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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH 
cr^APrm produce of rice would be very small The Jala also thrives best 
v^v-w a * ter a crop of Ragv. The to ilo wing is. the process of cub 
hih; tivation. Immedi.ftely after c acting the Kartika crop, in Kariika, 
'liargasirshu, and Paushyct (loth October to the 14th January), 
plough live iitaes, and manure mlh equal parts of dung, and of mud 
from the bottoms of tv nks, mixed with the leaves of the Momma mtis.. 
1 mm t]lGa furrows ydth a ploughf add another places the 
•eed in the furrows at the distance of four or five indies. Bv the 
" ieU % ™w if J' coven l Previous to being planted, the seed 
v: V have been soaked, in water. In place of usitifc a rolim^-stor e 
bw !i?ld is then Smoothed by drawing oyer it a plank, cm one end 
o- •* h.-ch a man. stands,- and by thi- means that forms a low ridge i 
n-d ties throughout the field, at the distance of the length of the 
plank, _ • hick is six feet,, parallel rows of ridges are produced. The 
.n or wwenbm e spaces are divided into oblong plots by forming with 
the -baud .ridges, which at every eight or twelve cubits distance 
vwoss lilt orders av rigid- angles. At the same time the areas of the 
.. ■ ' C 1 e sowimy. there must have been 
> c<-i4x 
Jgam J 'iho 
tony. 
vjougt! to moisten the ground, otherwise water must be 
gTcn, Ay tht end of a month the field must have another water- 
mg, mb' once in eight days, until the grain be ripe, this must be 
repeated; ' • . . , 
In place of the VcisAkhd ci op on rice ground, the Aeara Jola is 
someu. |es sown. It is cultivated exactly as the Bik Jo la, but ripens 
m fdi’ months. One Capihy requiring the labour of three rnen and 
four wau ; land ill at are divided into 
tugni portifns, of 'which one is daily allowed 'water. 
irr 4 p?a>: e el toe Kcttika crop, should there be no water in the re- 
•servo «v A.spetls of Nctouny, called. 'Mobu, is sometimes .taken from 
rich ground. as the usual quantity of rain is sufficient, to ripen it, 
■ ■ ■ he i dale of March till 
Mr nod ; iy twi c n i > re - _ • . i :hen 
plough twice again.. Aha a shower oi rain sow. either bread-east* 
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