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phul, Nona, Laushal, Kalm, Ga*dhsha*l, Dudh-kanra, Kalam- 

 ka*ti, Laushenkata*, Sindurmukhi, Bankata, Cha*n\pashal, 

 Neulipa*tuni, Bari-amla, Machiyan, A kindi, Bagi-lal patuni, 

 Leajkata, Sondalmukhi, Noyachur, Khayersha"! and Noyan, 

 are heavy yielders. The superior fine and scented rices are 

 produced in only about half the quantity of the coarser 

 kinds. 



259. Peshwari rice which is a highly absorbent 

 variety and in great favour with Mahomedans, has been 

 successfully grown in Burdwan in high lands suitable for 

 growing Aus paddy. High class Annan paddies also grow 

 best on land which does not get too much under water. On 

 land too wet fine rices show a tendency to become coarse. At 

 the Sibpur Farm, the Ka"ta"ribhog paddy of Dinajpur is steadi- 

 ly becoming coarser and coarser ; but the Samudrabdli 

 variety of Bhagalpur, the finest variety of all has remained 

 fine so far. 



260. The Aus rice of Bengal is all coarse, difficult to 

 digest and eaten by the poorer classes alone. It is grown on 

 highlands and sandy banks of rivers and requires much less 

 water than the ordinary Aman and Boro rice. As the sowing 

 is ordinarily done broadcast it is more troublesome to grow 

 than the Aman. It yields a smaller outturn and fetches a 

 lower price. But it supplies the raiyat with a food grain 

 and fodder (in common with other inferior grains, the millets, 

 maize &c.) at a time of the year when these get scarc'e. 

 When the rainy season is of short duration and the Aman 

 fails, poor people depend for their subsistence on the Aus and' 

 the millets. The growing of Aus paddy, millets and maize is 

 therefore highly advisable as a provision against famine, and 

 the introduction of a fine variety of Aus more palatable and 

 easily digested would be a great improvement. The possibi- 

 lity of growing very fine Aus rice has been demonstrated 

 at the Sibpur Farm. It is curious this Aus paddy yielded a 

 second cutting. From ^th of an acre 34 seers of paddy 



