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(c). Sandy soil suits maize, millet, earth-nut, agaves, 

 mustard, til and oil-seeds generally, cinnamon tree, date 

 (sandy but well watered places). Cotton prefers dry and 

 porous uplands, and hot, dry, and somewhat droughty 

 climate. 



544. Rotation. In adopting any system of farming one 

 must think of a system of rotation that may be adopted having 

 regard to the main object of the farming. Even when one 

 wishes to grow sugarcane in a large plantation, one must think 

 of a suitable rotation where the other crops are treated as 

 mere accessories. When the jungle is cleared by burning, 

 say from March to May, the land will be ready for ploughing 

 in May after a good shower of rain. Instead of putting in 

 sugarcane at once in May or June, it is best to take a crop of 

 Aus paddy which is a cleaning crop, or maize. After remov- 

 ing the Aus paddy or maize in September the land may be 

 further pulverised, and brought to a thoroughly, 'kind' state 

 by growing potatoes which do very well on new land. After 

 harvesting the potatoes, sugarcane may be planted in February. 

 After the sugarcane has been harvested next February the 

 land may be ploughed up (unless the variety of sugarcane 

 chosen can be ratooned) and a crop of Dhaincha (Sesbania 

 aculeata), or Cow-pea (Vigna catiang), or Sunn hemp (Croto- 

 laria juncea). or indigo, taken ; then another crop of potatoes, 

 gram or pulse of some kind (kurthi being preferred as a 

 cleaning crop), taken, before the land is used again for grow- 

 ing sugarcane. Sugarcane and indigo also make an excell- 

 ent rotation. In putting down a plantation of a perennial 

 tree such as mangoes or bananas also, one should after 

 clearing jungle (by burning; take a crop of Aits paddy, and 

 while the paddy is growing the shoots of bananas, or grafts 

 or seedlings of mangoes should be planted. 



545. In ordinary arable farming, a definite course of 

 rotation should be determined upon. The character of the 

 s>oil should guide one in the choice of a rotation, 



