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running through the field, as in the garden cultivation of 

 potatoes. Then ju/is or furrows are made 36" apart and the 

 begun seedlings planted along the middle of the julis after a 

 heavy shower of rain. If planting is done early in the season 

 i. e. in April or May, transplanting the seedlings may be done 

 on the level plot 36" apart instead of in furrows and the 

 water channels are made afterwards. Mustard-cake and 

 ashes and lime should be applied finely powdered under 

 each plant at the time of transplanting. Cowdung and 

 castor-cake encourage the growth of vegetation at the 

 expense of flowering and fruiting. 6 maunds of mustard- 

 cake and, 3 maunds of ashes and i maund of lime are 

 a sufficient application for one acre. In a fortnight or 10 days 

 the kodali should be passed between the rows of plants, 

 thus levelling the field. Blanks noticed should be filled up at 

 this time. After another fortnight the kodali should be passed 

 once more between the rows of plants converting the furrows 

 into ridges. Irrigation may or may not be necessary accord- 

 ing to the character of the season and the time of planting. 

 If planting is done after a heavy shower of rain, in June, irriga- 

 tion will not be generally necessary till November ; but if it is 

 done in April or May, irrigation will be necessary at least 

 once to save the crop from drought. From November to 

 March irrigate once a month. By April the crop will be done. 

 The fruits will begin to bear in August. From August to 

 October one more earthing is required when the land is some- 

 what dry. 



515. Kuli begun seed is sown in September and Octo- 

 ber ; the seedlings are transplanted in October and Novem- 

 ber, and they bear from February to June. From May to 

 August the ordinary brinjal plants may be made to bear fruits 

 if trees that show signs of decay by February or March are 

 pruned, dug up, manured with mustard-cake and ashes, and 

 watered. Fresh shoots will be thrown out and fruits of a 

 somewhat inferior quality will be borne. 

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