white wheat brought from Bhopa, where it is called 

 Daoud-Khani; it is small, but of fine quality, and it is 

 not extensively sown. Bungusia is rare, and is only 

 sown east of the Towa. Pissi is a very inferior wheat, 

 and is chiefly grown east of the Towa. Its name is 

 derived, on the lucus a non 'principle, from the fact 

 that in the rains it grows so soft and pulpy that it cannot 

 be ground for flour. No beardless wheat is grown here. 

 When the plant is green, Pissi may be known by the 

 yellow tinge of its ear, and the grains being a long way 

 apart, but the other wheats are hard to recognize. The 

 Jelalia ear, when ripe, has a deep red color, and the beard 

 has a red tinge at the end before it is quite ripe, while 

 the Kutia ear is quite white. Bungmia has a black 



beard. In Rajwara 

 and Sohagpore Pissi 

 is chiefly sown, either 

 alone or mixed with 

 Kutia ; in Hoshunga- 

 bad Jelalia and Kutia 

 are sown in equal 

 quantities ; in Seonee 

 and Hurda Jelalia is 

 the most prevalent. 

 Pissi fetches a much lower price than Jelalia or Kutia^ 

 ranging generally at Us. 2 or Us. 2-8 a mand below them 

 in value. The table in the margin shows the price of each 

 grain at the chief marts in the district on the 18th March 



1865. 



Seed and Produce. 



The rate of sowing is as nearly as possible a maund 

 to the acre, or two pie to the biswa. It varies slightl y 

 for the cultivator will sow less in a moist season than in 



