...We have had some occasions to study and try farm work and are well aware that farming is hard work with quite a few obstacles to overcome. The first requisite is improved grain strains and there are various processes to follow before obtaining substantial results. There is one more thing. The rice field after the farming season is over, should be utilized to plant some other crops. That will not only bring in a sizable extra income, but also loosen the soil, increase its natural fertilizer content, thus improving the quality of soil and making it more fertile for the next farming season...."
Since then, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has requested His Majesty for the rice seeds from the demonstration plot at Chitralada Villa to be distributed accordingly at the end of the First Ploughing Ceremony yearly and the seeds have been granted and packed in small packets and given free to the on looking farmers from every corner of the country to be sowed as blessed seeds in their own fields.