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Report on the Operations of the Department of Agriculture. Madras Presidency For the Year 1927-28

1928

For further details of the work of the department I would refer Government to the reports of the research and circle officers and to the monthly digest which I personally compile and which is a running commenary on the daily work of the department. [...] Somthing should be known of the feeding value of each selection especially as for the bulk of the population it forms the whole of their diet and no attempt is made at a balanced diet ". It is therefore of the greatest importance that the possibility of putting the maximum amount of food into the grain should be explored and that the loss caused in the various processes of preparation such a [...] It is difficult for the officers in this section to find the requisite time to conduct this survey but further progress has been made during the year in the Erode and Tinnevelly areas and a prelimnary survey was made in South Kanara and in part"20 of Malabar and the number of varieties in the type collection now amounts to 531 which will serve to show the magnitude of the work before the secti [...] During the year a new procedure was adopted in that licences for the import into the protected areas of cotton seed for use as cattle food were freely granted during the sowing season of the year under review in order to satisfy the demands of the public and the trade and to minimize the agitation against the woring of the act but it is to be feared that in some instances this concession was a [...] To give effect to the proposals above the present notification and the rules under the Cotton Transport Act require amendment with the approval of the Legislative Council and it is to be hoped that the subject will be moved at an early meeting of the Council.
agriculture environment
Pages
121
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141236
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-1 unknown view
I.—Administration
1-6 unknown view
II.—Agricultural Education
6-11 unknown view
III.—Season And Rainfall
11-13 unknown view
IV.—Research
13-49 unknown view
V.—Livestock
49-56 unknown view
VI.—Demonstration
56-92 unknown view
VII.—Agricultural Engineering
92-93 unknown view
VIII.—Publication and Supply of Information
93-95 unknown view
IX.—Accounts
95-95 unknown view
X.—Statistics
96-99 unknown view
XI.—Programme of Work for 1928-29
99-i Rudolph D. Anstead view

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