The, Cereals. 



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Sanwa Millet. 

 Panictim frtimentaceum, Roxb. 



Synonyms— 0'^\\s.meciu% frumentaceus (Kunth.) ; Echinochloa frumentacea (Link.). 

 mnd.—Si.mf2i, Sdmuka, Sawa. £eng.—Sz.msi, Kheri. Deccan—KaihU. Sind. 



— Sarou. Kashmir — Karin. Telugu — Bouth-shama. Sinhalese — Wel- 



marukku. 



The culms of this millet are erect, from 2 to 4 feet high ; 

 the leaves are large and the panicle erect, oblong, and rigid. 

 It is composed of numerous incurved spikes. 



Sanwa is the quickest growing of all the millets ; the harvest 

 may take place within 6 weeks of the sowing. Where it is 

 sown in April and May it is cut in June and July ; the June 

 sowing is ready in August. As it ripens thus quickly and 

 early, it affords a supply before the bajra harvest begins. Mr. 

 Duthie, speaking of the North-West Provinces and Oudh, 

 estimates the yield of grain as 8 to 10 maunds per acre, but 

 on very poor soil it may be as low as 4. 



The nutrient-ratio is here i : 9-5, and the nutrient-value 88. 



Sdnwa does not take a high place among the millets. It is 



either boiled as rice", or boiled with milk, and eaten with sugar, 

 or it is parched. 



