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"With reference to kodo, it must be remarked that the above is the price for the entire grain ; if it is husked, in which case it can be boiled as rice,

then also 20 sers for the rupee. In fact, there seem to be three kinds of food-grains as respects price first, the cheap and nasty, which are unwholesome ; they are about 28 sers now, but wiU rise rapidly in price as the stock from the last harvest diminishes ; second, there are the cheap and sound, but unsavoury, grains moth, judr, bdjra ; these are at 20 sers the rupee: then come the nutritious and savoury grains arhar, gram, rice, wheat; these vary from 18 to 13 sers per rupee, according to the kind of preparation used and the abundance of the crop. poor man will now eat his morning meal ofjuar ground and made into coarse, unleavened cakes ; this is eaten without any relish at evening he will eat kodo, husked, and made into pottage called kodo-ka-chdwal, or he will eat in the middle of the day roasted juar called chabena ; he will possibly eat a little arhar along with his evening pottage, but that is a luxury which his Banian may or may not allow him. it is



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Statetnent showing details of produce and prices i/n Bara Banhi district for the ten following years from 1861 to 1870.

Description of produce.