t 247 ] 



Reaping ... ... i 8 o 



Threshing and winnowing ... ... 300 



Irrigation, if necessary ... ... i 8 o 



Manure, i mnd, of saltpetre ... ...400 



Applying the same with water ... i 8 o 



Rent (half charged against this crop) ... i 8 o 



Depreciation, &c. ... ...080 



18 8 o 



Outturn. 12 mnds. of grain at 2rs. and 16 mnds. 



of straw at i anna ... ... 25 o o 



Net profit per acre, about ,. ...680 



324. Barley grain, parched and mixed with gram, is given 

 to animals as food. Barley meal, prepared after parching, 

 is eaten largely by up-country men and is given to 

 animals also. Barley straw is not a safe straw to give to 

 horses and cattle as it is liable to cause colic, being bearded 

 and spiney. It may be used for litter with great advantage. 

 Barley leaving little crop-residue and being a surface feeder, 

 is a greater exhauster of surface-soil than wheat or rice. 

 For this reason this crop should be either sparingly grown, 

 or only the ears should be harvested and the straw plouged in. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



OATS (A VENA SATIVA). 



TT is a very minor crop in India, especially in Bengal. 

 Like wheat and barley, oats may be grown on lands suit- 

 able for Aus paddy after the Aus paddy has been harvested. 

 It can be also grown well on Dearh lands and lowlying lands 

 which are dry by October and November. In fact, oats can 



