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Cost of production. 



Injuries. 



Barley and bijhra are liable to attacks of lassi 

 and girwi (see wheat), but rust attacks barley much 

 more rarely than it does wheat. 



Area The area recorded under this crop in the measure- 



ment papers is 325,913 acres. 



In the Ganges parganas the subordinate crops are generally of the mus- 

 General tard class ; but in the southern parganas kusam is fre- 



quently sown, and in poor fields, where the pulse pre- 

 dominates over the cereal, flax is commonly sown. 



The object of the cultivator in mixing cereals and pulses is first that dew- 

 readily forms on the leaves of the chana, which would not form on the wheat, 

 and in seasons of drought the practice is often the means of preserving both 

 crops (Elliott's Glossary) : and, secondly, that cereals and pulses are not liable to 

 the same injuries ; one or the other is sure to thrive if the other suffers, e.g., 

 damp will cause rust in the wheat, but the gram escapes j frost will kill the 

 gram, but the wheat escapes. 



Gojai is a common crop in dry sandy soils. 



