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CROPS 



Germination capacity— 61 to 91 per cent in ten days. 

 Yield— The irrigated crop will yield 1,500 lb. to 1,700 lb. 

 Dry Crop 400 to 800 lb. 



MAIZE. 



(Zea Mays.) 



Tamil ... 



Telugu ... 

 Malayalam 

 Kanarese 

 Oriya 

 Tulu ... 



Makka Cholam, 



Thulukka Cholam. 

 Mokka Jonnalu . 

 Makka Cholam, 

 Mekke Jola. 

 Mokka. 

 Jola. 



Area in Madras — 133,900 acres. 



Introduced varieties are occasionally met with. It is 

 cultivated on a very limited scale as a field crop : as for 

 instance in the Kistna delta on lands too high for irrigation. 

 It is sown also in small patches to supply green cobs. It may 

 also be grown for fodder. 



Seed-rate— 6 to 8.1b. ; for fodder 20 lb. 



Volume weight— 1 M.M. weighs 3 lb. 



Weight of grain— 100 seeds weigh 304 grammes. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb.— 1,500. 



Germination capacity— 80 per cent. 



Yield — Very variable : a good dry crop should give 1,200 

 to 1,500 lb. ; 4,000 to 8,000 cobs. 



Area in Madras — 138,400 acres. 



Yarieties are known with white, pale yellow, dark yellow 

 or black grains. The crop is practically confined to the 

 black soils. It is a late crop, sown after the rains. It is 

 generally sown by itself, drilled or dibbled behind the 

 plough, but may somtimes be broadcasted in mixtures. 



