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B A J R A . 



(Kharif.) 



None : several heads of l>dira are often seen on 



one stalk (never ofjtcdr\ /-//// 



rh\ *'*'*%+ "y*-ti^r t\ 



Bdjra is generally sown in sandy and poor soils, but as it can be sown , 



later than jicdr is sometimes substituted for that ., 



Preparation of land manure. it* TX 



crop it the first sowing is lost tor any reason. It 



is rarely if ever manured. It is chiefly grown on the sandy soils of the Ganges, 



Sen far and Jumna, especially the latter, where it is also grown in the kachhdr. 



The seeds of the different grains are mixed and sown broadcast, after 



which they are ploughed in and the " patela" or 



clodcrusher is run over the field to level it. The 



lobia or " rosa" is sown on ridges (kunr) in lines about eight or ten to the acre. 



Bdjra is not often weeded more than once, the men being paid one 



anna and a quarter per day. This is when it is a couple 



of inches high, but when a foot high it is ploughed or 



dug up (gurdi). It is watched for about 20 days before cutting. 



The heads are cut off with a sickle, the stalks 

 left standing, to be cut as wanted. 



Harvest, reaping. 



