Burma . DRY CULTIVATION 51. 108. PLOUQHINQ IN THE DRY ZONE. is a luxury in that region,and a part of the require-ment is imported from of sorghum and millet{pyaung, hi), sesamum {hnan)and various pulses {pi), as wellas cotton {wa), are obtainedon the better sort of soil,during the light rains, fromJuly to September. The drysoil is too hard for ploughingeven when moistened by suchrain as falls. It is scrapedup with harrows instead. Fouroxen are yoked abreast andthe driver rides on the beam of the harrow to give it weight. The wet or staple cultivation of the whole countiy begins betw
Burma . DRY CULTIVATION 51. 108. PLOUQHINQ IN THE DRY ZONE. is a luxury in that region,and a part of the require-ment is imported from of sorghum and millet{pyaung, hi), sesamum {hnan)and various pulses {pi), as wellas cotton {wa), are obtainedon the better sort of soil,during the light rains, fromJuly to September. The drysoil is too hard for ploughingeven when moistened by suchrain as falls. It is scrapedup with harrows instead. Fouroxen are yoked abreast andthe driver rides on the beam of the harrow to give it weight. The wet or staple cultivation of the whole countiy begins between June andAugust, as soon as the grass-sod which has formed on the rice-fields in theby-season—and which has served for pasture in the interval—has got thoroughlywater-logged. The soil is then turned, about six inches deep, with a woodenplough {ti, Nos. 102, 119) bearing a shoe of bronze or iron. Where elephantsare available a large ton is used which does the work of four ploughs. Theclods left by the plough are broke
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