 season it is advisable also to grow as much Aus paddy, maize 

 and millets, as the high lands will carry. 



275. Manuring. Aman land is seldom manured, but 

 manuring with oil-cake, at 3 maunds per acre would certainly 

 give a better yield, and pay for the outlay by the increased 

 outturn. Where the accumulation of water is too great, and 

 surface drainage too free, oil-cake, or dung, or tank-earth 

 should be applied in preference to saltpetre. 



276. Aman paddy need not be thrashed soon after 

 harvesting, but kept stacked for months. 



277. The flood of September 1900 enabled me to find 

 out that of the superior varieties of Aman paddy the following 



