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

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{{gap|1em}}O ho you! come here. What business do you follow?

{{gap|1em}}I cultivate land. What else?

{{gap|1em}}How much land have you? and what rent do you pay?

{{gap|1em}}Sir, my rent is fifty rupees a year; and I guess there may be about forty b''i''ghas of land.

{{gap|1em}}Cannot you tell exactly how much land you cultivate?

{{gap|1em}}How should I do that? The M''u''nd''u''l of the village can tell.

{{gap|1em}}Well, when you cultivate the whole what crops do you get?

{{gap|1em}}If we have rain in Bysakh, we sow Bhadoo''i'' rice, and indigo, and hemp.

{{gap|1em}}After that we plant the cold season rice in Ashar and Shrab''u''n''a''; and after that we sow wheat, barley, and pulse.

{{gap|1em}}Are there no sugar-cane fields here?

{{gap|1em}}There is no sugar-manufactory here, but here and there a person plants a b''i''gha or two for molasses. It is very expensive to cultivate the sugar-cane.

{{gap|1em}}How many ploughing bullocks have you?

{{gap|1em}}I had one very excellent bullock died, otherwise I had six ploughs.

{{gap|1em}}Can you cultivate all your land with six ploughs?

{{gap|1em}}There are two bullocks to a plough; and if the ground is in proper order to work, one plough will manage six b''i''ghas well, and somewhat more with hard working.

{{gap|1em}}I suppose the cultivation of indigo is very profitable.

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