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THE WHEATS 01" BALUCHISTAN 



Two nietliods of cultivating whciit on inigatod laiul. aio practised. In 

 tho (irsit case, the land is pK)ughed during the spring and suninier after rain, 

 the land is manured in October, and the seed sown broadcast in dry land, which 

 is then ploughed, levelled and irrigated. In other parts of the District, such as 

 Sanjawi and Duki, the land is watered before sowing and the seed sown by 

 drill. The land desthied for wheat is generally well prepared, as much as ten 

 ploughings being given in the Miisa Khel tahdl. The amount of iriigation 

 given depends on the locality. The second w'^atering is given a fortnight 

 after germination. During the two winter months, no iriigation is required 

 except in liarkhan, the third watering being given about the middle of March. 

 In Sanjawi, water is required every seven to ten days, in Bori twice a month, 

 and in the rest of the District every fifteen or twenty days. In Barkhan, 

 w^heat is watered throughout the winter twice a month. During the Avinter, 

 the wheat crop is cropped by goats and sheep. The time of sowing and of 

 harvesting vaiics in the different fahsils. It is earliest in Sanjawi and 

 Barkhan. 



In dry t i(q) cultivation, the embanked fields are filled with water, ploughed 

 ajid smoothed in August and Septendjer. In some parts of Musa Khel the 

 land is uiauunMl. Tlie seed is generally sown by d.rill but if nu)isture is 

 abundant it is sometimes sown broadcast. 



Wheat is sometimes alfected by cold winds in the spring, by white ants 

 in times of drought, by rust and by the rice-stem caterpillar which attacks 

 the roots if too nuich flood water is used. 



The following is the averai:je outturn of wheat in the District : — 



fn maitmls per acre 



Ini^'ateil and inaniired land 

 Land iirigated but nninannied 

 Saihiba 

 Khiishkiiba 



The f(dlowing account of the varieties of wheats grown in the Province 

 is taken from the Loralai Gazctiecr : 



"Several kinds ol wheat are grown in t he 1 )i^trict . the most common 

 ones being the .sy///^ <//i(iK(rm m white, and sia nlKtHxmov red wheat ; the former 

 is cultivated in khiishLdbd and the latter in irrigated land, liesides these 

 two varieties, two others are known in Musa Khel, the kundi (jhaiaim and 

 mdUiv ghamim. the. simmI (d the former having been imported from the Daman 

 in the Derajat. The scH'd of the mdlav (jhanam is said to have been imported 



