1 806
2 PE0CE8S OF CULTIVATION.
3 fidli Oil ^eb nnfim: iillicr pate m bo aitoaled, fioiii their
4 • bMio^.'bi' im flie'lMUiki d » nm, tlitt tUiey Me ahi«pi moiil okn^
5 lei^ cahmtipiL Hiata lind» we called |jiiliB»or KhobaMBinbeh, and,
6 irididie cKOCfiliiin.ef some tracts in tte eMt^neoonipwakivaelj'
7 dnolSves'tibey aie probably inAfwr to tbeini|prted land* in OKtenI^
8 aBdaM.aartBUilj io Uiimportance.
9 • I tm by no means qiiaUfied to describe- tke kbole pfoeeia of oulti-
10 fation among the A^^uns. I shall, howofnr* give some paitioiikn
11 respecting the culture of wheat, which is the great grain of tha oomw
12 try. The land is always watered before it is ploughed, in every
13 ntiiation where water can be obtained. It is ploughed deeper than
14 is usual ill India, aud with a he:n icr ]i1otiph, but still one pair of oxen
15 »rR found quite sufficient for the labour. The drill plough whicli is
16 used in India, is not known, and ail the sowing is broad-cast. The
17 place of a harrow is supplied by a plank, which is dra<j;f,'etl over the
18 field; a man stands on it to guide the cattle, and Increase the eiSiedt
19 of the harrow by iiiii weight. Alter thia operatioii, some fanners give
20 another water, but most leave it till the grain has risen to a consi-
21 derable height, when tlu-y turn in cattle to eal it down ; after which
22 they water it aijain, and some give another water in w inter j but in
23 tfiost parta ol tlie country it is either covered b> the snow throughout
24 that season, or sufiiciently moistened by the winter rain. The rains
25 in spring are material to the wheat, but do not aup^sede the necea*
26 maty of iiffigitfam | one.walcr at-Ieaat nniife be gyvm in the couiae of
27 the aeaA>n I 'bat some water tbfeetinMB«nioniii till the oorabijg^
28 to npmi^ U may be mmacked in patan^ that the apring-soMm bar*
29 vest feqidfes nrndi'mote wetar'tlian th«t of ^rfncb I nn-niyv jftpelring,
30 Xne cnp is reaped with the licUek* which indeed is jthe oiily inthru-
31 UMnt'Uied ler^cntting down grass, end all kinds of gram. . .Ibe nse
32 of Iche iUl is iinlmowh lor separating the giain fiom the atimr } it it
33 Hther troddetf out by oxen, or ioioed oiit.hf e fnine of wood fiOed
34 with brancbest oh which e men aits^ end ia dunged ofer the elimv by
35 csAtie. Hut seoBS to be 6ic wsy in ftnia ebo. It n winaowodf
36 by beiiq; thrown tqE» to die wind with nleigBdM^ l¥)MBcle««l»
37 Digrtized by Googl