weevils. Paddy and oats are not so subject to the attack 

 of weevils as wheat and cultivators often find their wheat 

 seed completely destroyed by weevils at sowing time and 

 their sowing of wheat seed results always in more or less 

 partial germination, (u) Wheat seed should be sown after 

 pickling, to avoid rust, insect pests and damage by birds. 



320. The subject of storing of grains against weevils 

 and on pickling will be discussed in the Part devoted to 

 Insect and Fungus Pests. 



CHAPTER XX V. 



(HORDEUM HEJXASTICHUM). 



TI> ARLEY like wheat is one of the most ancient of culti- 

 vated crops, but the two-rowed barley (H. distichum) 

 alone has been discovered in the wild state in several parts of 

 Central Asia, while wheat has not been so discovered. The 

 six-rowed barley (H. hexastichum) or bigg, which is the staple 

 of Indian cultivation, has not been discovered in the wild 

 state, though this is the variety which was cultivated in 

 Europe, Asia and Africa, in very old times. The four- 

 rowed barley (H. vulgare) is the staple of European culti- 

 vation. Probably the four-rowed and six-rowed barley are 

 derived from the wild two-rowed variety. Indian barley is 

 richer in albuminoids than English barley. The composition 

 of the former is : 



Starch ... ... ... 63 per cent. 



Cellulose ... ... 7 



Oil ... ... ... i 



Albuminoids ... ... ... 11*5 



Ash ... ... 3 



Water ... ... ... 12*5 



