21 



separately, but with " other kharif pulses." It probably occupied a very lar^e 

 part of the areas of 26,123 and 3,603 acres returned under that head in Kangra 

 and Rawalpindi respectively. 



42. Figna catlang : natural order, Leguminosa. For botanical 



Rawan, synonyms arwan, lobia, chmla, rangan description SCC Food and Garden Crops, 



*\ *\ -*t4- T i ....,_.. TO - Jl 1 _ i . TT* ~*~r T~xr i 



(Simla). 



*r*nm MIX* v*. VJI III VA \jLL \*J 1. \J tj&) 



part II, page 12, and plates XXIX and 

 XXX. 



The chemical composition of the unhusked grain is 



Per cent. 

 Water 



Albuminoida 

 Starch ... 

 Oil 



Fibre 

 Ash 



23-1 



55 -3 



11 



4-2 



36 



This agrees pretty closely with that of mdsh and mung, but Fuller and 

 Duthie state that the grain is less valued than that of these two pulses, as it 

 is difficult to digest. 



It is grown in small quantities in different parts of the Punjab, and 

 more largely in the extreme south-east and in the south-west of the province. 

 In Gurgaon it is known as chaula, and is said to be the chief kharif crop on 

 very inferior soils. The area sown there in kharif 1910 was 35,441 acres. 

 The leaves and stalks are used as fodder. In Multan in 1910-11 the area 

 sown was 9,163 acres, of which 7,346 were returned in the rabi crop statement. 

 Mr. Maclagan noted that in Multan it is generally a catch crop after the rabi. 

 In his Settlement Report of Montgonery, page 120, Mr. Purser stated that 

 " rawdn is grown in the spring only for fodder. It is given to cattle green, 

 mixed with turi .... Cattle are sometimes turned into rawdn fields to graze." 

 In the Simla district the grain is eaten as dal or mixed with rice as khichri 

 (porridge), while the straw is fed to cattle. 



The handsome wild pea, Vigna vexillata, which is common in the low 

 hills of the Punjab, is a near relation of rawdn. It is noted on page 420 

 of volume III of the Dictionary of Economic Products that cattle eat it in 

 Chutia Nagpur. 



43. The rabi pulses are divided 

 into 



KaW pulses. 



(a) the Vetches belonging to the sub-division Vicieae of the natural 

 order Leguminosae 



gram, masar, chural, matar, 



(J) the Clovers or trefoils belonging to the sub-division Trifolieae of 

 the same natural order 

 senji, methra, maina, shaftdl, lucerne. 

 The latter are fodder crops pure and simple, and are fed green to cattle. 



44. Cicer arietinum : natural order, Z,eguminosa.For botanical 



description see Food and Fodder Crops, 

 part I, page 33, and plate VIII. 



The chemical composition of the husked grain is 



Per cent. 



Water ... 



Albuminoids 



Starch . . . 



Oil 



Fibre ... 



Ash 



11-5 

 21-7 

 590 



4-2 



1-0 



2-6, including 1 I'l of 

 phosphoric acid. 



After wheat gram covers by far the largest area of any crop in the 

 Punjab, and is important everywhere except in hilly and submontane districts 

 and in a few districts in the Rawalpindi division to the north of the Salt 



