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322. A white huskless barley has been grown with suc- 

 cess at the Cawnpore Experimental Farm and it is worth 

 while repeating this experiment. 



323. Cultivation. Barley is grown to a small extent all 

 over India and chiefly in the N.-W. Provinces of India, 

 either by itself, or mixed with wheat, or gram, or with peas, 

 or lentils. The most favourite mixture is barley and gram. 

 Barley and wheat as a mixture is not so popular, but barley 

 as surface feeder and wheat as a sub-soil feeder, may be 

 grown together in rich soils. Rape (Brassica Campes- 

 tris), mustard (Br. Juncea), tdramani or tird'mira (Eruca 

 sativa), and linseed are also grown along with barley 

 Lighter soil is preferred for barley than for wheat. The land 

 is prepared, and the seed sown a little earlier in the season 

 than wheat, unless they are sown together. About 100 Ibs. 

 of seed are used per acre. A little more seed is required 

 for barley than for wheat, but 100 Ibs. per acre is too liberal 

 an allowance. Seed properly stored and protected against 

 weevils germinate properly and smaller quantities of such 

 seed are sufficient. 60 to 70 Ibs. of barley should be ample 

 to sow an acre. Barley is a hardier crop than wheat and it 

 does not require the same amount of weeding and irrigation 

 and it is not so subject to rust. One hoeing with the American 

 (Planet Jr.) wheel-hoe and one watering with a mixture of 

 I maund of saltpetre and 20 maunds of water per acre may be 

 applied with great advantage when the plants are above 6 ft. 

 high. The harvesting should be done earlier than wheat /. e., 

 before the grains are very ripe. The cut sheaves may be made 

 to stand with ears upwards, near the thrashing floor and when 

 the grains are quite dry they can be threshed or flailed out. 



Cost.* i Ploughing and cross-ploughing ... i 8 o 



i Bakharing and i cross-bakharing ... 012 o 



Seed (60 Ibs.) ... ... ... i 8 o 



Pickling the same ... ...040 



Cost of sowing in drills ... ... i o o 



