Millet is one of the main crops in mountain area. Many years ago, people used to sow millet in the field and leave it like that. Because of the weeds, the millet didn't grow very well. After they sowed the millet they used to go to harvest it. Then, they used to set fire to the straw. Later, people started to harrow the millet when it grew about two inches (five cm.) high. This practice is still done in the villages. Here is a story how the people started to harrow their millet fields.
A man in Paudwar village had two wives. The two wives often used to quarrel with each other. Therefore, the husband divided the land between his wives equally. Both of the wives sowed millet in their fields. At that time, they had a big fight again. One of them sneaked at night into the other's field with a small spade and dug around hastily with the intention of destroying the millet crop.
Later on, the millet crop which had been dug hastily grew very well and yielded more than the other. In this way, they knew that harrowing the millet field with a small spade would help the millet grow better. After some time, those people who sowed millet in larger fields began to harrow their fields with a log fitted with spike like teeth. Actually, oxen are used to draw the harrow.
The harrows help to control the weeds in the millet field giving more yield. In this way, the practice of harrowing the millet field was started.
