FODDER IN INDIA. ly 



made good hay, but they augment the quantity for -'green 

 issues " and for ensilage : — 



Dub or Hariaia. Janevvah. Jirga or Palwan. 



, Anjan or Dhamman. Musel. Parbdh or Suriala. 



Bharui or Barroo. Dab or Kusa. Siuri. 



Kharmakra. Sewain or Sainvkai. Sanwah or Sanwak. 



Chupraila. Bhulani. Lapetwah. 

 Makraila. Etc. Etc. 



Dub.— This is the usual name but it is variable and may be 

 heard of as khabbal, dabra, ram ghas, hariali, harala, 

 dhobie ghas, etc. It grows anywhere, sometimes in 

 slightly different forms, and with cultivation yields an 

 excellent out-turn of excellent fodder green or dry. With 

 the exception of December and January it grows all the 

 year round with reasonable showers. Dub may be sown 

 anytime between March and September, but in dry 

 districts is liable to be burnt up in the early stages if not 

 watered until the rains commence. This by no means 

 always happens aiyl should not prove a deterrent to early 

 sowing other things being equal ; it can be propagated 

 from seed during the rainy season or, if irrigation is 

 available, sown broadcast mixed with sand about 25lbs. 

 of seed per acre, after sowing brush harrow lightly. 

 Another method is by "dibbing"smallclumpsof dub with 

 roots, i.e., making holes in the ground 2" to 3" deep and 

 9* to i' apart in parallel lines put in the clumps pressing 

 some good earth around the roots leaving the small tufts 

 of grass above ground : water freely for a few days if no 

 rainfall. A third way, and perhaps usually the best, 

 especially when sowing on a large area, is to plough about 

 3" deep, scrape up the soil into heaps all over the plot to 

 be sown, cheel some healthy strong growing dub from 

 wherever available and while fresh throw it down evenly 

 over the plot, cover lightly at once i*-2" with the loose earth 

 from the heaps, and unless wet run a roller or pahata over 

 it. It is not much use trying to sow dub unless the soil 

 is rich naturally or has been manured for the purpose. 



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