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efficiency, as the following comparison with the Indian methods for crushing cane will show. Eighteen bighas of cane 11 acres) can be squeezed by a Beheea mill in a season of four months, with one mill, 4 bullocks, and 3 men; whereas two stone mills, tikurs, with 20 bulloks and 15 men, are necessary to crush the same quantity of cane in that time. But the wooden mill Kolhu or Raksab, though more simple, is still further behind the times, for by this, to extract the same quantity of juice in the above given time, three mills, worked by 12 men and 12 bullocks, are requisite. This alone is sufficient to prove the superiority of the Beheea mills, and the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, North-West Provinces and Oudh, have taken a step in the right direction, in obtaining the sanction of Government, to make advances to cultivators, in order that they may purchase these mills; and the prominent part this useful appliance obtains in district shows and fairs, is very creditable to the local authorities. It is to be hoped that the native's prejudice against innovations will be overcome by this apparent advantage to themselves.
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History, Antiquities and Inscriptions in the North west Provinces and Oudh
-A. Fuhrer
P. 249
24. Paḍaraunā, or Paraunā, tahsil, 49 miles north-northeast of Gorakhpur, has been identified by General Cunningham with the ancient Pāwā, both on account of its situation and the similarity of names, taking the village to be merely another reading of Paḍaravana, which might have been shortened to Parban and Pāwā. See, however, article on Chetiyaon,
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