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 On His Majesty’s request, the Rice Department planted,
on an experimental
basis, within the compound of
Chitralada villa, various rice varieties from all parts of
Thailand to conduct studies on rice cultivation methods,
including
crop rotation for soil improvement and the
optimum utilisation of the fields. The results obtained
were then disseminated to the farmers.
In the first year of the experiment, in 1961, His Majesty
the King himself
drove the “iron buffalo”, a four-wheel
tractor, to plough the rice field. His
Majesty also later
sowed the seeds and reaped the crop.
A part of the seeds obtained from the Experimental rice
fields of the Royal
Chitralada Projects each year is used in
the Royal Ploughing Ceremony of the
following year. |
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