Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t2.100
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c29.t2.100
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v2.c29.t2.100
Their agricultural implements are simple and suited to the soil. The plough is one [202] of single yoke, either for the camel or ox: that with double yoke being seldom required, or chiefly by the Malis (gardeners), when the soil is of some consistence. The drill is invariably used, and the grains are dropped singly into the ground, at some distance from each other, and each sends forth a dozen to twenty stalks. A bundle of bushes forms their harrow. The grain is trodden out by oxen; and the moth (pulse), which is even more productive than the bajra, by camels.