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broad-cast, and covered with the plough. When the young plants CHAPTER 
have appeared above ground, the field must be cleared with the 
Cuntay , or bullock hoe; and this operation must be repeated on the May 20, &c. 
thirtieth and forty-fifth days. If it be intended merely for fodder, 
these hoeings are unnecessary, and the seed is sown very thin, as 
mentioned in the list ; but then, should it by chance succeed, and 
be allowed to ripen, the produce will be very great. Where it is in- 
tended from the first to be allowed to ripen, the quantity of seed 
sown is one half more, or l, T Wj gallon for an acre ; in which case 
80 fold being the average refurn, the produce of an acre is the 
same as mentioned in the list, or 1 5\ bushels. If it be intended for 
fodder, the Join is sown about the middle of Chaitra, or the 9th of 
April, and cut down in Ashddha, or from the 23d of June till the 23d 
of July. The straw is not so good as that of Ragy , but is here 
reckoned better than that of Paddy . 
The Chica Cambu is the Holcus spicatus of Linnaeus, the Bajera of ChicaCamim , 
the Mussulmans, the Ghentalu of the Telingas, and the Siijagury of 
the Marttttahs. In the Tamul language also it is called Cambu. 
There is another variety of the plant, called Doda, or Great Cambu; 
but none of this is cultivated near Seringapatam. During the spring, 
plough six times; about the 13th of Jyaishtlia, or 5th of June, put 
on the dung, and plough again ; when the heavy rains commence, 
sow broad-cast, and plough in the seed. In drills with the Cambu 
some people put Arnray ; others do not. On the tenth day hoe with 
the Cuntay , once lengthways, and once across the field. It must 
be carefully protected from the birds, when approaching toward 
ripeness, which happens in three months and a half. The ears are 
first removed, and then the straw is cut down close to the ground. 
It makes excellent thatch, and is also eaten by cattle, but is not 
much esteemed as fodder. The ears are kept in a heap for three 
days, then trodden out by oxen, and cleaned by a fan, or Morani. 
The seed intended for sowing, after being well dried in the sun, ' 
is preserved in Mudies. That intended for consumption, is kept in 
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