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315- Manure. -Saltpetre i \ maunds per acre (top-dress- 

 ed), is the best manure for wheat. If the land is known 

 to be poor, i \ maunds of bonemeal should be used before- 

 hand at the time of ploughing, though no immediate 

 benefit will be derived from such application. 5 maunds 

 of oil-cake may be used instead. But better immediate 

 effect will be obtained from the saltpetre. No manure is 

 required for dearh land which is annually renovated with. silt. 



316. Rotation. Juar or other millets and wheat are com- 

 monly grown in rotation though both are grain-crops. Juar 

 and barley being surface feeders may be grown together or suc- 

 cessively with wheat which is a deep rooted crop. But better 

 result would be obtained from Kurthi or Bhadoi Mung or 

 Bhadoi Kalai being grown before wheat. Lentils or grain 

 grown along with wheat is theoretically speaking not a bad 

 practice as the leguminous crop supports the wheat-crop and 

 prevents exhaustion of soil ; but mixed crops are found to 

 be undesirable for more than one reason. 



317. Harvest. Wheat harvest should be commenced after 

 the grains are quite ripe and the straw quite dry and crisp. 



318. Outturn. 9 or 10 maunds per acre is about the 

 average yield of grain, and 10 to 12 maunds of straw. 



Rs. as. p. 



Cost. i Ploughing ... ... ..: o 12 o 



i Cross-ploughing followed by laddering ... o 12 o 



i Bakharing ... ... ...o 6 o 



i Cross-bakharing ... ... o 6 o 



i Grubbing ... ... ... o 6 o 



i Cross-grubbing ... ... ... o 6 o 



i Harrowing ... ... ... o 4 o 



i Rolling ... ... o 4 o 



i Drilling* ... ... ... i o o- 



* Cost of drilling seed with the help of an American wheel-hoe 

 (I tine only being used) comes to nearly Re. i per acre. But with a proper 

 seed-drill the cost would come to only about 6 annas per acre or less, 



