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Keerpoy Is sown in April. 



Patna June. 



Chittagong , April and May. 



Bengal Board of Trade Co?is. 14th Jan., 1793. 



It is sown from the beginning of June to the end of July. 



Mr. Fleming. 



It is commonly sown from the commencement of the rainy 

 season to the middle of July ; after which it requires no further at- 

 tention, till it is ready to be taken up. 



I am informed, there is a variety of the Crotolaria juncea culti- 

 vated up the country, which is commonly sown in October and No- 

 vember, and is ready to take up in February and March. From the 

 diiference of season in which it is cultivated, it might be found to be 

 of considerable advantage, both in respect to obtaining a greater 

 quantity if required, and convenience of preparation ; for, no 

 doubt, the dry is much preferable to the wet season for that 

 purpose. - 



Mr. Douglas, Bengal Consult. Mh Mar}, 1801. 



Chittagong, — The Resident says, his predecessor stated, in his 

 letter of the 9th October, 1792, the season for sowing it to com- 

 mence in October,' and of reaping in March. But he finds it is not 



m 2 sown 



