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with tv/enty stalks radiating from a common root, and with thiity-three 

 spikes of grain, giving the astonishing return of 61,380 for 1 ; a single 

 head of Andropogon Sorghum gave 2895^ for I ; eight stalks of Panic um 

 spicatum from a single root 16,960 for 1 ; and a single head of Panicim 

 Italicum produced 1850 for 1 ! ! 



Dry or Spring Season Harvest. — The next harvest is that of the Ru- 

 bee, or dry or spring season of the Desh. In this harvest, of twenty- 

 three products, there are four species of fine wheat, viz. Guhoo Bukshee, 

 Trlticum spelta\ Kupleh Guhoo, Triticum — - — ; Kateh Guhoo, Triti- 



cum ; and Pohteeyai, Triticum , called bellied wheat, from 



the seed being very much swelled out in the middle. Urburee, Cicer 

 Arietlnum ; Shaloo, Andropogon saccharatum ; Juw, Hordeum hexasti- 

 chon a . Watanah, P'lsum sativum ^ ; Kurdee, Carthamus Persicus ; 

 Juvvus, Linum usitatissimum ; Mohuree, Sinapis racemosa, and two 

 other'kind.s ', Taa.g, Crotolarea juncea ; Yerund Tarabra, Ricinus com. 

 munis c ; Yerund Eerwa, Ricinus viridis ; Cos Tambra, SaccJiarum offi- 



cinarum ^ ; Cos Poonda, Saccharum — ; Cos Pandra, Sac:'harum 



f; Cos Bet, Saccharum, ■ g; Shet Wallook, Cucumis 



— , the literal meaning is field cucumber ; Pawteh, DoHchos 



■ ; Tumbakoo, Nicotiana tahacam', Shet Kapoos, Gossypium 



herhaceum ; Bhoeemoong, Arachis hypogcea. i 



The above are chiefly produced in the Desh, in the dry season. Urburee, 

 Cicer arietinum,is the universal substitute for oats for horses; and,excepting 

 in the rains when green grass is obtainable, the juicy, sweet,and nutritious 

 stalks of the Shaloo, Andropogon sorghum^ and varieties, is their only 

 forage. Oil is expressed from the seeds of Kurdee, Juwus, Mohuree, and 

 Yerand. Juwus is not used for its flax. Although there are four kinds of 

 sugar-cane, and much raw sugar is produced, the processes of refining are 

 not carried on. The bark of Taag is used for ropes and coarse canvas. 

 The returns from the wheat are very considerable ; I have a specimen of 

 Kupleh Guhoo, with twenty-five stalks from one root, giving a return 

 of 1450 for 1 ; ten stalks are very common ; a specimen of the Kateh 

 Guhoo, also in my possession, with fifteen stalks from a single root, 

 giving a return of 480 fori. The average on tolerable land is eight 

 stalks or ears to a plant. The tobacco from some parts of the country 

 is reckoned very fine. 



The dry season harvest of the hilly tracts is almost entirely confined 

 to Mussoor, Ervum hirsutum ; and Pawta, a variety oi Dolichos Lahlah. 



a Barley. b Peas. c Castor oil. 



e Variegated sugar cane. f W'hite sugar cane, 



h Field cotton. 



d Red sugar cane, 

 g Reed-like sugar gaue, 

 i The earth nut. 



