B.M Pugh
[ba bteng] Ynda la rai bha ia ka jaka ha ka ban thung ia ka bri soh, donkam ban da thew bha ia ka jingjngai ha kaba dei ban thung ia ki diengsoh. Ha ri Khasi-Jaintia ki ia thung jan eh ia ki diengsoh, kane ka jingjngai ka lah ban iapher katkum ka jaid (variety) jong u diengsoh, hynrei nga ngeit ba ia u dieng sohniamtra ha ri Khasi-Jaintia ym dei ban thung kham jan ban ia ka 16 phut uwei na uwei pat. Ha bun ki ri jong ka pyrthei ki ong ba ka jingjngai kumba 20 phut ka long kaba bha na ka bynta u sohniamtra. Haba thung ha ki lain pat lah ban thung ia ki ha ki bun rukom, hynrei kaba kham bha eh imat ka long ban thung ia ki ha ka rukom kaba ki ong ha ka ktien phareng ‘equilateral system’.
Kata ka jingjngai jong uwei u dieng ha uwei pat u ieng, ha ka bri soh baroh kawei, ka long katjuh. Ynda la tih ia ka thliew ha ka ban thung ia u diengsoh ki sa leit khlaw ia kitei ki diengsoh kiba la bod ban leit thung ia ki. Ka kham bha ruh ban tih lypa katto-katne sngi ia ki thliew shuwa ban thung ia ki, bad ban buh sboh eit masi ha kine ki thliew. Ia kitei ki diengsoh donkam ruh ban da sop bha ia ki thied da ka khyndew kum ka ball khnang ba ki thied rit kin ym rkhiang da kaba pynshah ia ki ha ka sngi bad ka lyer. Lada ka khyndew ka don jingsngem kaba biang ym donkam ban leh ei ei shuh ynda la thung ia u, bad u dieng un sa san. Katba u nangsan u donkam ban ioh ka jingbam na ka khyndew kaba biang. Lah ban ai da ka sboh eit masi lane da kano kano ka sboh lane lah ban thung ha ka bri ia u kynja jingthung uba tap lut ia ki niut ki nier bad ia ka khyndew, bad uba lah ban ai sboh ia ka. U rymbaija u long uwei uba ngi ngeit uba bit eh ban thung kumne. U saihon (sunhemp) ruh u long uba iadei ban thung ha ki bun ki jaka ha ri Khasi-Jaintia. Ka shyieng ruh, lada ioh tad, ka long kaba bha ban ai.
Ha ki katto katne ki jaka ka shun ruh ka lah ban long kaba myntoi, khamtam ha ki jaka ha kiba la shem ba ka khyndew ka long kaba bun eh ka rmi (acid). Don bun ki jaka ha ri Assam kiba long kumta, khamtam ha ki jaka kiba kham sngem bad ha kiba ka um ka kham neh slem. Don katto katne ki diengsoh, kiba lada ngor ia ki, ki kham seisoh shibun; hynrei u dieng sohniamtra imat um donkam ba yn da ngor. La katta ruh don ki tnat kiba mih na trai u dieng kiba san stet katta katta ba hapdeng shi snem ki lah ban jrong palat ia u dieng kmie. Ia kine ki tnat lung (suckers) dei ban khlai noh lane ban ot sumar da ka khainshi kaba ki ju thaw khnang na ka bynta kane. Kine ki tnat lung kim ju soh, hynrei ki shu shim lehnohei ia ka jingbam kaba dei ban leit sha ka kmie. KI KHNIANG SOHNIAMTRA U sohniamtra u don katto katne ki khniang kiba pynshitom ia u; hynrei kiba kham pynshitom eh ia u imat ki dei kine: (1) u niang thliew ia ka met bah (citrus trunk borer) (2) u niangpongthliew ia ki tnat (citrus shoot borer), bad ka niangksem sitros kaba jyrngam (citrus green bug), ka niang-shun (common mealy bug), u niangkrangbam sla (orange leaf-miner), bad u niangniuh ka thapbalieh sohmyndong. U niangkrangthliew ia ka metbah (Monohammus Versteegi) u long u khniang miaw (a kind of beetle) uba kumba shi inshi shi pawa ka jingjrong bad kumba shiteng inshi ka jingiar na ka met. Ki thapniang ki long kiba liehbthuh (grey) bad kiba thoh dak iong. Ki tmain ki long kiba jrong palat shibun ia ka met jong u. Ka kynthei jong une u khniang ka kha pylleng ha kjat jong u dieng ha ka metbah jong u. Hadien katto katne sngi ki niangbyrnai kiba rit ki mih na kine ki pylleng bad ki sdang ban bam nyngkong ia ka snep jong u dieng, hynrei hadien katto katne sngi ki ksam ia ka dohmet bad ki da kyndat shabar jong u dieng ia u shaba.
Lah ban kham pynduna ia une u khniang da kaba pushara da ka shun ia ka trai jong u dieng haduh kumba lai phut na ka khyndew lane lah lehse ban pynwit ia ki na kaba kiew ia u dieng da kaba teh da u phlang lane da ka jainjot baroh sawdong jong ka trai jong u dieng, lane lah ban tyndung da u sai nar shapoh ka thliew bad ban khlaw lane pyniap ia u khnang uba don hapoh, lane lah ban pyniap da u pawdar dawai gammexane ne D.D.T. (Neocid powder) U niangpongthliew ia ki tnat (Chloridolum-alcamene) ruh u long uba iasriem ia utei u niang Monohammus, tangba u kham rit ban ia u. Ka met jong ruh ka kham iong (dark brown or steel blue). Lah ban kham pynduna ia une u khniang da kaba ngor noh ia ki tnat baroh kiba iap bad ban thang ia ki, lane lah ban khlaw ia ki na ki thliew jong ki tnat dieng da i sai nar, lane lah ban kynshait shapoh ka thliew da ka petrol lane ka umphniang sharak kaba la khleh um, bad sa set ia ki thliew da ka ktieh kaba la khleh bsiang, lane da kaba kynshait da u powder gammexane ne u powder Neocid (D.D.T.). Ka niangksem jyrngam (Rhynchocoris humeralis) kaba ki khot ha ka ktien phareng ‘citrusgreen bug’ ka long ka khniang kaba kjit ia ka um jong u soh. Kane ka khniang ka kynrei bha eh ha u bnai June bad u nai July ha ka por ba u sohniamtra u la heh kat u marbl (marble) hynrei ka long kaba kham eh ban iohi ia ka namar ba ka jyrngam. Ynda kane ka khniang ka la kjit ia ka um na u soh. Kata u sa kylla stem bad u sa hap. Lah ban pyniap ia kane ka khniang da kaba synreit da ka dawai kaba ki shna kumne: pynum 4 shutak ka sabon ha kumba shi gallon ka um khluit, nangta sa theh kumba 2 gallon ka umphniang sharak. Da khleh bha ia kine da kaba king wit shi wit. Shuwa ban pyndonkam sa khleh kumba shi bynta kane ka dawai bad 10 bynta ka um. [yn dang bteng]
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