THE CEREALS. 49 



SANWA MILLET. 

 Paniciim frunientaccnm, Roxl). 



Synonyms Oplismenus frnmentaceus (Kunth.); Echinocliloa frumentacea (Link.). 

 Hind. Sanwa, Samuka, Sawa. Beng. Samn, Kheri. Deccan Kathli. Si/iJ. 



Sarou. Kashmir Karin. Tclugn Bouth-shama. Sinhalese Wel- 



marukku. 



The culms of this millet are erect, from 2 to 4 feet high ; 

 the leaves are large and the panicle ei^ct, oblong, and rigid. 

 It is composed of numerous incurved spikes. 



Sanwa is the quickest growing of all the millets ; the harvest 

 may take place within 6 weeks of the sowing. Where it is 

 sown in April and May it is cut in June and July ; the June 

 sowing is ready in August. As it ripens thus quickly and 

 early, it affords a supply before the bajra harvest begins. Mr. 

 Duthie, speaking of the North-West Provinces and Oudh, 

 estimates the yield of grain as 8 to 10 maunds per acre, but 

 on very poor soil it may be as low as 4. 



COMPOSITION OF SANWA (WITH HUSK). 



The nutrient-ratio is here i : 9^5, and the nutrient-value 88. 



Sdnwa does not take a high place among the millets. It is 

 either boiled as rice, or boiled with milk, and eaten with sugar, 

 or it is parched. 



