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PULSES. 



These leguminous plants are sown mixed vuth the principal kharif crops, 

 jwdr and bdjrd, but moth is generally confined to bdjrd, and rarely, if ever, 

 sown with jwdr ; it is often also sown alone. Urd is also sown with cotton (q.v.) 

 and maize. The seed is mixed with that of jwdr and bdjra, and sown at the 

 same time : urd being sown a little later in cotton, i.e., when the latter promises 

 to be a poor crop : the treatment is the same as described under those heads. 

 Excepting arhar the pulses ripen before the primary crop, and are gathered, 

 threshed, and winnowed separately : arhar is cut with the rabi crop, threshed 

 and winnowed with them. Moth is grown alone on poor sandy soils. 



The grain is principally used as " dal," a general term for the pulse 

 which natives almost universally eat with their bread in the form of a pea-soup. 

 Moth is given to horses as a mash or as a substitute for gram when this is dear, 

 but is an excessively fattening food and to be avoided ;- as a substitute for gram 

 maize is preferable if procurable. 



The chaff of these pulses is excellent food for, cattle mixed., with other 

 " bhusa ;" the stalks of the small pulses are hard and are not given as food, but 

 burnt. The stalks of arhar are most useful for making binders for wells (for 

 which they fetch 1 anna per bundle) and for roofing p^*poses andjfor baskets. 

 The grass which is found amongst moth is valuable for fodder. 



These subordinate crops (called sometimes " ganjar") are valuable helps 

 to the ryot in paying his rent, the whole of whjch jrften is provided by them. 

 Their outturn, however, depends entirely on the success of the primary crop. 

 If that is good, the subordinate crops yield less, so that they are more to be look- 

 ed upon as an alternative or an extra crop than as a principal rent-paying 

 one. 



