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.CHAPTER XXXI. 



"VTEXT to cereals, pulses occupy the most important place 

 as food-grains, though oil-seeds and jute occupy more 

 land in Bengal. Pulses are included under " other food 

 grains " in Government returns, but it has been estimated 

 that the total area under pulse-crops in India is about 

 48,000,000 acres, i.e., about 15,000,000 acres more than 

 the area occupied by wheat. The export of gram which is 

 fairly constant amounts to only about 315,000 cwt. valued at 

 about 10 lakhs of rupees, and of other pulses put together 

 about 632,000 cwt. valued at 18 lakhs of Rupees. The 

 principal pulses of India are according to their relative im- 

 portance : 



(1) Cajanus Indicus, pigeon-pea, ddl t or arahar. 



(2) Cicer arietinum, chicken-pea, gram, chhola or chend. 



(3) Dolichos biflorpus, the horse-gram, Kurthi kalai or 

 Kulthi. 



(4) Pisum arvense, field-pea, desi matar. 



($) P. Sativum, European and American pea, Bilati matar . 



(6) Dolichos lablab vulgare, Indian bean, Shim, popat. 



(7) Glycine hispida, the Soya bean, bhdt or Gan ' kaldi. 



(8) Lathyrus Sativus, Kheshari, tur or tewra. 



(9) Ervum Lens Esculenta, the lentil, musuri. 



(10) Phaseolus aconitifolius, moth, mot hi or bhringi. 



(11) P. Mungo, var. glabar, green gram, mung or mug. 



(12) P. Mungo, var. radiatus, Mdsh-kaldi or Urd. 



(13) P. Vulgaris, Kidney-bean, French-bean, or haricot. 



(14) Vigna Catiang, Cowgram, barbati. 



(15) Cyamopsis, psoralioides arharid shim. 



350. The general recuperative effect of pulse crops on 

 soils should be remembered. Lime and ashes are the best 

 manure for pulse crops, and cowdung and other organic 



