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important crop than even gram." U * ara w probably a more 



for cattle ^^M taHet "^ **l as a potherb it is the favourite food 



In Multan, Muzaffargarh, and Dera Gha?i THm 



nssun, it is often an irrigated crop On pat 2^ nf' u 1S unra as 

 Mr. Maclaan wrote :- thc Multan Gazetteer 



atio, or ^ ni cultiv- 



isa^to spar, but .ill survive ,ell 



In Muzaffargarh it is sown as fodder with peas or gram and 



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VT CTG 



The districts which returned the largest areas as sown in rabi 1910 



Acres. 

 Dera Ghazi Khan ... ... g] gQg 



Ferozeporc 



Attock ... .. lg - 347 



Multan 



Mianwali 



Jhelum 



Ambala 



Muzaffargarh 



Gurgaon 



21,906 



14,276 

 13,044 

 13,699 

 12,697 

 11,346 

 10,154 



The figures for Dera Ghazi Khan include sarson and toria, but the' 

 deduction to be made on that account is probably not 



The handsome violet flowered chanaka (Diplotaxis griffithif) which 

 grows freely near the Salt Range, is worth experimenting with as a possible 

 source of oil and fodder, especially as the seed has some small commercial 

 value as a drug (Attock Gazetteer, page 19). 



62. Daucuscarota: natural order, Vmbelliferi^.Foxltoiamcal descrip- 

 GAjar (carroty. tion see Hooker's Flora of British India 

 VTVTrr ,,,.,, volume II, page 718, and illustration 



-LAA.V1 I m Field and Garden Crops. A curious feature of the plant is that 

 the central flower in the umbel is often red. In the Punjab it is an irrigated 

 crop, and generally grown in small patches on wells. The tops are fed green 

 to cattle in January and February. The roots, besides being a useful food 

 for men, are given to horses. 



CHAPTER V. OTHEE CEOPS. 



63. Gossypium neglectum : natural order, Halvacece. For botanical 



Vanwar cotton, synonyms kapali, kapas, biri (eas- descriptions SC6 Field and Garden CrODS 



part I, page 75, and plate XVIII. 



The cotton seed (blnola, vnremva, pewe}, which contains much oil, is 

 a very valuable food for milch kine. In Karnal after the cotton is picked 

 the cattle are turned into the field to eat the leaves (Karnal Gazetteer, edition 

 of 1890, page 200). 



C4. Saccharum officinarum : natural order, Grammece. For botanical 



KamR. synonym ikh (eastern districts). , description 866 Field and Garden Crops, 



part I, page 55, and plate XIV. 



When cane is reaped the arrow or top (dg or pan^l) is cut off and used 

 as fodder. A bad feature of a fodder famine is the extent to which cane has to 

 be sacrificed to keep the cattle alive. In Gujranwala, even in a normal year, 

 a. great deal of the cane goes to feed the bullocks.. 



