'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1904-1905' [‎144r] (63/116)

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39 Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
The experiments on Egyptian and American cottons begun at Dhoronaro are being distribution.
continued here. Egyptian clover was found to have a marked revivifying effect on exhausted soils. Experiments.
As the fodder is valuable the crop should be extremely valuable in Sind where fodder is scarce.
Several varieties of Punjab and other wheats were tried on the farm, and also distributed. Two
or three waterings were found to produce better results than a larger number, but the results
require further check.
Chkarodi.
Hybrid cottons were grown on about acres and yielded well. All the seed was destroyed
in the disastrous cyclone of last July.
Jalgaon.
Experiments on hybrid cottons and jowdr were continued. The Ci chapti ” variety of
Surat jowd-r was found to be decidedly superior to the local variety.
Miscellaneous Operations.
An effort was made to collect sound and pure seed from healthy plants in the Ahmedabad Distribution of
and Dharwar Districts and to sell it to the cultivators at a reduced price. Seed sufficient to sow cotton seed,
8,000 acres was distributed in the latter district, and 3,500 acres in the former. The net cost to
Government of these operations was Rs. 2,100. In Dh£rw4r Rs. 4,300 was expended and
Rs. 2,400 will be recovered. In Ahmedabad Rs. 2,000 were expended and Rs. 1,200 are expected
to be received. In Sind sufficient seed for sowing 1,500 acres was distributed.
5.—Advances to Cultivators.
The advances made under the Land Improvement Loans Act and the Agriculturists* Loans
Act in each of the districts of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. during the past two years are shown in the
following statement:—
Districts.
Alimedabad
Kaira
Pandi Mahals
Broach
Surat
Thana
N&sik
Kh&ndesh
Ahmed nagar
Poona
Sholhpur
Satara
Belgaum
Dharwar
Bijapur
Ratnagiri
Kanara
Kol&ba
Karachi
Hyderabad
Thar and Parkar
Sukkur
Upper Sind Frontie
Lhrkhana
Total
1903-04.
1904-05.
For purchasa
For permanent
For purchase
For permanent
of seed and
improvement,
of seed and
improvement.
cattle, Act XII
Act XIX of
cattle, Act XII
Act XIX of
of 1884.
1883.
of 1884.
1883.
Rs.
Ea.
Rs.
Rs*
32,703
11,916
97,969
38,884
| 64,525
12,519
1,76,348
18,965
24,170
2,015
1,95,690
• •«•••
9,850
17,673
25,477
4,178
19,572
12,313
25,453
10,900
20,694
10,693
21,682
22,004
27,635
13,545
40,543
32,501
43,692
7,406
50,387
8,354
26,389
20,897
78,047
59,831
49,812
3,772
9,453
23,037
15,503
35,804
59,656
56,669
17,057
16,875
10,165
34,655
13,009
1,03,360
8,747
86,609
13,870
1,61,374
1,679
71,145
4,277
1,700
10,131
572
20,105
7,155
22,592
4,275
5,790
3,000
7,949
3,398
21,233
7,100
20,460
15,045
} 1,54,713
1,38,862
1,05,864
1,78,523
* j 68,262
1,42,983
38,772
1,44,594
.* 72,729
1,19,546
73,450
1,50,280
7,25,095
8,50,608
10,80,514
9,64,419
It will be seen from the above table that tagavi given under Act XII of 1884 increased
by over Rs. 3| lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees , while the amount given for permanent improvements exceeded by some
Rs. 1,10,000 tbe amount given for this purpose in the previous year. Large advances w T ere
made in the Northern and Central Divisions for the purchase of seed and cattle, so that the
cultivators by raising irrigated crops might maintain themselves without recourse to public
relief. The large increase in tagavi for permanent improvements was due foie the most part
to a large increase in the number of wells sunk in tracts where the kharif crops had partly or
entirely failed and which possessed irrigational facilities. Except in Karachi and Ldrkhana,
there was in all the Sind Districts a decrease in the amount of tagavi advanced.
6.*—Agricultural Stock.
The return is a quinquennial one and no fresh figures are available since those of 1901 “1902.
7.<—Breeding Operations.
1. No stud bulls were maintained at the direct expense of Government, but three were Be v ines,
maintained by the Ahmedabad Local Board and one by the Hyderabed (Sind) Local Board. The
latter covered 12 cows as against 17 in the previous year.