For families that were small a compound was not needed and a mud hut with a fence would be enough. The entrance was as large as a man so people could climb the ladder and dive in to get grain. Inside the hut there was very little furniture, only a bamboo bed frame with a baobab rope mat on top and the hearth in the middle with firewood. Possessions and tools were hung or leaned against the wall. A small garden behind the hut was used to grow vegetables like beans and pumpkin while sorghum and peanuts were grown away in the hills. One's wealth is measured by cattle so they are kept in an enclosure called a "coh" for cows and a "cohnih" for calves. The Nuba people eat sorghum as their staple. It is boiled with water or milk to make "kal" eaten with meat stew called "waj". Corn is also roasted and eaten with home made butter.