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V : Wheat is harvested about a fortnight later than Barley, 

 occupying the ground for \j'l months, the crop ripening about 

 1/2 month earlier in the Said than in the Delta. 



The crop is harvested and thrashed like Barley. It takes longer 

 to thrash and winnow compared to the latter. Never pulled by 

 hands. 



The yield of Wheat is considerably less than of Barley. 5 

 ardebs. being the average on good land. Wheat tillers less than 

 Barley, though it produces more tibn which is comparatively supe- 

 rior in quality. The average on good land is about 6 Hernias. 



VII : The uses of Wheat are too well known to be mentioned 

 here. It is the most esteemed of all cereals particularly for the 

 making of bread. It varies much in composition and its value de- 

 pends mainly on the quantity of fine flour which it yields and 

 which sometimes is as low as 54 / and as high as 80. In gene- 

 ral the smoother and thinner the grain is in skin the greater is 

 the produce of fine flour. The aver, amount of starch in Eg. wheats 

 is about 77 / . Bran etc. are chiefly used for feeding horses 

 and to a less an extent given to milking cattle and as a food, in 

 the form of mash. etc. to sick animals. It is given to poultry 

 and pigs and externally is used in medicine as an emollient poultice. 

 The straw is largely fed to stock, during the dry season, from 

 about 15 th of June to December. 



YJ.Il : Wheat is less hardy to salt than Barley. It requires a 

 deep soil and only thrives on soils of a clayey nature. It does not 

 want much care in preparing the soil and but little care in after- 

 cultivation. No much water is necessary and in the basins it is raised 

 without any application at all. As regards manuring both Coufri and 

 Baiadi are used, the former generally when the plant is about 1 ft. 

 high and the latter before sowing. In Lr. Egt. where the crop in 

 I he majority of cases, follows Maize, wheat receives a great share 

 of its fertilizer through the Maize crop, the latter being purpo- 

 sely supplied with a heavy dressing of manure. 



Vigna Sinensis var. sesquipedalis ; Loubia Baiadi ; The Chinese 

 or Black-eyed Bean ; Leguminosae : Papilionaceae. 



1 : This plant bears a great resemblance to the well-known Cow- 

 pea (V. Catjanc) ; It is an annual tall and twining plant with 



