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The husk is much used for mixing with mud and cowdung for plastering 

 walls. The straw is of no use for fodder, cattle will not eat it; hence it is generally 

 used as bedding. 



Cost of production. 



The only danger besides that of drought is from the ravages of a small 

 green fly (gandhuki) which attacks those rices of which 

 the fronds come out of the leaves. Walking through 



a rice field, one may put up myriads of these flies. Pigs destroy rice, but will 

 not touch bearded sorts. 



The area recorded under this crop in the measure- 

 ment papers is 27,143 acres. 



The same portions (hakk) are taken from the thresh- 

 ingfloor as described in wheat. 

 In pargana Sikandra it is very common to sow rice and jwdr together ; 

 if heavy rain destroys tbeji0ar, the rice gives a salvage crop. 



Area. 



Genera'. 



