Ahmednagar Sholapur and parts of Satara and Poona districts in the Deccan the Broach and Panch Mahals district in Gujarat and Bijapur district and parts of Dharwar and Belgaum districts in the Karnatak the problem of soil erosion is of very great importance. [...] Improved cultivation The main factors involved in the Bombay Dry Farming System are (a) simple field bunding along the contours of the cultivated areas (b) modifications in the local agricultural practices in connection with ploughing and harrowing of the land sowing the seed and interculturing the young growing crops (c) the extension of manuring especially green manuring (d) the introductio [...] Visiting experts have also expressed the view that the type of work in progress offers the only solution to the problem being dealt with and though the exceptionally favourable mosoons of the current year may mask the full effects of the measures taken those responsible for the work wait with full confidence the test of its effectiveness in years to come. [...] In India the disease incapacitates a fair percentage of the population for the greater part of the year in various areas especially the Konkan and other rogions of the Bombay Province Salem Bellary and other parts of Madras Hyderabad the Central Provinces Kathiawar part of the North-West Frontier Province and areas as far north as the foot of the Himalayas. [...] The composition of chunies varies considerably and it depends upon the amount of the meal made up of the germs and the broken particles of the seed.
- Pages
- 62
- Published in
- India
- SARF Document ID
- sarf.120055
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Frontmatter
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1-2 | unknown | view |
The Need for More Milk
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3-4 | unknown | view |
William Burns
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4-5 | unknown | view |
Fighting Famine and Scarcity in Bombay
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6-9 | W.J. Jenkins | view |
Public Health Fish Farming
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10-13 | T.J. Job | view |
Wartime Problems of Cattle-Feeding
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14-i | N.C. Das Gupta | view |
The Wood Apple
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17-18 | S.S. Bhat | view |
Production of Comb Honey in Kashmir
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19-21 | M.R. Fotidar, S.N. Fotidar | view |
Fodder Production for Dairy Stock
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22-25 | B.S. Patel, M.M. Desai | view |
Household Insect Pests and Their Control—V
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26-28 | Mohan Singh | view |
What the Scientists are Doing
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29-30 | unknown | view |
What Would You Like to Know ?
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31-31 | unknown | view |
What’s Doing in All-India
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32-40 | unknown | view |
The Month’s Clip
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41-45 | unknown | view |
The Treatment and Disposal of Waste Waters from Dairies and Milk Products Factories
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46-47 | unknown | view |
Food Position of the Marathi-Speaking Area
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47-47 | N.G. Apte | view |
From All Quarters
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48-50 | unknown | view |
Backmatter
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i-vi | unknown | view |