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quality, depending on the locality in which it is 

 grown and the conditions under which it has been 

 harvested, and is by native grain-sellers known 

 as first and second class gram. Good gram, when 

 a small quantity is taken up and examined in the 

 palm of the hand, should be free from sand, dirt, 

 small pieces of stick, straws, or other sorts of 

 seeds ; in fact, it should, what is known in the 

 trade, "run clean." Each individual grain should 

 be round and plump, as if the husk was well filled. 

 It should not be shrivelled up and wrinkled, and 

 be free from worm or weevil marks, which can be 

 told by there being a small round hole in it, and 

 the grain, when cracked, being found hollowed out 

 and eaten away. Generally the weevil (kirim) 

 will be found in the cavity, but if not, it will be 

 full of a fine powder. Weevil-eaten gram cannot be 

 mistaken, and denotes that the grain is old, and 

 has been badly stored. In most samples of gram, 

 unless quite new, a small proportion of worm-eaten 

 grains will be found, and this is not of any conse- 

 quence ; but if there are a large number, there will 

 be a larger proportion of husk (which has no 

 nourishing properties) than grain, and a larger 

 quantity will have to be given. When a grain of 

 "ram is crushed between the teeth it should impart 



