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Cost of production. 



Cane is chiefly liable to ravages of the insect Idkha, and is also suscepti- 

 ble to frost, which dries up the juice. Pigs 

 injure it much, but it is generally protected 



Injuries, 

 by a wall set with brambles. 



Area. 



General. 



The area recorded under this crop in the 

 measurement papers is 13,773 acres. 



Cane is never sown on Mangal (Tuesday), because the earth is supposed 



to sleep on that day, which is called after 

 her son ; nor in " Bhadra Nachattr." After 

 sowing, the remaining slips are always scrambled for (uchhdlnd, lutdnd, 

 nohar.} On Deo uthdni, efaidashi Kdtik the cane is worshipped by gU and gur 

 being burnt in the north-east corner, and presents of four or five canes are given 

 to friends. One man informed me that before sowing he set up fourteen or fifteen 



