Madras Agricultural Journal
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Paddy work in Madras.-A Review.

Abstract

Rice is the staple crop of the Madras Presidency. It occupies according to the latest statistics 11 millions of acres or roughly 40% of the total area under food crops. Rice is grown under more varied conditions than any other crop and hence probably the enormous number of varieties. There are varieties which are grown absolutely dry as in the West Coast and the uplands of Kistna and Godavari, There are varieties which are sown and treated dry in the earlier stages but changed into wet when tanks get filled after the break of the monsoon, as in Nellore and the Nandyal valley. There are again varieties which are grown under well irrigation.

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