4o FOOD-GRAINS OF INDIA. 



Saran, Bhagulpur, Purniah, and Santal Parganas. It is largely 

 grown on the lowlands near the Ganges in Bhagulpur. The 

 analysis of the grain without husk is here given : 



COMPOSITION OF KODA MILLET (HUSKED). 



The nutrient-ratio is here i : 117, and the nutrient-value 89. 



It is said, apparently with truth, to be at times the cause 

 of vertigo, and is not considered to be as digestible as Setaria 

 italica ; the stems afford an inferior fodder. Koda is boiled 

 and eaten in the same way as rice, or else is parched and 

 ground, the meal being made into a kind of pudding. The 

 alleged comparative indigestibility of this grain cannot be attri- 

 buted to its percentage of fibre, which is unusually low, but 

 must be owing to some constituent or some condition of the 

 grain which ordinary chemical analysis does not reveal. 



Mr. Duthie says of this plant that it is the most largely- 

 grown (in the North-West Provinces and Oudh) of all the lesser 

 millets, being a favourite crop for inferior out-lying land. He 

 adds that it is not a popular article of food ; the yield may amount 

 to 10 or 12 maunds per acre, but much of this is chaff. 



CHENA OR INDIAN MILLET. 

 Panicum miliaceum, L. 



Synonyms P. asperrimum (Lagasc.) ; P. Milium (Pers.). 



Sanskrit Vrihibheda. Hind. Chena, China. Beng. Chennah. Other ver- 

 nacular names are : Sawan-jethwa, Kuri, Phikar, Rali, Bausi. In Tamil 

 Varagu, Katacuny. 



This millet is an erect annual about 2 feet high, with rather 

 broad hairy leaves and a much divided nodding panicle. It was 

 early introduced and is largely grown in many parts of India ; 



