Uo. I.] Further Notes. 19 



posed by people, while the rice was still in the husk, paddy would be equally subject to 

 the attacks of the weevil. 



" It is well known that siddha rice (i.e. rice which has been steeped for an hour or 

 so in water at neai'ly boiling) is infested by the weevil to the same extent as atap (or 

 unsteeped rice) : a fact which shows beyond doubt that the eggs could not have been 

 laid while the rice was still in the husk, for in that case they would have lost their 

 vitality during the boiling operation. 



" I have examined several samples of rice retailed in the Ranchi market by petty 

 dealers from neighbouring villages : all these were singularly free from weevils, a fact 

 which can be explained by supposing greater cleanliness observed by villagers in the 

 matter of storing the grain, but which is mainly attributable in my opinion to the habit 

 of keeping rice always in the husk till is required for sale or private consumption. " 



The following extract is taken from Mr. W. S. Price's report of ex- 

 ,';.,- periments made in the Bigapur district to test the 



bon. efficacy of bisulphide of carbon in protecting grain 



from weevil. 



The report has been received from the Director of Land Records and 

 Agriculture, Bombay, who adds that the experiments were undertaken at 

 the suggestion of the Government of India. 



The experiments in this case show the failure of this chemical to pro- 

 tect Jowari grain from the attack of weevil. 



The wheat weevil, Calandra oryzce, has hitherto only been definitely 

 recorded as attacking wheat, rice, maize and barley; but it seems 

 probable that it is the one here mentioned as attacking Jowari grain 

 (millet) : — 



Dharwar, 22nd August 1888. 



"I made two experiments in December last in the Hugund Taluka with the bisul- 

 phide of carbon that was sent to me, one in the town of Ilkal, and the other in tha 

 town of Hungund. The reports from the Mamledar of Hungundshow that the Jowari 

 grain experimented on has been attacked by weevil. 



" For the experiment in Ilkal, about 320 lb of new Jowari were stored in a wicker- 

 basket, shape and size of a cask. The basket was well plastered with a mixture of 

 cowdung and earth. About 3£ oz. of the chemical were plunged into the grain to 

 about half-way down into the basket in the way directed in the Government Resolution, 

 No. 6093, dated 9th September last. The mouth of the basket was then closed by a 

 deep plaster of mud, a layer of leaves of the neem tree being placed between the grain 

 and mud plaster. The experiment in Hungund was conducted in the same way, and 

 on the same kind of grain. The amount of grain used was 336 ft, into which about 

 4 oz. of the chemical were placed." 



With regard to sulphur fumes for killing weevils, 

 Dr. Giles, of Hoshangabad, writes on the 22nd 

 September — 



" The weevil has attacked my store of grain in the prison, and I first tried sulphur 

 fumes. The godown, however, was too large to be sufficiently tightly closed, and 



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