Khed-waluyak, of I3ombay, arable, fit for cultivation. Khejar zaniin, of Sind, bad land.
Kliet, HIND., a field. Kheti or Klieti wari or Kliet kart], agaiculture, cultivation.
Kiari, orBoinbay, a bed in a garden or field.
Kollai, TAM., dry soil, high ground not capable of artificial irrigation. Kollai payir, grain growing on high ground.
Kolpe, of Bombay, a hoe driiwn by bullocks.
Korkul, of Bombay, land spoiled for cultivation by running water.
Kos, of Bombay, a leather bag for drawing water frOm a well ; these are of two kinds, the Ramia kos and Sandia kos.
Kshetra, a field cultivation, croP.
Kyadee -or Kyado, the bed prepared for rice growing, with or without artificial irrigation.
Kyne, of Burma, vegetable cultivation.
Ky-ne-myay. garden land near water, not cultivated during the rainy season.
Laterite sal ii not very productive, andif not confirm- I ously cultivated. the laterite rock becomes hard I and bare, and checks all vegetation.
Lavani, of Bombay, agriculture, cultivation. Lavanidar, cultivator.
Lay, of Burma, a paddy field.
Lewa, of Bengal, rice field prepared for broadcast sowing. Made bhumi, of Bombay, land in the bed of a tank or river.
Maduri, SANSK., land beyond the influence of the sea, free from any saline impregnation ; in opposition to namaki or saline lands, or such as, having been washed by the tide, salt can be made from.
Magani, KARN., TEL., wet cultivation by artificial irrigation, Main', of Mysore, a second class of rice land, yielding, one crop of rice and one of vegetables or di y grains.
Makha, of Mysore, rains falling between 14th and 27th August ; tobacco and wheat are sown at this time.
Makki, culturable land covered with thick jungle ; the worst kind of rice laud.
Malai, MAHE, alluvial deposits.
Mal-zarnin, Open country, barren or unculti vated plain ; farms of inferior quality or OD tho sides of hills or on ridges, which, although they can be ploughed, cannot be irrigated, and produce only autumnal crops.
Manal, Tem., sand. Manalachari, soil mixed with sand. Manal taram, sandy soil.
Manavari, of the Tamils of Madras, rice crop depending solely on rain, not being irrigated. ,
Mani, of Coorg, unculturable fields on a high level, on which water will not remain.
Manjh, HIND., or manjha land is that lying between the land in the immediate proximity of a village and that on the boundaries of its lands. It is con sidered the second sort of land in point of fertility. In Ondh, marsh land bordering on lakes or rivers.
Mannu, TAM., soil. Four kinds of rice-field soils are reckoned in Coorg, Adimannii, low-lying soil, which is considered the hest, beca.use it receives the nourishment from all above it.
Karimannu, black soil unfit for rice culture. Talemannu, top soil (i.e. best soil).
Nadumannu, rniddle (moderately good) soil. Other nine kinds of soil are recognised in Coorg— Arasinamannu, yellow earth.
Eremannu, clayey soil.
lisubmnannu, sandy soil.
Kalur mantra, unproductive soil.
Kallu mannu, stony soil.
Keinpu mannu, red earth.
Choulu mannu, unproductive saline soil: Jedimannu, clay, potters' earth.
Bilimannu, white earth, white clay.
Mar or Maar, HIND., in the N.W. Provinces, a stiff clay or loamy soil, with some sand and vegetable mould ; a variety of it is called kabar. In Bundel khand it means a rich, black loain. See Purwa.
Marul, MAHR., soil of a light-black colour on the banks of rivers.
MarWa, CIUJ., one of the two principal sorts of soil in Gujerat ; a sandy soil of a light-brown colour, rapidly absorbing rain, and having water at no great depth. It requires manure, but, treated pro perly, yields the best crops both as to quality and quantity ; valuable for wheat and cotton.
Mattiara, HIND. a rich, clayey soil, mixed with a small proportion Of sand, one-tenth of silex, and the rest alluvial mould. Matyar is the equivalent Hindustani term of rohi, misar of misi, find durnat of doshahi.
Mera, a mixture of clay and sand, the rusli of Hindu stan ; has many varieties ; some very good, and equal to the best doshahi.
Metta, TEL., high and dry land not capable of irriga tion, but depending 011 the rain ; unfit for rice. Misan, HIND., a soil mixed of clay and sand, sometimes considered as the best kind of soil.