পাতা:Dialogues, Intended to Facilitate the Acquiring of the Bengali Language.djvu/৪০: সংশোধিত সংস্করণের মধ্যে পার্থক্য

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TALK ABOUT LAND. O ho you! come here. What buine do you follow : I cultivate land. - What else? . r. - --

. How much land have you? and what rent do you pay ?

Sir, my rent is fifty rupees a year; and I guess there may be about forty'bighas of land. - ۔بر

Cannot you tell exactly how much land you altirate 2 -

How should I do that ? The Mundul of the * can tell.

Well, when yen cultivate the whole what crops do you get 2.

if we have rain in Bysakh, we sow Bhadooi rice, and indigo, and hemp. -

After that we plant the cold season rice in Ashar and Shrabuna; and after that we sow wheat, barley, and pulse.

Are there no sugar-cane fields here :

There is no sugar-manufactory here, but here and there a person plants a bigha or two for molasses. It is very expensive to cultivate the sugar-cane.

How many ploughing bullocks have you ?

. . I had one very excellent bullock died, otherwise I had six ploughs. -

Can you cultivate all your land with six ploughs

There are two bullocks to a plough ; and if the ground is in proper order to work, one plough will manage six bighas well, and somewhat more with hard working.

I suppose the cultivation of indigo is very profitable.

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