crops 77 



OIL SEEDS. 



GINGELLY. 



(Sesamum indicum.) 



Tamil Ellu. 



Telugu Nuvvulu. 



Malayalam ... * , Ellu. 



Kanarese Yellu. 



Oriya ... Rasi. 



Tulu ., ,.. Yenme. 



Area in Madras— 812,800 acres. 



There are several local varieties which differ in their 

 period of growth, time of sowing and the colour of their seed. 

 The crop is grown throughout the Presidency generally as an 

 early crop. It is seen on the driest and poorest soils, on 

 tlie richest delta lands and on paddv fields as a second crop. 

 Owing to the small size of the seecf it is sometimes difficult 

 to get a full plant. 



Seed-rate— 2 to 3 lb. ; less if drilled. 



Volume weight— 1 M.M. weighs 2*57 lb. 



Weight of seed— 1,000 seeds weigh 2*61 grammes. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb —172,800. 



Germination capacity— 90 per cent. 



Yield — 350 to 450 lb. ; but of course this will vary very 

 much according to the conditions under which it is grown. 



Percentage of oil— 40 per cent by weight. 



CASTOR. 



(Ricinus communis.) 



Tamil Amanakku : Kottai- 



muthu. 



» Telugu ... Amudalu. 



Malayalam , ... Avanakku. 



Kanarese Haralu. 



Oriva Kallo. 



Tulu Almbudathakayi. 



Area in Madras— 454,900 acres. 



There are numerous varieties, annual, biennial and peren- 

 nial, grown either as garden or dry crops, and either green 

 or red in colour. As a dry crop, castor occupies ' the 

 poorest red soil, alone or mixed with one of the inferior 

 millets or grams. As a perennial, it is dibbled along the 



