MADRAS JOURNAL 



OF 



LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. 



No, 36. Julij— December, 1849. 



I. 0;^ the Cultivatmi of Wheat in the Madras Presideiicy . 



Veey little attention seems to have been bestowed upon the 

 cultivation of wheat in the districts of the Madras Presidency, 

 and the total quantity produced aj^pears to be about six hundred 

 garce. Its growth is limited to Mysore and the districts of Gun- 

 toor, JSTellore, Bellary, Cuddapah, Kurnool, Salem, North Arcot, 

 South Arcot, Coimbatore, and the Hyderabad and Nagpore ter- 

 ritories. 



In E-ajahmundry there is no wheat grown. What is consumed 

 there is brought down from the Deccan by the Binjaries who 

 come to purchase salt. 



If it were possible to have the advantages of water carriage 

 on the Godavery, wheat might be imported from the states of 

 Hyderabad and Berar. There are four sorts of Avheat grown 

 in the Deccan called yellow bunsee, dawoodkhanee, owradee, 

 and segvaiay, and each of these again comprehends three dif- 

 ferent kinds. The grain is, by no means good, and would not 

 afford a profitable export to England. Considering, however, 

 that no fresh seed has been introduced iato the Deccan for, 

 perhaps, centuries, and that the same land has continually been 

 sown with the same description of seed, and that the grain has 

 consequently become deteriorated, it must not be held as an 



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