‘REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1919-20’ [‎270v] (88/192)

Chapter IV.
PRODUCTION
AND
DISTRIBUTION.
Uncultivated area.
Crops.
04 BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[ 19l 9-l920.
proper and-64*2 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees acres to 52*3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or by 18-6 per cent, in Sind Th
cropped area rose by 32,300 acres in 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. proper. V- asses sed
12,700 acres of Bhatha land newly given out for cultivation in U m ^ es
The districts of Kaira, Panch Mahals, Satara, East Khandesh Dha^'
Thana have contributed most of the rest. In Sind the assessed * War , aili
a net increase of 99,100 acres (of this 95,000 acres in Thar i
owing to the favourable season. The unassessed cropped area sh ^
increase of 10,000 acres in Gujarat, 7,000 acres in the Deccan and 1 50(T an
in the Karnatak. In Sind the unassessed area rose by 71,000 acres ^
principally to increases in Karachi, Upper Sind Frontier’ and NawabJ
2. Variations under this head correspond as a rule inversely with th
under the occupied area. About 68,000 acres of forest lands were ^iven ° S f
for temporary cultivation mainly in Poona (22,900 acres), Thana^ (20800
acres, mostly wood lands), Sholapur (9,900 acres), Ahmednagar (6,700acre)
and West Khandesh (5,600 acres), and about 40,700 acres of culturable wast
(including the Bhatha lands in Ahmedabad), and miscellaneous unoccupied
lands were similarly dealt with in 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. . ^
3. In 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. proper the area under food crops showed an
increase of 25 percent, over the previous year and 3'8 per cent, over the normal
In Sind the respective percentages were 53*7 and 16‘6. Bajri, kharii
jo war and other miscellaneous cereals and pulses were grown to a considerably
larger extent than usual everywhere owing to plentiful early rains in 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. proper and early inundation in Sind in order to replenish the stocks
of food grains and fodder which had been seriously depleted almost everywhere
owing to the drought of the previous year. The season was also favourable
for the cultivation of wheat, gram and other rabi crops but the area under
them was somewhat limited owing to the utilization of lands usually reserved
for such crops by the kharif crops. The area under non-food crops was 8'3
per cent, over the previous year and 33 per cent, over the normal in 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. proper and 35*8 and 8*4 per cent., respectively, in Sind. Under
the incentive of high prices the area under cotton continued to show steady
advance during the year in spite of the urgent necessity for growing food and
fodder crops. The area under oilseeds showed an increase but it was still far
short of the normal both in 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. proper and in Sind. The area under
kharif crop increased by 21 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres over that of 1917-18 bub that under
rabi was less by 19 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres, a net increase of 2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres over the total
acreage under food grain crops of that year. As a result of the famine conditions
in the preceding year cultivators were keen to take advantage of the early rains
to sow crops that would mature early and afford food for human beings as well as
fodder for cattle. Bajri and kharif jowar were accordingly sown with the first fall
of rain and the area under them was extended by about 56 per cent, and 33 pu'
cent., respectively, over the previous year. Poona ( + 3,56,000 acres), Ahmed-
nagar ( + 3,05,000 acres), Satara and Bijapur ( + 2,20,000 acres each), Sholapur
( + 1,99,000 acres), Nasik ( + 1,78,000 acres), and Ahmedabad ( + 1,27,000 acres),
mainly contributed to the increased acreage under bajri and Bijapur ( + 1)88,00
acres), Poona ( + 1,43,000 acres), Satara (+1,33,000 acres), Belgaum (+94,0 ( J0
acres) and Dharwar ( + 83,000 acres) that under kharif jowar. The area under
rabi jowar showed a small decline (—1,24,000 acres) owing to the extenae
cultivation under the early variety. In Sind, good rain in the desert por ion
of Thar Parkar and other hilly tracts where bajri is extensively grown an
favourable inundation elsewhere favoured the cultivation of both these cerea
and the area under them rose by 133 per cent, and 57 per cent., respec ive y>
over the previous year. The cultivation of wheat (area 1,981,00 ac
advanced by 642,000 acres in 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. proper and 230,000 a( j re
Sind or by 83 per cent, and 69 per cent., respectively, over the abnorma y ^
area of the previous year. Late rains were favourable but owing 0 ^
utilization of lands usually sown with rabi crops by kharif crops the a J ea IVjg
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. proper was about 6*1 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres short of the crop oil ’
and about 2 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of acres in defect of the normal. Nasik, Ahrnednagai, ^
Khandesh and Poona in the Deccan, Ahmedabad and Broach in ase
Dharwar and Bijapur in the Karnatak mainly contributed to the