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Kodo can be grown in any kind of soil, and is always sown with other 

 crops, chiefly cotton, in which it has room and light ; it suffers much from the 

 " agia." As its ears lie hid in the leaves it escapes the ravages of birds. It 

 requires much weeding. It is cut in November, tree and all, and lies a week 

 to ferment, after which it is still difficult to beat out, and it will take twice as 

 many men as Sdnwdn to thresh and winnow. The straw is not used for manure, 

 but is valuable for bedding, being soft and warm. The seed is eaten as rice, 

 and is considered good for ague : it is eaten too by Kurmis with buttermilk. 



Marud is little grown in this district ; its treatment is that of chena. 



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