The Aean-el-Bint and theFino, occupy the soil for aboijt 51/2 (;> 

 mouths, the unhusked or cleaned seed being white in colour. 



The Yamani occupies the land for a period of 3 1/2 4 months, 

 the seed being while ; the Sabeini only for about 2 1/2 3 months, 

 the seed being dirty white in colour. This var. is chiefly grown to 

 assist the reclamation of salt land, being hardy and occupying the 

 ground for a short time, as wetl as requiring much water for its growth, 

 which in a great measure completes the sweetening of the land. 



II: By seed (husked or Paddy, Arb : Ron/ Shaery) ; The seed 

 is made to sprout before it is sown. The seed corn is steeped in 

 water for 4 days drained and spread on a wooden floor for 1 or 

 2 days until it sprouts. 



The seed-layer is covered with Bersirn or any other green stuff, and 

 often weighted, to accelerate germination. The whole process of ste- 

 eping and sprouting takes generally 78 days. 



The amount of Paddy required per feddan varies from 3 31/2 

 kelas, more seed being required in Ihe case of Sabeini than with the 

 other var. the Sabe'ini, tillering less than the other sorts. The seed 

 is broadcasted on a well-levelled ground under water. The water 

 is not changed until the seedlings have rooted well. 



Ill : The time of sowing the crop depends on the var. to be 

 grown. It the case of Fino and Aen-el-Bint the crop is generally 

 sown in May, the Yamani early in May and the Sabeini during 

 the month of August. 



V: The time that the crop occupies the land, depends on the var. 

 grown and generally is from 3 months, October being the usual 

 month of harvesting. 



The produce per feddan of average good land is about ardebs of 

 Padd}* or Ron/ Shaery, the Ardeb being 30 kelas. Roughly spea- 

 king 2 parts of Paddy when husked are reduced to about one part 

 of Clean Rice (Rouz abiad), the ardeb of the latter being equal to 14 

 kelas and weighing about 156 okcs. The cleaning process is somewhat 

 complicated and mainly consists in repeatedly pounding the grain in 

 a huge wooden mortar with a wooden pestle shod with iron. The blan- 

 ching process is completed by adding salt or gypsum, either alone 

 or mixed, salt being preferred. The husking process employs a large 

 amount of labour and involves a cost of about 4550 P. T. peradeb. 



