11 



on the areas returned as under jowdr and chart respectively. According to 

 Dentil the ^sovnvith jowdr ant chart respectivelv inkh 



TOre-. [ char ^ respectively in kharif 1910 



Acres. 



Jowdr " "... ... 1,342,8] 



Chart 



... 1,485,345 



The figures under chart may include a certain amount of other fodder 

 crops. The districts in which jowdr is grown largely for grain are the five 

 southern districts of the Delhi division, Ferozepore, the districts of the Rawal- 

 pindi division (except Jhelum^^ Jhang, Multan, and 



JL/GKl ixDHZl Ji.il&Il. 



Sorghum halepense-fcam is a fodder grass which when it dries up has 

 the same poisonous properties as its cultivated relation (Fodder Grasses of 

 Northern India, pages 40-41). 



22. Pennisettmi typhoideum : natural order, Graminece. For botanical 

 Bajra, synonym Mjri. description see Field and Garden Crops, 



part I, page 30, and plate VII. 



Chemical composition of unhusked graia 



Per cent. 



Wat er ... ... ... ... H-3 



Albuminoids ... ... ... ... 10-4 



Starch ... ... ... ... 71-5 



*JiI . ... ... ... 



Fibre ... ... ... ... ... 1-5 



Ash ... ... ... ... ... 2-0 



The grain is considered excellent food for men, and in Gujrat some of 

 it is given to bullocks. As fodder the stalks are distinctly inferior to those of 

 jowdr, and in some parts, if other fodder is abundant, only the heads are cut 

 off and the stalks are left standing. In Karnal they are called dandar and in 

 Hissar karbi. They are chopped up and given to the cattle mixed with green 

 stuff or with gram dta. Before the Sirsa Branch of the Western Jumna Canal 

 began to irrigate the southern part of the Kaithal tahsil, it used to be a common 

 sight there to see in the barani fields large ricks (chhor) of bdjra stalks black 

 with age preserved as a reserve against fodder famines. In some of the north- 

 western districts the stalks of bdjra are a very important part of the fodder 

 .supply. 



The area returned as under bdjra in kharif 1910 was 2,412,497 acres." 

 Of this 1,173,585 acres were in the Hissar, Eohtak and Gurgaon districts of 

 the Delhi division, Hissar alone accounting for nearly 700,000 acres, and 

 792,106 acres were in the six districts of the Kawalpindi division. 



Bdjra is a near relation of anjan or dhdman (Pennisetum cenchroides), 

 he best of the uncultivated fodder grasses in the Punjab. 



23. Setaria Italica : natural order, Graminea. For botanical descrip- 



tion see Field and Garden Crops, part 

 n, page 5, and plate XXV. 



The chemical composition of the husked grain is 



Per cent. 



Water ... ... 



Albuminoids .. ... ... 



Starch 

 Oil 



Fibre 

 Ash 











73--* 

 2-9 

 1-5 

 1-2 



This inferior kharif millet is grown more or less in all districts, but 

 except in the hills aad submontane tracts and in parts of the Multan division 



