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B A RLEY. 



Varieties. 



None, but it is in this district rarely sown alone, but sometimes with 

 wheat, when it is called " gojai," sometimes with gram, 

 when it is called jauchana, or gram and peas (matar), 

 vetches (chitara), when it is called bijhra. Rarely barley alone is called 

 befhar. 



Not often specially manured, but frequently follows manured crops, 



e.ff., maize or cotton, when this fails. It is very corn- 

 Preparation of land. monly 80WQ after indig()j 



Is sown through a bdns attached to plough. Two men with a yoke 

 of oxen take two days to sow and harrow an acre 

 Sowing. o f |. )ar j e y > A less weight of pulse is sown than of 



barley. 



Barley or bijhra is more frequently left dry than watered, unless canal 



water is in abundance. It is not often weeded, and 

 Intermediate operations. . 



never more than once. 



Harvest. The entire operations are the same as for wheat. 



Sixteen maunds is a good outturn, and considering that this is a crop sown 

 in all lands, good and bad, too high an estimate must 

 not be made. For dry outlands four or five maunds 

 to the acre is a very fair crop. 



Are the same as wheat, but the mixed 

 crops are largely eaten by the middle and poorer 

 classes, who sell their wheat. 



Outturn. 



Uses. 



