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The Sau pods were attacked by catterpillars, when they were 

 just forming, hence no San seed was obtained. Ainbadi yielded 

 656 Ibs. of seed per acre in addition to the fibre. 



VIII. -Varietal Experiments. 



14. BdjrL The following three varieties of Bdjri wera 

 grown for seed with subordinate rows of Tur and castors : 



(1) Awned or bearded Bajri and red Tur of Khandesh. 



(2) African Bdjri and red Tur from Bellary. 



(3) Sindhi Bajri with Peruvian castor. 



A plot 20 gunthas was sown with Bajri bearded, with a row 

 of Tur for every second row of Bdjri. After the crop attained the 

 height of 15 inches half the portion was * samdred ' as is the 

 practice in Gujarat, the other half was left as it was for com- 

 parison. The following statement shows the outturn per acre of 

 the two portions separately : 



There is a slight increase in yield in the case of the Samdred 

 portion. The Saindring increases the tillering power of the young 

 plants. 



The red Tur of Khandesh was attacked with wilt and only a 

 few plants survived ; these yielded only 40 Ibs. of the pulse. 



15. African Bdjri, The ear-heads of this foreign Bdjri are 

 long with closely packed white grains on them. It tillers freely 

 but is a very late variety. It was attacked with smut, and only a 

 few sound heads could be found. These have been selected and 

 kept for seed. 



The red Tur from Bellary grown with the Bajri was wilted 

 and gave an outturn of 57 Ibs. of pulse. 



