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Wheat receives better treatment, but the wheat flour of Kashmir is not esteemed. The average production on dry land is 7 maunds, or 560 Ibs. per acre.

Millet is another food grain grown in Kashmir, but not very generally.

Buckwheat is cultivated in the higher villages.

Pulses are not much grown. Mung (Phaseolus Mungo) is the best, and is often sown in rice lands which require a rest. Others are radh (Phaseolus radiatus) and mothi (Phaseolus aconitifolius). Peas and white beans are occasionally cultivated ; in the gardens of European residents they give excellent results.

Oil-seeds are largely grown, and now that a company for oil-pressing is being started, still more attention is likely to be paid to them. The. Kashmiris do not use ght (clarified butter) in their food. They consequently require vegetable oils for that purpose, and as mineral oils are too ex- pensive, they use them also for lighting. The principal oil-seed grown is the rape, of which there are three varieties. An average crop is 8 maunds, or 240 Ibs. per acre. Large quantities of linseed are also produced, of which an average crop would be 14 to 2 maunds, 120 to 160 Ibs. per acre. Tl