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Second year. Aman paddy (June to December). 



Third year. Jute (March to September), followed by &a/ai\Musurf, 



khesari and linseed (October to March). 



Fourth year. Aman ('paddy or a sugarcane that can stand water), 

 Fifth year. Fallow. 



549. For low and light soils the following five-course 

 system may be followed : 



First year. Maize (April to September), followed by Til and 

 Barley (September to February). 



Second year -Sugarcane (February to February). 



Third year. Sunn-hemp and Jute (March to September^, followed 

 by mustard and country-peas (October to March). 



Fourth year. Aman paddy (June to January). 



Fifth year. Cucurbitaceous catch-crop (January to June), fol- 

 lowed by Aman paddy 'June to December). 



CHAPTER LXIII. 



PROPAGATION OF TRUES. 



'"jPHE propagation of trees which yield starch, oil, sugar, 

 vegetables and fibres, is of vast importance to a country 

 where failure of ordinary agricultural crops through drought 

 or inundation is of frequent occurrence. Apart from their 

 uses for food, fodder and timber, trees are highly beneficial 

 as break-winds in localities where high winds are an objec- 

 tion. They exercise a beneficial effect on the climate and 

 temperature, when there are not too many of them. A moder- 

 ate sized tree transpires as [much as 40 gallons of water per 

 day, which goes to reduce the temperature of the atmosphere, 

 while radiation is hindered at night by trees. Thus trees 

 exercise the influence of equalising temperature. Trees bring- 

 ing up food materials from the depth of soils and storing them 



