A History of Agriculture in India v1.c6.124

v1.c6.124

122. *Top*: Trees were burnt by covering them with brushwood and igniting a 9-metre strip. When the strip was almost burnt out, the larger logs were used to light the next one. *Middle*: The seed was sown (*left*) by hand in the warm ash, and the seedbed was raked with a forked stick (*right*). The plants sown were barley and two primitive varieties of wheat. *Bottom*: Barley had grown to this height six weeks after it had been sown in the ash of the burnt brushwood and trees. Barley sown in pots not covered with ash grew very poorly (After Johannes Iversen) 230