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CROPS 



CEOPS. 



CEREALS. 



PADDY. 



(Oryza Satlva.) 



Tamil 



Telugu ... 



Malayalam 



Kanarese 



Hindustani 



Oriya 



Tulu 



Nellu. 



Yadlu. 



Nellu. 



Batta. 



Dhan. 



Dhanno. 



Bar. 



Area in Madras— 10,943,700 acres. 



The number of varieties is very large, even if allowances 

 are made for the same variety* receiving different names in 

 different localities. These varieties differ in the colour 

 either of the seed-coat or glume ; their duration of growth, 

 from three and a half to nine months ; and their quality, i.e., 

 the delicacy and flavour of their rice. The crop is normally 

 grown in wet lands irrigated from canals or tanks (rain or 

 river fed) ; it is occasionally seen as a garden crop (e.g., 

 Salem, North Arcot, etc ) growing in similar conditions. It 

 may be either broadcasted or transplanted. As a dry crop it 

 is extensively found in the Northern Circars and on the West 

 Coast. It is occasionally sown dry and subsequently irri- 

 gated. 



Seed-rate— Broadcast, 50 to 75 lb. per acre. Transplanted, 

 20 lb. from 7 cents of land will plant up one acre. But this 

 seed-rate is usually very largely exceeded, up to 150 lb. per 

 acre being used. 



Volume weight— 1 M.M. weighs 2'5 lb. 



Hnsk to grain— 33 to 36 per cent by weight. 



Weight of seed— 1,000 grains weigh 16 to 25 grammes. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb.— 18,000 to 27,000. 



Germination capacity— 90 to 100 per cent. 



Yield— Good delta land— 2,000 to 4,000 lb. of grain, 3,000 

 lb. of straw. Average tank irrigated land — 1,500 to 3,000 ( 

 lb. of grain, 2,500 lb. of straw. 



