NJ2018 Cultivating Rice - Upland Rice

Nongsa jikseol
Project Introduction Editor's Notes
Table of Contents
Preface Preparing the Seed Grain Plowing the Soil Cultivating Hemp Cultivating Rice Cultivating Proso and Foxtail Millet Cultivating Barnyard Grass Cultivating Soybeans, Red Beans, and Mung Beans Cultivating Barley and Wheat Cultivating Sesame Cultivating Buckwheat
Glossary Further Readings

Original Script

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○〔種山稻法〕: 稻種甚多。大抵皆同, 別有一種, 曰旱稻【鄕名: 山稻】。 徧宜於高地及水冷處, 然土大燥則不成。 二月上旬耕之。 三月上旬至中旬, 又耕之, 作畝足種。訖踏畝背令堅。 耘時, 去苗間土勿擁。地若瘠薄, 和熟糞或尿灰,種之。 或旱稻二分、稷二分、小豆一分, 相和而種。【大抵雜種之術, 以歲有水旱。 九穀隨歲異宜, 故交種, 則不至全失。】。	10

English Translation

Upland Rice Method

Though there are many varieties of rice, in general they are all alike. (However,) there is a special variety called hando. Its common name is mebyeo.

Highlands and locations with sources of cold water are all appropriate (for this variety). However, if the soil is too dry, then this variety cannot grow.

Plow the soil in the first week of the second month, then plow again between the first and second week of the third month. Then, make ridges.

After finishing sowing by using the foot sowing method, stamp down the ridges, making them hard.

When weeding, remove the soil around the sprouts to prevent them from being covered by dirt.

If the soil is barren, mix (the seeds) with aged manure or ash and urine fertilizer and sow them. Alternatively, mix two parts hando seeds with two parts barnyard grass seeds and one part red beans and sow them. In general, this technique of mixing seeds and planting them is (to prevent the loss of crops even in) years of flood or drought. As which of the nine grains will be suitable for the following year's (weather conditions) differs, mixing seeds and planting them helps prevent a total loss.

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