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Department of Agriculture Madras. Report of the Work of the Samalkota Agricultural Station for 1915-16

1916

2,811 3,850 3,605 4,472 1,780 2,074 23 25 20 421,626 444,122 466,781 22 APPENDIX I. The station is situated on the southern bank of the Samalkota canal, from which it is irrigated, about half a mile from the Samalkota Railway station on the Madras and Southern Ma hratta Railway and lies in the northern extremity of the deltaic area of the Godavari district, on the line of junction of that area wi [...] From the commencement the main object held in view was the discovery of a more healthy variety of cane and its distribution to the ryots of the district, and by 1906 the discovery at Vizianagram of Red Mauritius, now the chief cane in the delta, among a lot of canes introduced by a former Collector, had been made and its distribution on a fairly large scale commenced. [...] The station as it now exists is 57. 42 acres in extent (an additional area of 16. 42 acres on the western side of the farm was taken over in 1914-15) of which 46. 88 acres are cultivated, the remainder being taken up by bunds, roads, etc. , and is mainly devoted to the solution of problems, connected with the manuring, cultivation and the improvement of the paddy crop. [...] Sugar-cane is still grown and a number of varieties are cultivated with the object of always having one ready against a fresh outbreak of the disease, Chosen for the purpose mentioned above, the farm area is in the main typical of the deltaic area, i. e. , the soil is a heavy alluvial clay with the"23 usual properties of that soil. [...] Harvesting and the preparation of the raw-sugar is done by the coolies, the owner providing the mill and cattle and a cooly expert in boiling.
agriculture environment
Pages
27
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100020
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i G.R. Hilson, D. Balakrishnamurthi view
Report of the Work of the Samalkota Agricultural Station for 1915-16
1-21 G.R. Hilson, D. Balakrishnamurthi view
Appendix
22-26 G.R. Hilson, D. Balakrishnamurthi view

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