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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
number has increased by 34 per cent, 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. it has advanced
by as much as 28’0 per cent. in Sind.
Horses and Ponies.—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, as compared with the
previous cattle census of 1919-20 these show a decrease of about 5,000 head
or 3’8 per cent, chiefly due to the advance of the better means of trans
port, such as motor cars and motor lorries. In Sind however where local
conditions such as rough roads and sandy tracts do not permit of the above
latest means of transport (motors) these animals still hold their own and
are carefully reared as is evinced from an increase in their number from
72,000 in 1919-20 to 78,000 during the year under report.
Sheep and Goats.—These together show 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. an increase
of 15 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or 51'9 per cent, as compared with 1919-20 but when compared
with 1915-16 the rise is much less, being 3'53 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or 8'7 per cent. In
Sind however they show an advance of over five lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees or thirty per cent,
both as compared with 1919-20 and 1915-16.
CONDITION OF THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION
The agricultural season of 1924-25 was, on the whole, so far as the
actual produce of the land was concerned, decidedly better than its
predecessor. The pet result was that there was a general sufficiency
of food and fodder in a large part 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. .
Prices for articles produced by the people for their own use remained
steady or slightly advanced but the rates of wages rose considerably
while scarcity of labour was felt in many areas. The net result was that
for the classes labouring for cash wages it was a very good year for while
the prices of food-grains were somewhat high the wages of the labourers
were still good as compared with past years. Similarly for the self
dependent small farmer with an economic holding, chiefly cultivating
his own land himself and employing the minimum of labour, the year has
been a favourable one for the generally good yields of his crops and the
high prices fetched by the produce have given him a good return for
his labour and enabled him to live in a state of reasonable ease and
comfort.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND ITS APPLICATION
" In preparing a report on the activities of the Agricultural Department
during the year 1924-25,” says the Director, “ I do so in a more hopeful
spirit than on any previous occasion. The year was, on the whole, a good
one,— and, further, the purpose for which the Department exists, namely so
to work as to bring about an increase in the value of the produce of the land
in 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. , seems to have made considerable progress and
to afford promise of greater progress in the near future. There are gaps

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