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the chaff and husks are blown away or separated _ - 
by the dexterity of the women using shallow baskets. 1) U 1 U 
The grain is boiled whole, like rice, or ground into 
flour for baking. 
Millets. Several millets can be grown success- 
fully but are very favoured by .rice 
birds which are extremely detrimental to the crops. 
These crops are at present of no economic import, 
since they are less nutritious compared with other 
cereals and less productive under existing conditions, 
though, like ragi, they may be useful in times of 
emergency. 
If damage by birds is eliminated, millets can produce 
crops of anything up to 1,200 lbs. according to the 
attention given to cultivation. 
Sorghum. Sorghum is another crop which growns 
well in Malaya under efficient cultiva- 
tion, but which is of no economic importance. It 
yields about 1,000 lbs. of grain under good cultivation 
in fertile soil, but is generally entirely consumed by 
birds. 
Job’s Tears. This crop is frequently grown by the 
(Coix aboriginal Malays (Sakai) in their hill 
Lacryma — clearings and is occasionally found on 
Jobi). dry loamy land near river beds. There 
are hard and soft shelled varieties and 
the crop matures in 3 — 4 months, though harvesting 
is very prolonged on account of the unequal ripening 
of the grain on each stalk. It is dibbled into the 
soil at 15 inch intervals or, rarely, transplanted. 
It is of no economic importance and is inferior as 
a food crop. 
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