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1000 Ibs. The grain contains very little husk, only about 5 

 per cent. The chemical composition of the husked grain is 

 given below : 



Water ... ... ... 13-2 % 



Albuminoids ... ... ... 7-3 



Starch ... ... 73-2 



Oil ... ... 1-5 



Fibre ... ... 2-5 



Ash ... ... ... 2-3 



Nutrient ratio ... ... ... i'i3>, 



Nutrient value ... ... ... 84 



345. The grain is somewhat indigestible and is eaten 

 only by the poor classes. The hill tribes of Bengal make a 

 beverage out of this grain which is imbibed even by the upper 

 classes of natives. 



346. The area cultivated for this millet in Bengal is cli- 

 mated at 963,500 acres or ['49 per cent, of the total cultivated 

 area of the province. In the following districts the cultivation 

 of this crop is of some importance : 



Percentage of 

 acres cultivated area. 



Darbhanga ... ... 230,000 971 



Bhagalpur ... ... 123,100 4-45 



Hazaribagh ... ... 105,100 4'88 



Saran ... ... 81,400 4*47 



Gaya 77, 3*53 



Patna ... ... 71,5 6'n 



Singhbhum ... ... 61,000 4'88 



Monghyr ... 42,900 r68 



Sonthal Parganas ... 30,100 i'66 



Puri ... ... 23,000 2-87 



Palamau ... ... 9.3 I>8 7 



Darjiling ... ... 5.3 2 '9 



