Abstract

                                Millets are a group of small grained cereals which are found to thrive in areas of low rainfall. They are food crops which are complementary to paddy and between paddy and millets, the people and the cattle of this province are fed. There are eight individual crops under the collective name of millets in Madras. They are, Cholam, Cumbu, Ragi and Tenai which are the more important millets and there are four more millets which are of lesser importance, that is Varagu, Samai, Panivaragu and Kuthiravali.

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