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Indian Farming December 1941

1941

The warmth from the sun in presence of necessary moisture starts the mechanism hidden in the dormant embryo which is the life centre of the seed and provides the necessary temperature for the enzymes or digestive ferments in the embryo to function and to prepare the food stored in the endosperm or the seed storehouse. [...] The oxygen is needed for the plant's own respiration and also for the maintenance of the necessary life in the soil on whose activity the root system and consequently the life of the plant depends. [...] Life is movement and movement not of a portion but of the whole of the constituents of the living system—the soil the air and the water feeding the plant must be in movement. [...] The report of the second committee met with much the same fate as that of the first and the outcome of the prolonged discussions which have taken place in the Animal Breeing Committee of the Council is that included under the name of Tharparkar are two different types of animals. [...] The colour of the skin is black except on the udder under the belly on the lower part of the dewlap and inside the ears where it is rich yellow.
agriculture environment
Pages
80
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120055
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xiii unknown view
Indian Agricultural Journals
611-612 unknown view
India’s Millions and the Food Cycle
613-616 Gilbert Fowler view
Tharparkar and Thari Cattle
617-621 F. Ware view
Storage of Potatoes
622-625 P.L. Tandon, Pratap Singh view
The Young Farmers’ Club
626-627 S.M. Huda view
Indian Sugar during the Last Decade
628-631 M.P. Gandhi view
A Pole for Carrying Heavy Loads
632-633 V.M. Chavan, V.G. Indulkar view
Why Cattle need Minerals
634-636 B.P. Venkataramiah view
Hiving Apis Indica Colonies
637-640 Jagadish Singh view
The Monsoon of 1941
641-643 C. Ramaswamy view
What the Scientists are doing
644-645 unknown view
What would you Like to Know ?
646-646 unknown view
What’s doing in All-India
647-653 unknown view
The Month’s Clip
654-659 unknown view
New Books and Reviews
660-662 unknown view
From All Quarters
663-664 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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