Rice production in Bangchan
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3.1 Rice production in Bangchan is the single major crop of the region, and as of 1953 some 85 percent of Bangchan families derived their main income from rice production either as farm operators or as farm laborers (51). Rice production in Thailand is categorized as follows: 1) whether or not irrigation is used; 2) the height and rapidity of growth of the variety of rice plant used; and 3) the method of sowing. Upland, or non-irrigated, rice is found in north or northeast Thailand where irrigation may not be possible. The Central Plan features lowland, or irrigated rice, and this is of either the floating or non-floating variety. In the middle part of the Central Plain the level of irrigation water cannot be well controlled, and there the floating varieties are used. Only the non-floating varieties are grown in Bangchan, and such plants are also capable of keeping pace with rising water levels, though not to the degree that a floating variety can. The farm and the home cannot be separated in Thai agriculture, for the home is not only the living place for the farm family but also provides space for threshing and for storage of farm equipment, room for raising chickens, land for a kitchen garden, and space for fish trapping by the draining method. All the material components of the farm are thus located or stored on the home lot. Farm equipment includes the following: the farm building; implements including the plow, harrow, yoke, roller, shovel, spade, hoe, weeding k
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cted in the harrowing process at the spikes of the harrow. These weeds must be removed from the parcel whether caught by the spikes of the harrow or not. Children often carry on the work while the adults are working elsewhere.
4) Irrigation and drainage: This process includes the feeding of water into the field and the removal of an over-supply of water from the field. It also means preparing the dikes so that the control of water will be effective. Repair of the dikes is the first thing to do each work season, beginning with filling large holes and then noting leakages to be blocked with earth once water has been fed into the parcels.
5) Rolling: This is a necessary stop that follows plowing and harrowing.
6) Sowing and broadcasting: This step also includes the steps of cleaning the seeds by slowly pouring them in the open into a receptacle some five or six feet below an letting the wind carry away the dirt, soaking, spreading of sprouted seeds, and actual sowing or broadcasting. Since five different varieties are used, the work is spread out into four successions, one of which involved two varieties at the same time.
7) Preparation and repair: This step includes such items as construction of a temporary watc
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Approximate Word count = 1383
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)
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