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Indian Farming November 1948

1948

There are 'correponding `Divisions' in the headquarters of the soil conservation at Washington from which the work of the various sections of the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. [...] Millets In connection with investigation on millets under the aegis of the Council the results show in the case of jowar (i) an increase of 20 per cent yield of jowar in areas of scanty rainfall by dry farming methods (ii) control of fungus attack of jowar by treating the seed with copper sulphate and powdered sulphur and (iii) control of jowar-borer by mechanical methods of cleaning the stubble [...] In the Punjab in regard to the quality of Malta orange it was noted that the quality of the fruit in respect of soluble Sugars and acidity was greatly improved by the application of ammonium sulphate and farmyard manure. [...] In view of the limited funds allotted to the agricultural research compared to some of the more prgressive countries of the work the progress here could not be as much as should have been but in spite of it the results have been really considerable. [...] In the centre of the necrotic spot may be seen the female of the pathogene a pearly white body of the size of a pipoint.
agriculture environment
Pages
53
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120055
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv U.N. Chatterjee view
Problems of Indian Agriculture
437-440 U.N. Chatterjee view
Agricultural Research: A Review
441-446 R.L. Sethi, I.B. Chatterjee view
Eelworm Diseases in Plants
447-450 R. Chakravarti view
Milk-Clotting Enzymes from Plants
451-453 Noshir Dastur view
Infertility in Cattle and its Treatment
454-456 M.L. Kohli view
The Snake Gourd in South India
457-i A. Sankaram view
What the Scientists are doing
459-459 unknown view
You Ask We Answer
460-460 unknown view
What’s Doing in All-India
461-464 unknown view
Across the Borders
465-466 unknown view
Home Gleanings
467-479 unknown view
Farm Science and Crop Producton in India
480-480 C.P. Dutt, B.M. Pugh view
News and Views
481-482 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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