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preferred even to that of Ragy. Except in case of necessity, Jola CHAPTER 
straw is never used. 
The only Suja or Cambu sown here is that called Hula. It is Aug. 1 — 6. 
sown on soils similar to what are used for Shamay, and which, on ’n^-uTspi- 
the diy-fields of Sira, are the most common. It is never sown two catus • 
years successively on the same ground ; this however is not owing 
to its exhausting the soil, but to its roots being troublesome to 
remove. Next year the ground may be easily ploughed sufficiently 
well for Huruli; and in the course of the second year the roots of 
the Suja rot, so as to allow the ground to be fully cultivated without 
trouble. In the month following the vernal equinox, plough four 
times; and after the first rain that happens in the course of the two 
following months, sow the seed with the drill ; putting the seed of 
the Suja in the Curigay ; and that of the pulses called Huruli or 
Tovary in the Sudiky. Then harrow with the rake drawn by oxen ; 
or, if the field be clear of weeds, smooth it with the Mara, or plank. 
At the end of one month use, three times, the Cuntay, or hoe drawn 
by oxen. In four months it ripens without farther trouble. 20 
Colagas, or 160 seeds, are reckoned a good crop from twelve Seers 
sowing. Cattle do not like the straw, but eat the smaller part of 
it when mixed with other fodder. The full grown straw, which is 
as thick as a man’s thumb, and about ten feet high, is used for 
fewel. 
The Huruli , like that at Sermgapatam, is black and white mixed. Pulse called 
It grows better on stony than on sandy soils ; and gives the greatest Horlt^ram. 
crops when cultivated on land that has been waste, and over-run 
with bushes ; but it also thrives tolerably on land that is alternately 
cultivated with it and Shamay, or Suja. In the month which pre- 
cedes and that which follows the autumnal equinox, sow the seed 
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broad-cast, and then cover it with the plough. In four months it 
ripens without farther trouble, and in a good season produces ten 
seeds. Both straw and husks are reckoned stood for labouring 
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