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Uoideum vulgare, Linn. ; Barley. 



Animal. Cultivated in many varieties; grain imported ehieiiy 

 from llussia (6837600), United States (4970672), British India 

 (4053728), Canada (2869216), Turkey in Asia (2500176), Turkey 

 in Europe (5376), Eoumania (1555456), Denmark (582512), 

 Germany (399392;, Tunis (390544), Argentine (296464), Austria 

 Hungary (298816), Algeria (138768), Chile (93184), France 

 (45920), Cyprus (29568), Persia (28784), Belgium (4368), 

 Australia (3248), Mexico (2352), and Morocco, tlie United King- 

 dom producing in the same year (1913) 32,816,264 centals. 



The varieties of four-rowed, also known as " Bere " or " Bigg," 

 are sometimes grown for green forage, but the grain is princi- 

 pally used for making beer and whiskey, the dried grains from 

 the breweries and distilleries being used for feeding stock and 

 for the same purpose the " malt culms" (the rootlets and shoots 

 developed when germinating the grain for conversion into malt) 

 are also used. The prepared grain as "Pot" and "Pearl" 

 barleys is well-known as food. 



Arundinaria Mating, Gamble; Haling Bamboo. 



Culms upwards of 15 ft., native of Sikkim; commonly cut as 

 forage for ponies in the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. 



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Willd.\ the Spiny Bamboo. 



A tall, graceful grass, 80 to 100 ft. high, wild and cultivated 

 in India and Burma. "The seeds, which somewhat resemble 

 wheat, are edible, and have in certain year?; proved of great 

 value in supplementing food supplies, more especially since 

 flowering very frequently accompanies seasons of famine or 

 scarcity"; "the young shoots are eaten and somewhat resemble 

 asparagus; the leaves are very largely employed as fodder, more 

 especially for buffaloes and elephants" (Watt). 



Melocanna bambusoides, Trin.] Terai Bamboo, Berry-bearing 





Bamboo. 



A tall, strong grass, 50 to TO ft. high, of Eastern Bengal and 

 Burma. It is remarkable for its large edible fruit, which 

 occasionally germinates before separating from the si em. 



The " Male Bamboo " (JJendrocalamus strictus, Nees) with 

 culms 20 to 100 ft. high, common throughout India and Burma, 

 yields a food grain, and many more Bamboos might be 

 mentioned as useful for fodder or food; but the young shoots of 

 probably all are eaten more or less for food in India and on the 

 rare occasions when the plants do flower and fruit, the grain of 

 many species appears to be of value. 



1. 1889. "Food Grains of India — Deyidrocalamus strictus,** 

 op. 283-284; 1907, "The Flowering of Cultivated Bamboos," 

 pp. 228-233; 1912. "The Arundinarias of the Hills of Sikkim," 

 pp. 135-140. 



The imports of Grass seeds probably all for use in Agriculture 

 are given under "Clover and Grass" Seed, and the two are 

 entered here foi convenience (see Tri folium, p. 6). The total 

 imported in 1913 amounted approximately to 264. T99 centals, 



