Notes on stable management in India and the colonies / by J.A. Nunn.

  • Nunn, J. A. (Joshua Arthur), 1853-
Date:
1897
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Credit: Notes on stable management in India and the colonies / by J.A. Nunn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the taste of a dry pea in the mouth, and be devoid of all mustiness, which is present if it has got wet or mouldy, as it is very apt to do. In new gram the husk at the point is of a slightly greenish shade, that disappears with keeping. It is generally supposed that new gram is not so good as when it is a few months old; but myself, I have never seen any ill effects from its use. The only thing to be careful about is that it is perfectly ripe, for natives have a great trick of cutting and plucking every grain, fruit, and vegetable before they have arrived at full maturity. Gram should be crushed or bruised, not ground, so as to break the outer liusk and allow the juices of the stomach to act on the kernel. It should be crushed or bruised only, as if ground into a line powder a good deal goes to waste. It is sufficient if each seed is so crushed that it is split in two. Gram, wheat, and all other grains in the East are ground by the women of the family between two stones, one of wlrich revolves on the top of the other by means of a wooden handle fixed in it. To crush gram the stones require to be sharper set than if they arc to grind any other grain into flour. Gram can be got ready crushed from the corn-dealer (baniah) at a small increased charge per maund (80 lbs.).
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