Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site
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8. After the harvest of tobacco leaves their stems and roots are<br />
ploughed <strong>in</strong> situ to control the termites.<br />
9. Tobacco soaked water is poured on the ant mounds to<br />
control them<br />
5.4 Rodent Control<br />
1. Rats do not live <strong>in</strong> fields where sheep penn<strong>in</strong>g is be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
practiced (Stray cattle menace also can be checked by sheep<br />
penn<strong>in</strong>g as cattle do not feed on / graze the lands after<br />
sheep penn<strong>in</strong>g, as the sheep ur<strong>in</strong>e drives them away from<br />
graz<strong>in</strong>g).<br />
2. Putt<strong>in</strong>g fresh cow dung on both the fields and bunds reduces<br />
rat problem.<br />
3. Put the branches of Thangarali (Tecoma stands) around the<br />
fields to control rats.<br />
4. To control rats <strong>in</strong> paddy fields Channampoo (Cycas<br />
cerc<strong>in</strong>alis) flowers are cut <strong>in</strong>to pieces and placed <strong>in</strong> many<br />
places whose bad odour drives away the rats.<br />
5. Plant<strong>in</strong>g closely Nochi (Vitex negundo) and Calotropis<br />
gigantean around the fields as a fence helps to control rat<br />
problem.
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