The paddy field cultivation also one of main
employment of people of Alawathugoda village. There are two seasons
of paddy cultivation.
Paddy field
cultivation is somewhat difficult than
Chena
cultivation. But growing potatoes and other vegetable time there are
no big damages to paddy fields. There are no wild animal attacks in
this season because all the members fields together. Because of this
people can save their times and they grow some vegetables in own
home garden and other states.
This advantage
and other machines means tractor, Kubota help to grow for farmers.
But increase the machines become disadvantage to farmers who has
bulls and cows.
The farmers who has
bulls and cows keep their cow in Udamala
forest and near the "He" means start the cultivate rice time
automatically bulls come to village and help the owner of them and
owner carry them for others fields. Others pay to owner.
Water supply system
is essential for paddy field cultivation because how farmers believe
rain. The main water way come from
Nasdanda
mountain to Paddy field in Alawathugoda village.
These are
"Yala" season and "Maha" season. People of this village
cultivate Rice in Maha season and cultivate other vegetables
specially Potatoes in Yala season. Reason of that is the Yala
season's whether is very cool for this area. And also near the get
harvest time North-East monsoon is started.
Grow
potatoes is very good for Yala season because farmers can get more
harvest in this season and they can earn much money from it. Very
important thing is there is no attacked by animals in Yala
season. But very much difficult task for grow potatoes is finding
water. There is a order using water called "Muraya". Catch
this also some what difficult because some time come someone's time
at night. These period farmers familiar with night also. How ever
they got more amount of money from it. Little amount of farmers get
lost their agriculture although majority is very lucky.
People
don't sell Rice because Rice harvest is not enough to sell. Reason
of this is they cultivate rice only one season of year.
Farmers
start to grow Rice in January and they get Rice harvest in June. In
the July they cultivate Potatoes or other vegetables. In October
they get the harvest and majority of people grow another vegetable
in October and get harvest before January.