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The Cultivation of Betel Vine in Western India (Reprinted from the Poona Agricultural College Magazine

1917

Vtaran or lowering of the creepers and transplanting.—When the creeper reaches the top of the mandap or a little above it it is lowered down the leaves are picked and the vine is tied in the midst of the supporting stick with lacala grass. [...] to supply water both to the Kalvd ; and to the.Iainta ;-f) the Dhurkeday to remove the water received from the Kedays to the (gm n K. OR and OS a Dhad Sul which is nothing but a side of the bed or of the khdntdng near the (+Imam E and h G show the two sides of the lied along which the Shevari the Pavy ava and the Sleecaya plants arc sown and A 1) and B C the two sides of the Kheintany ; 0 s [...] When the land becomes fit for sowing by the rains in the month of July the seeds of the Shevari (S'esbania wyypt iaca) are dibbled along the two sides of the bed interspersed with those of the.Panyara (Erythrina indica) and the Sher(' ga (Minya pteryyosperma). [...] weedings are specially given to keep the beds always level and thus to give an even distribution of water to all the creepers from the corners and the sides of the beds which condition is essentially required by the vines.122 1 in the month of February the operation known as.Ravi begins. [...] The leaves from the creepers are not plucked this year (first year) and hence the creepers are simply untied from the stalks of the Sherri coiled up and the coils put iu the dug up sides of the bed leaving about one foot of the creeper above the soil.
agriculture environment
Pages
44
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.147298
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Betel Leaf at Chikodi Belgaum District
1-10 R.S. Hiremath view
Pan' Cultivation at Ramtek Near Nagpur
11-17 V.G. Patwardhan view
The Cultivation of the Betel-Vine in the Neighbourhood of Poona
18-28 D.S. Medadkar view
The Cultivation of Betelvine at Shiggaon and Savanur (Near Dharwar)
29-35 H.B. Kulkarni view
The Earthing-up of Pan Gardens
36-42 Harold Mann view

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