A History of Agriculture in India v1.c30.s3.2

v1.c30.s3.2

The seeds of grains are to be exposed to mist and heat for seven nights; the seeds of *kosi* are treated similarly for three nights; the cuttings of sugarcane and the like are plastered at the cut ends with the mixture of honey, clarified butter, the fat of hogs, and cowdung; the seeds of bulbous roots with honey and clarified butter; cotton seeds with cowdung; and water pits at the root of trees are to be burnt and manured with the bones and dung of cows on proper occasions.