A Statistical Account of Bengal, Том 9Trübner & Company, 1876 |
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... Rice Cultivation , 99-104 Cereals , Green Crops , Oil - seeds , Fibres , Vegetables , etc. , · 104-105 Cultivated ... Land ,. 115 Land Tenures , 115-123 Rates of Rent , 123-130 Manure , Irrigation , Fallow Land , and Rota- tion of Crops ...
... Rice Cultivation , 99-104 Cereals , Green Crops , Oil - seeds , Fibres , Vegetables , etc. , · 104-105 Cultivated ... Land ,. 115 Land Tenures , 115-123 Rates of Rent , 123-130 Manure , Irrigation , Fallow Land , and Rota- tion of Crops ...
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... land is high and slightly undulating , being interspersed ... fields , therefore , do not possess the extraordinary fertility of a deltaic country . They rarely produce more than one crop in the year , and that crop is the áman or winter rice ...
... land is high and slightly undulating , being interspersed ... fields , therefore , do not possess the extraordinary fertility of a deltaic country . They rarely produce more than one crop in the year , and that crop is the áman or winter rice ...
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... rice crop forms the great staple of agriculture . A second or cold - weather crop is also yielded by most of the fields ... land . Towards the south the bank is less clearly defined , and soon vanishes altogether , as the heavy ferruginous ...
... rice crop forms the great staple of agriculture . A second or cold - weather crop is also yielded by most of the fields ... land . Towards the south the bank is less clearly defined , and soon vanishes altogether , as the heavy ferruginous ...
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... land which it protected has been sufficiently raised . The important em ... lands , and afterwards harvested in the end of March or April . The Deputy ... RICE is occasionally grown in the marshes , but not to any very great extent ...
... land which it protected has been sufficiently raised . The important em ... lands , and afterwards harvested in the end of March or April . The Deputy ... RICE is occasionally grown in the marshes , but not to any very great extent ...
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... rice . ( 29 ) Madak , 3062 ; sweetmeat makers . ( 30 ) Kaibartta , 102,517 ; by far the most numerous caste in the ... landed property . The position of this caste forms an anomaly in Hindu society . They are held by some authorities to ...
... rice . ( 29 ) Madak , 3062 ; sweetmeat makers . ( 30 ) Kaibartta , 102,517 ; by far the most numerous caste in the ... landed property . The position of this caste forms an anomaly in Hindu society . They are held by some authorities to ...
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