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THF TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [January i, 1890 
2 pair buffaloes for levelling 1 0 
4 men for levelling . . 1 20 
5 women for roofing up and carrying plants 
5 days at 15 cents .. 3 75 
12 women for transplanting, 6 days at 15 
cents .. .. 10 80 
30 men for reaping and carrying ears to 
threshing floor at 25 cents . . 7 50 
5 buffaloes for threshing at 25 cents each. . 1 25 
5 men for attending to the threshing at 35 
cents . . . . 1 50 
1 boy for driving buffaloes.. .. 0 25 
2 men for wiuowing half-a-day . . 0 30 
Commutation tax . . 6 50 
Rent for field . . . . 30 0 
Pounding 104 bushels paddy at 19J cents 
per bushel .. .. . . 19 24 
1 J seed paddy . . 2 25 
102 79 
Value of 52 bushels rice at R4 per bushel. 
Deduct expenses . . 
Profit . 
208 
102 
105 21 
The second series of experiments were made 
during the yala of 1888. I obtained another 
variety of coast paddy, which I was given 
to understand, took only three months. The 
field was ploughed and the nursery was made as in 
the previous maha ; but the seed paddy being bad, the 
plants did not come up well, and only one bed was 
planted up with plants obtained by thinning the nur- 
serits when weeding. The crop on the whole was a 
failure though it eutailed no lues, and it yielded only 
15 bushels, and to make matters worse, the crop took 
5| months to ripen and this prevented that portion of 
the field from being prepared properly for the next 
cro p 
Th.e expenditure for this harvest was : — 
R. c. 
2 men for clearing sides, 1 day at 30c 60 
4 pair buffaloes at 50c 2 00 
4 ploughmen and 1 attendant 1 50 
4 men for digging up nursery and 1 bed 1 20 
1 pair buffaloes for levelling nursery half-day 25 
3 men for levelling and draining nursery half day 45 
1 man for sowing half day 15 
2 men, 1 day for enclosing nursery 60 
6 women for weeding rooting up and carrying 
plants at 15o 90 
6 women for transplanting 90 
6 men for reaping and carrying ears to 
threshing floor 1 80 
4 buffaloes for threshing at 25c 1 00 
4 men for attending to the threshing at 15c. 60 
1 boy for driving buffaloes 12| 
winnowing 25 
for pounding 15 bushels paddy at l8Jc 2 77§ 
value of 2 bushels seed paddy 3 00 
18 10 
expenses 
profit 
30 00 
18 10 
11 90 
As the yala crop was on the land, I got the unoccu- 
pied portion of the field prepared and sowed | of the 
whole field broadcast in the usual manner with two 
bushels of seed and I sowed two beds thickly with about 
one bu6hel of s<ied pady to raise plants for the re- 
maining one third, bs soon as the yala crop was 
gathered that portion of the field was prepared, but 
on account of the severe drought that prevailed at 
•lie time, the plants could not be transplanted till 
they were noarly two months oLI, and although they 
grew will when transplanted they failed to throw out 
a sufficient number of shoots. 
In January last these two plots were reaped 
parately and the results were 43 bushels from the 
broadcasted §, and 40 bushels from the transp'anted 
J of the field. That is 21J and 40 fold respectively. 
The expenditure for this harvest was : — 
ft. 
3 men for clearing sides of field 1 day at 30 cts.O 
2 men for enclosing field 2 days at 30 cents 
20 men for digging up field with mammoties 6 
4 pair buffalots at 50 cents 2nd ploughing 2 
4 ploughmen and 1 attendant at 30 cents 1 
6 men for levelling draining at 30 cents 1 
10 women for 4 days for weeding jj field at 15 cts.6 
5 women for rooting up and carrying paddy plants 
3 days 2 
8 women for transplanting 3 days 
24 men for reaping at 25 cents 
2 sets of buffaloes at 15 cents 
8 men for attending to threshing at 25 cents 
2 boys for driving at 12£ cents 
2 men for winnowing J day 
commutation tax 
rent 
for bounding 83 bushels paddy at 18£ cents 
value of 3 bushels seed paddy 
6 
1 
2 
0 
0 
5 
80 
16 
4 
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90 
20 
00 
00 
50 
80 
00 
25 
60 
00 
50 
00 
25 
30 
50 
00 
35§ 
50 
value of 41 J bushels rice at R4 
expenses 
R90 65§ 
166 00 
90 65J 
profit R75 34§ 
The fourth series of experiments were made during 
the last yala harvest. As the previous yala was a 
failure my object was again to see whether it was 
possible to have a ma vi crop immediately after 
the yala harvest. For this purpose I reserved 
6 lahas extent or l-7th of the field and sowed the 
remainder broadcast with three bushels of hinati 
paddy and as soon as that crop was reaped the fix 
laha plot reserved was sown with muttu samba — a 
variety of mavi. In the mean time the reaped portion 
of the field was prepared, and when the plants in the 
nursery were five weeks old, they were transplanted 
throughout the whole field. The yield of paddy for 
this harvest was 66 bushels that is 22 fold. 
The expenditure was : — 
2 men for clearing sides of field 1 day at 
30 cents 
4 pair buffaloes at 50c per pair 1st 
ploughing 
20 men for digging up the field with mam- 
moties 
4 ploughmen and 1 attendant at 30 cents ... 
3 pair buffaloes for 2nd ploughing at 50 
cents 
3 ploughmen and 1 attendant at 30 cents ... 
3 pair buffaloes for levelling at 50 cents ... 
6 men for levelling and draining at 30 
cents 
2 men for sowing 
10 women for weeding three days at 15 
cents 
20 men for reaping at 25 cents 
5 buffaloes for threshing at 25 cents 
5 men for attending at threshing at 25 
oents 
1 boy for driving buffaloes ... 
2 men for winnowing § day 
Value of three bushels seed paddy at Rl - 50 
For pounding 66 bushels paddy at 18£ 
cents 
8 cart loads cowdung 
Value of 33 bushels rice at R4 per bushel... 
Expenses ... 
Profit. 
The last crop was attached with the blight called 
wandapidima which was due to the ravage's of a partly 
developed insect. As a great deal of the main sterna of 
the plants were damaged by this pest, I got about eight 
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R48 
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