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February. Harvesting linseed, mustard, mung and til. Sugar- 

 cane harvest and gur-making. Planting of sugar- 

 cane and sowing of cucurbitaceous crop seeds 

 (ucch&jjhingd t water melon, mash melon, gourd, 

 pumpkin &c.). Transplanting of kulibegun. Pre- 

 paration of land for Kharif crops. Sale of English' 

 vegetables. Picking of cotton. 



March.- Harvesting of barley, oats, wheat, gram, musur, 

 khesari and of other pulses. Planting and irrigating 

 sugar-cane. Watering and manuring (chiefly 

 sprinkling ashes on) cucurbitaceous vines. Picking 

 of cotton. Sowing cotton seed and maize if 

 there is a heavy shower of rain. Preparation of 

 land for kharif crops. 



April. Watering of sugar-cane and cucurbitaceous vines. 

 Planting of yams and 61 for the December crop. 

 Sowing of maize, juar^ reana, jute,and mestd pat 

 seeds, after a good shower of rain. Manuring of 

 mulberry, plantain, bamboo and other perennial 

 plants with tank or canal silt. Manuring Aus 

 fields with cattle dung, village sweepings, tank- 

 silt, weeds or compost. Sale of cucurbitaceous 

 vegetables. Preparation of land for brinjal and 

 sowing of seed. 



May. Sowing of Aus paddy, maize, juar } dhaincha, arahar } 

 reana, jute. Sale of cucurbitaceous vegetables. 

 Transplanting of brinjal and cotton plants, if heavy 

 showers of rain obtained. Earthing of maize, juar t 

 and reana if sowing done in March or April, or 

 sowing of seed of these, if heavy showers not 

 obtained in March or April. Final preparations 

 for Kharif crops generally. Sale of cucurbitaceous 

 vegetables. Sowing of cucumber, gourd and pump- 

 kin seeds. Final manuring, earthing and irrigation 

 of sugar-cane f 



