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INDIA N-C OBN OB MAIZE 

 (Kharlf.) 



Varieties. 



Preparation of land manure 



None. 



Is generally sown in home lands, and manured with 

 about 80 maunds to the acre. 

 Ploughing. The land is ploughed at least twice. 



Takes rather long to sow, as each grain is separately planted on the ridges ; 

 hence a man is generally hired to help. The ground 

 when sown is levelled by the " patehi." The kdkun is 

 sown mixed with earth broadcast. 



Maize must be weeded at least twice, the first time taking longer 

 than the second ; and the stalks are strengthened by 

 earth heaped up round the roots with the " phaora." 

 It is watched for about a fortnight. 



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It is ripe in Bhddon, and the trees are first cut down and stacked, the 

 cobs separated from the stalk and spread out to dry, 

 when the grain can either be rubbed off" with the 

 fingers or threshed out in the usual way. The cutter often gets one-twentieth 

 share in lieu of wages. Sixteen maunds an acre may 

 be considered a full crop, as the crop is nearly always 

 grown in the best lands. 



The grain is eaten either ground and made into 

 bread, or whole as porridge, or parched. 

 The stalks are useless for fodder, no cattle will touch them they are so 

 hard (very rarely they are given mixed up in a lot of chopped green food) ; 

 nor are they thrown on the manure heap, as they breed white-ants ; hence 

 they may nearly alwpys be seen lying near the field where they grew. 



Intermediate operations. 



Harvest. 



Outturn. 



Uses. 



