This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...that, notwitstanding the fall of a heavy shower of rain shortly after the germination of the rice, killing most of the crop, some ten dhoors of land which narrowly escaped the danger yielded 11 seers, or at the rate of 11 maunds per bigha. Mr. Barnek reports that a cask of Carolina paddy reached him in good order, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...that, notwitstanding the fall of a heavy shower of rain shortly after the germination of the rice, killing most of the crop, some ten dhoors of land which narrowly escaped the danger yielded 11 seers, or at the rate of 11 maunds per bigha. Mr. Barnek reports that a cask of Carolina paddy reached him in good order, and weighed more than one maund and ten seers, but on winnowing it there was 7 seers of husk, leaving only one maund 2i seers of good paddy. Of this he sowed 'S.i seers broadcast on the 27th of June on land neither too high nor too low, and subject ordinarily to an inundation of 18 inches. The remaining 19 seers of seed he cast for transplanting. The seed sown broadcast produced seven maunds and 30 seers, or over thirteeu-fold, and the 19 seers transplanted yielded three maunds 35 seers, or over eight-fold. The transplanted lot Mr. Barnek states, had not a fair trial from want of rain enough for that class of sowings, consequently it suffered and yielded only a poor return. The broadcast portion, Mr. Barnek adds, would have yielded more plentifully had the seed been at hand to sow in the months of April and May last, but having been so late as June it also had not a fair trial. Under any circumstances Mr. Barnek would not care to carry out any future experiments with the Carolina paddy, as the country grain far surpasses it in its yield and gives less trouble. A plot which the Superintendent sowed in his own garden yielded a fair crop and a good outturn of straw. It was watered from a well when required. This quantity of seed, the Commissioner reports, yielded fifteeu-fold. Mr. W. C. Taylor, Deputy Collector, reports that 5 seers of seed were received from the Pooree jail and sown boardcast after the first rains. About onehalf only germinated, and...
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