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A JOTJJi'NEY FROM MADRAS * tj 
UOH 
CH AFTER 
VI. 
July 2£*, & c. 
is atiQwecl an mtcrnfediate Allow: but then tile ■ loss is heavy, as 
after cane die grain thrives 'remarkably, The grams cultivated are 
rv:v, Ragi/. } &u (! Am; the first i dares the case least, and the Jola 
injure., -3 v: w osL The k rods of cane cultivated are the Restalli and 
Mrracuao. hi Km idm and Margo.ursha { i,9th October — tdth De- 
cember, j pioago. seven times, and manure with sheeps’- dung and 
: eavc s. I hen with the lioe called 1 ella Kudali, form channels at a 
Cub.?iy: distance, In these also, at a cubit's distance* plant singly 
•- hoots of the cane, each about a cubit in length. If the soil be poor,, 
tJU j biust be pbiJitcu r:>. bier nearer. They are laid down in the chan** 
m ’’ m which are (died with water,- end then people tread the. shoots 
’bto thr * v "iu£. by erbemy through each dhaimel A Colaga of land 
requires 18000 shoo is; on winch dr> ■% it ought to contain lyy acre, 
in p.<ace of I -±~ thro: were given me by tne measure! nent of two fields. 
lr ail my' cal mlatmr.s, however, I have considered it as of the latter 
er - o-by If .... soil be of a moist nature, the cane has water once in 
eigin. days ; but, d i dry quickly, it must until ripe, be watered once 
m :r : my a, ereep<. when there is ram. At the end of the first month 
the field must be hoed wrth the CaU A udctll (Figure 35), which is 
.he very -mine instrument, that to the cuiti vation of Ragy is called 
m'flbv pot a. The misapplication of these names* is thought to be 
unlucky. Near each cam, as a manure, some leaves of the Robinm 
m.bic arc t mu placed, and the) an covered with a litjjle mud ; so 
AT tec charmed- are now between the rows of cane, and- the canes 
grew tm the ridges, When these are b~- cubits high, they are tied 
opym Inuiob---;, ot vliroe or four. : and as they grow higher, this is 
three or four tunes repented. Twelve months after planting the 
crop season begins, and r*>. six weeks it must be finished. *150 
M'QWUi$ oi jagory is h-.,ye reckoned -a good crop from a Colaga ■ of 
- - an acre ; 150 Maundy 
which c aboid nine hoiuji of weight, fr.oin the acre, is reckoned a 
ami son. Bl.ac.1 -bay gives the greatest quantity of Ja£ 
gory, 
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