CROPS 61 



ITALIAN MILLET. 



(Setaria italica.) 



Tamil Tenai. 



Telugu Korralu. 



Kanarese Navane. 



Malayalam .. Tena. 



Hindustani Kanguni. 



Oriya Kangu. 



Area in Madras— 1,832,000 acres. 



There are several cultivated varieties differing in the 

 colour of the seed which may be any shade of yellow to 

 orange, brown or black. Grown as a dry or an irrigated crop 

 on almost any soil. Frequently mixed with cotton as a dry 

 crop ; but is not generally mixed with pulses as other cereals. 



Seed-rate — 5-6 lb. per acre as a garden crop : half that 

 for dry lands, with further reduction if sown as a mixture. 



Volume weight— 1 M.M. weighs 3*57 lb. 



Husk to grain — 20 per cent by weight. 



Weight of seed— 1,000 seeds weigh 2*70 grammes. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb.— 168,000. 



Germination capacity — 95 per cent. 



Yield— Dry crop up to 600 lb. Irrigated up to 1,000 lb. ; 

 1,000 to 2,000 lb. of- straw per acre. 



SAMAL 



(Panicum miliare.) 



Tamil Shamai. 



Telugu Samulu. 



Malayalam Shama. 



Kanarese Shame. 



Hindustani Savan. 



Oriya Suniva. 



Area in Madras— 1,008,500 acres. 



There are long and short duration varieties of Samai : 

 One with black glumes is also known. It is usually grown as 

 an early dry crop, occupying poor soils and is mixed with 

 pulses. 



Seed-rate — 10 lb. per acre. 



Volume weight— 1 M.M. weighs 31 lb. 



Husk to grain— 44 per cent by weight. 



Weight of seed — 1,000 seeds weigh 2*65 grammes. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb —171,200. 



