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Indian Farming October 1947

1947

The advent of cheap hydro-electric power has accelerated the pace of enlargement and consolidation of holdings the deepening and widening of wells the introduction of improvements and machinery and a liberal application of concentrated manures. [...] The balance-sheet The figures of acreage under crops yields and values of produce as well as of expenses and investments as estimated by one* who has had intimate experience of the management of the farms of Mr. [...] Water requirements of crops With the establishment of a system of an assured and perennial supply of irrigtion water under the Lloyd Barrage and the canal systems and a greater intensity of cultivation especially in the rabi seson the adoption of scientific and econmical methods of irrigation are of very great importance. [...] Prevention of Icalar formation To prevent the formation of kalar areas it is necessary to educate the cultivator in the economic and judicious use of irrgation water and in the adoption of suiable crop rotation as unlevelled lands unsound bunds and water courses and ulimited flooding of areas are factors which contribute largely to the establishment of conditions which result in accumu [...] In the lower part of the delta there are herds of camels which have the uncamel-like habit of grazing on the mangrove in the swamps on the edge of the sea in the flood season: They wade about in the salt water of the swamps and have overcome the natural tendency of their kind to slip when waling over mud; they swim well.
agriculture environment
Pages
51
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120055
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii unknown view
Importance of Oilseeds in India’s Economy
490-491 unknown view
Improvement of Village Cattle
492-495 Datar Singh view
Garden Cultivation and Reclamation of Land
496-500 K.C. Ramakrishnan view
Irrigated Farming with Particular Reference to Sind
501-503 R.T. Mirchandani view
Camel Breeding in India
504-507 L.M. Hira view
Development of Tank Fisheries in Orissa
508-510 A.K. Das view
Some Cereal Grains as Cattle Feed
511-512 N.C. Gupta view
What the Scientists are Doing
513-514 unknown view
You Ask We Answer
515-515 unknown view
What’s Doing in All India
516-521 unknown view
Across the Border
522-525 unknown view
Home Gleanings
526-529 unknown view
Book Reviews
530-532 unknown view
News and Views
533-535 unknown view

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