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CROPS. 



Chap. XXVII. 



Every one who lias travelled much, in different parts of the 

 world, or who has reflected at all on the subject, well knows 



CEREALS. 



Ragee . . 100 parts 

 Rice ... 100 „ 

 Jowaree .100 „ 



Maize . 

 Tennay 

 Bajree . 

 Barley . 

 Warree . 



lUO 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



PULSES TO BE ADDED. 



Cicer j Fhaseolus 

 Arietinunt. I Mungo. 



Phaseolus 

 Acooitifolius. 



DolichoB 

 Sinensis. 



Dolichofi CajaDus 

 Uniflorus. Indicus. 



Proportion of Carbonous to Nitrogenous Matter. 



78 parts 



63 „ 



39 „ 



39 „ 



35 „ 



28 „ 



23 „ 



much cultivated, unless the rains 

 baijpen to be too scanty for other 

 crops. The seed is very small, form- 

 ing a long hairy spike. 



4. Cynosurus corocanus, or ragee, is 

 a very prolific grain, and forms the ' 

 staple food of the poorer classes in 

 Mysore, and on the slopes of the 

 ghauts. It requires a light good soil, 

 from which the water readily flows. 

 In the Deccan they raise it in seed- 

 beds, and transplant when a few 

 inches high. It is made into dark 

 brown cakes. 



5. Holcus spicatus, or spiked millet, 

 called cuniboo in Madras, and hajree in j 

 the Deccan, where it is the chief food 

 of the inhabitants, and is considered 

 very nutritious. 



6. Sorglmm vidgare, or great millet, 

 called clwlum in Madras, and jowaree 

 in the Deccan. It is made into cakes 

 and porridge, and the stalks, which ! 

 contain sugar, are excellent fodder for 

 cattle. It grows six or eight feet 

 high, and soon exhausts the soil, so 

 that two crops are never taken in 

 succession. I 



7. Sesamum Indicum, or gingelee 

 oil-jjlant, called till in the Deccan. 

 Oil is expressed from the seeds, which 

 are also toasted and ground into meal 

 for food. In the Deccan it is sown on 



gravelly or red soil, and the plants 

 grow three or four feet high. Presents 

 of the seed, made up in little boxes, 

 are exchanged by friends on the day 

 that the sun takes its northerly decli- 

 nation; and they are also acceptable 

 as ofleriugs to tlie god Mahadeo or 

 Siva. 



With these seven grains, the follow- 

 ing pidses are usually raised : — 



1. Cicer arietinurn, or Bengal gram, 

 the seeds of which are eaten, and the 

 oxalic acid, which exudes from aU 

 parts of the plant, is used as vinegar 

 for curries. 



2. Dolichos unifloris, or horse gram, 

 with grey seeds, used for feeding 

 horses and cattle. 



3. Dolichos sinensis, or lohia, a twin- 

 ing annual, with large pale violet 

 flowers. The seeds are much used 

 for food. 



4. Cajanus Indicus, pigeon-pea, or 

 toor. A shi'ub thi-ee to six feet liigh, 

 with yellow papilionaceous flowers. 

 This is an excellent pulse, and makes 

 a good peas-pudding. 



5. Phaseolus mungo, black gram, or 

 moong. A nearly erect, hairy annual, 

 with greenish-yellow flowers. It is 

 much cultivated, and is a very impor- 

 tant article of food. 



6. Phaseolus rostratus, or hullounda. 



