| Kural - The Great Book Of Tiru-Valluvar |
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| Books By Rajaji |
ON AGRICULTURE |
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| States that
look after their agriculture will enjoy preeminent influence in the family of nations. If the tillers of the soil withdraw their labour, even the serenity and concentration of spirit of those who have renounced the world will cease to be. Here follow some precepts for the peasant. If the ploughed soil is left to dry to a fourth of its bulk there will be a plenteous crop without even a handful of manure being put in. Adequate aeration of the soil is necessary for raising a good crop. Thodi and kahsa are measures of weight related as 4 to 1. More important than ploughing is manuring. Then, after weeding the field, more important than even watering is the guarding of the crop. |
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