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Indian Farming. August 1940

1940

The study of the marketing of fruits and vegetables throughout India is also one of the main lines of work of the Agrcultural Marketing Adviser and his reports on grapes and on potatoes are expected to be out shortly. [...] In the case of rice for example if we take the individual plant yield is conditioned by the number of tillers the proportion of these which produce ear-heads the size of the ear-head the number of fertile flowers (per contra the presence or otherwise of a certain percentage of sterility) and the size and weight of the individual grain. [...] In this part of India (the Deccan Canals area of the Bombay Province) the acreage yields on factory estates and on the lands of the best cultivators have been for some time of the order of 40 to 50 tons cane per acre. [...] The supply is constant throughout the year except for a period in December when all the canals are closed to enable the engineers to attend to repairs and the clearance of silt from the canals. [...] : muss STORA OE IN RAINY REGIONS 375 Filling in the silo Whatever the type of silo the general principles are the same as ensilage is the preservation of a green succulent crop by the exclusion or the limitation of the oxygen in the atmosphere.
agriculture environment
Pages
72
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120055
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii F.M. Mello view
Frontmatter
i-viii F.M. Mello view
Fruit Research in India
363-364 F.M. Mello view
The Farmer’s Dream
365-368 W. Burns view
Cotton Growing in Sind
369-372 Roger Thomas view
Grass Storage in Rainy Regions
373-379 R.L. Sethi view
Forcing Mango Trees to Bear Regularly
380-383 Lal Singh, Abdul Khan view
Breeding and Cross-Breeding of Angora Goats
384-386 W.S. Read view
The San Jose Scale—a Warning
387-390 A. Rahman view
Rural Reconstruction in Bengal
391-394 T.I.M. Chowdhuri view
What the Scientists are doing
395-397 F.M. Mello view
What Would You Like to Know ?
398-399 F.M. Mello view
What’s Doing in All-India
400-405 F.M. Mello view
The Month’s Clip
406-408 F.M. Mello view
New Books and Reviews
409-410 F.M. Mello view
Rag Bag
411-412 F.M. Mello view
Backmatter
i-ii F.M. Mello view

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