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Bairbadoes (which has been named 'B 147') suits both high and r 

 low soils, its average yield being 6,765 Ibs. of gur and 6,291 

 Ibs. of cane-sugar per acre. The average obtained on low- 

 lying black soils is still higher. 



602. Indigenous varieties. The names of the indigenous 

 varieties of sugar-cane are very numerous, but they do not ne- 

 cessarily indicate distinction. Their habits must be closely 

 studied before they can be classified into distinct groups. 

 The following varieties have been grown at the Sibpur Farm, 

 -Samsara, Bombay, Khari, Chittagong Patnai, Saharanpur, 

 Poona, Dhalasundar, Mongo, Malohi, Puri, Bagdia, and Baghi. 

 Of these, Chittagong Patnai, Samsara, and Khari sugar-canes 

 have been found to be the best. The first two are good chew- 

 ing varieties, and the last a very good variety for planters to 

 grow, as it is thick-skinned, and not so subject to the attack 

 of jackals and insects and it is a free ratooner. After four 

 years the yield falls off rapidly, and as it is not safe to keep 

 sugar-cane growing on the same land for more than 3 or 4 

 years, the ratooning should not be carried on beyond the fourth 

 year, after which insect and fungus pests predominating, the 

 crop becomes a source of infection to the neighbourhood. 

 The Chittagong Patnai variety though producing fatter and 

 longer canes, is very much more subject to the rind fungus 

 than the Samsara or other Bengal varieties. On the whole, 

 therefore, it is best to grow Samsara, if the attention and 

 care necessary for growing a superior variety can be bestowed, 

 or else to grow the Khari cane. For low-lying bil lands, 

 which remain under 3 or 4 ft. of water for a month or more, a 

 variety of canes known as Kulerd or Jali-dk, in Faridpur, can 

 be grown. The straw-cane and the grass cane of Bombay, 

 and the red sugar-cane of Assam are also suitable for swampy 

 lands. Besides the Samsara and the Chittagong Patnai 

 sugar-cane, other superior chewing canes are the NJadrasi 

 Paundaof the N.-W.P., the Bombay, the Poona, Shaharanpur 

 sugar-cane and the Dhalasundar cane of Dacca. The Chinia 

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