'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎248r] (79/150)

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AGRICULTURE—WEATHER AND CROPS.
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, p),invar, and Ahmednagar alone shows a substantially larger total of grants. In Poona
fire sums were advanced in a few cases under special sanction for the purchase of oil
" vines or the financing of expensive agricultural projects. In Sind the demand expanded
"every district and particularly in Karachi, where floods and frost did considerable
damage to crops.
5.—Agricultural Stock.
Chap. IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Information under this head is collected once in five years. The figures of the last
ioqiiennial census are reviewed in the Administration Report of the Bombay 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. for
L year 1909-1910. Information regarding cattle disease during the year 1910-iqn is given
in Chapter VI under the head “ Veterinary ”. ^
6.—Breeding Operations.
1 . There are no stud bulls maintained by Government except those at the Northcote Stud bulls.
Cattle Farm, Chharodi, which are allowed occasionally to serve cows of the neighbouring
villages. There were during the year 40 stock-bulls belonging to local bodies against qi
]a st year. No statistics are available as to their produce. In addition to the above
8 Khillari bulls—4 for Poona district, 3 for East Khandesh and 1 for the Dangs of Surat—
were purchased at the last Nagoba Cattle Fair in the Satara district through The Veterinary
Department.
2. Th e Northcote Cattle Farm, Chharodi, continued under the supervision of the Bull-rearing and
Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department. New buildings designed to provide complete breeding farms
accommodation for all the farm establishment have been nearly completed. The herd and dep6ts '
consists of cattle of the Kankrej breed—the purest type of Gujarat cattle—and the object of
the farm is to remedy the deficiency in good cattle caused by the famine of 1899-1900.
Nine bulls were sold during the year for breeding purposes against 16 last year, and the
sales realized Rs. 1,768. The live-stock at the farm consists of 400 head of cattle against
323 last year.
3. The horse-breeding operations of the Deccan Circle were this year transferred from Horse-breedin
the Army Remount Department to the Civil Veterinary Department. The number of
stallions on the register of the latter department consequently rose from 19 to 40, of which
28 were in the Deccan and 12 in Gujarat. The number of mares covered was 1,225 against
663 last year, or an average of 43 ’ 12 against 35’ 1 3 P er stallion. The average cost of feed,
keep and transit per stallion fell from Rs. 450 to Rs. 434, the decrease being due to a fall in
the prices of food-grains.
Fairs and Shows.
__ 1. Horse shows were held at Ahmednagar and Ahmedabad, both under the super- Horse shows.
\1s10n of the Civil Veterinary Department. At the Ahmednagar show the number of entries
uas 449 against 47 2 last year. A sum of Rs. 2,365 was distributed in prizes and a silver
medal was awarded for the best brood mare presented at the show. At Ahmedabad the
entries numbered 656 against 387 in the previous year, and there was a marked improvement
mteq^hty of horses shown. A sum of Rs. 2,985 was distributed in prizes, compared
with Rs. 1,965 the year before, and a silver medal was awarded.
nc vi ^ ttle S H 0WS , were held at M . h asyad in the Satdra District, Sholapur, Panvel Cattle fairs and
v oa a), Viramgam (Ahmedabad) and in Sind at Talhar (Hyderabad). At Mhasvad there s hows.
were 260 entries against 339 the year before and at Sholapur 260 against 398, the
'lea-ease in each case being due to the prevalence of plague in the locality. The entries at
ai f V ^ were 2 88> at Viramgam 752 and at Ahmedabad 303. Prize money was distributed
AH ° '7~4^ asvad Hs. 625, Sholapur Rs. 700, Panvel Rs. 370, Viramgam Rs. 500,
the 016 a a< ^ 2o °.' ^ Talhar show, the dates of which clashed with two local fairs,
in ^ e - Were 2 44 entries compared with 589 in the previous year and Rs. 650 were awarded
2 . Weather and Crops.
1.—Meteorological Department of Western India.
ino-the ^ j 1 P rev ^ ous year there were 2 second and 21 third class observatories, includ-
6 non “ ae partmental observatories of Ahmedabad and Jamnagar.
Deesa ^ 0 ^ serva H 0 ns occurred at Mount Abu, Belgaum, Rajkot, Neemuch and
abstract of th ^ weat k er report w r as prepared in the same form as previously, and a monthly
Gaz // e me ^ eoro ^ 0 ^ c M conditions observed was published in the Bombay Govern-
C0 mpared^ ^ xt . racts we re made from the logs of 1,001 vessels touching at Bombay,
1 n 927 in the previous year. Summaries of the weather experienced by all
Number of
observatories.
Observations.