62 crops 



Germination capacity— 98 per cent. 



Yield— 400 to 600 lb. of grain ; 800 to 900 lb. of straw per 



COMMON MILLET. 



(Panicum millaceum.) 



Tamil Panivaragu or Kadaikanni. 



Telugu Yarigalu or Barigalu. 



Kanarese Baragu. 



Hindustani 



Oriya Rala. 



There are two varieties grown which differ in colour of 

 the glume. The crop is grown dry on poor soils : and only 

 occasionally as a garden crop. 



Seed-rate— 10 lb. per acre. 



Volume weight— 1 M.M. weighs 3*09 lb. 



Husk to grain— 35 per cent by weight. 



Weight of seed— 1,000 seeds weigh 512 grammes. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb.- 88,600. 



Germination capacity — 99 per cent. 



Yield— 500 to 600 lb. of grain ; 900 lb. of straw. An 

 irrigated crop will yield up to 1,200 lb. of grain per acre. 



SANWA MILLET. 



(Panicum Orusgalli var Frnmentaceum.) 



Tamil Kudiraivali. 



Telugu Oodalu. 



A green and a red variety are found growing in Ganjam : 

 elsewhere there seems to be a single variety. It is a minor 

 grain grown usually on poor soils. It grows very rapidly, 

 can stand water-logging and is therefore raised in iow lands 

 to prevent wash. The straw is considered good : grain con- 

 tains a very high proportion of husk. 



Seed-rate— 35 lb. per acre. 



Volume weight — 1 M.M. weighs 2'33 lb. 



Husk to grain— 35 per cent by weight. 



Weight of seed— 1,000 seeds weigh 3-14 grammes. 



Number of seeds in 1 lb. — 144,450. 



Yield— 400 to 500 lb. of grain and 2,000 lb. of straw per 

 acre. 



