possible in rows, which are one to two decimetres apart. 



For the rice-culture the „sawahs" are scarcely ever 

 manured. It seems that the water of the rice-fields and 

 conducts, which is kept on the „sawahs" for some time, 

 is sufficiently fertilyzing to maintain its production at 

 the same rate. 



After the planting the soil is drained during 2 or 

 3 days in order to allow the plants to recover; next it is 

 inundated again and then the quantity of water is little 

 by little diminished until the soil is drained completely, 

 just before the gathering of shortly before the harvest; for 

 the rest nothing but the removal of the wild grass two or 

 three times is necessary -— an operation which must take 

 place before the florescence — afterwards the plantation 

 has to be protected as much as possible against birds and 

 wild boars, which are always on the watch about harvest 

 time. The latter usually takes place at the end of the fourth 

 or fifth month, according to the sort of rice, but in the 

 higher regions a longer time is wanted, sometimes 6 or 

 7 months. 



§ 5. For the so-called „dry" cultivation method, 

 the planting is done in two ways, viz : tilling the dry soil 

 by means of the plough or by the „patjol" (a kind of spade) 

 leaving no clods, the surface being made very even in order 

 to sow the grain afterwards, or, the soil is not worked at 

 all and is only cleaned, after which holes are made, 2 deci- 

 metres apart, for the reception of some grains. This method 



