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Indian Forester. February 1918

1918

The pahari labour supply is unfortunately available only from the middle of December to the middle or end of March when the men return to their homes in the hills ; and the whole of the work for the execution of which the department is dependent on them has to be concetrated in this brief period. [...] If the labour can be induced to come to the range officer to receive advances before going to work this is done and the advances are paid out to the gang in the presence of the subordinate who is to supervise it ; if not as is more usually the case when the men reside at some distance from the forest the advance money is entrusted to the subordinate for distribution. [...] In both cases the subordinate is made responsible for the recovery of the advance by the execution of the work for which it is made ; and the measure of his responsibility is recorded by showing the advance as outstanding against him in the range ledger. [...] In this case where did the disease first attack the tree--whether in the crown or in the diseased root ? If the disease is induced by a virus and if the latter circulates in the sap why were not the other branch and the root below attacked simultaneously ? Again does the crude sap sent up by a root or the elaborated sap sent down by a branch circulate only on that side of a tree on which the r [...] The members of the Forest Committee may be given sandal seeds to -be dibbled over areas selected by the Forest Officer and the remuneration noted in II above may also be given to the headman of the committee to be utilized for the improvement of the village.
agriculture environment
Pages
62
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120200
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
A Study of Labour Conditions in a U. P. Plains Division
45-52 unknown view
Rate of Growth of Bamboos
52-57 B. B. Osmaston view
Field Investigation of 'Spike' Disease in Sandal on the Kolillmalai Hills
58-65 M. Rao view
Spiked Sandalwood
66-71 C. M. Hodgson view
Artificial Propagation of Sandal
72-74 L. P. Mascarenhas view
Athletics at the Burma Forest School Pyinmana
74-79 A. J. Butterwick view
Jap Lumber Resources
79-85 T. Sington view
Press Note
85-86 unknown view
Correspondence
86-86 unknown view
Extracts
87-89 unknown view
Backmatter
xiii-xxii unknown view

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