Abstract

                                Coimbatore district is the third largest sugarcane growing tract in the Madras State, with 45,846 acres under sugarcane, the major portion of which extends over the taluks of Coimbatore and Udumalpet. The soil survey of sugarcane tracts was undertaken during the year 1961-62 and was confined to the sugarcane soils of these two taluks alone the results of which are presented. The object of the survey was to classify the soils of the cane areas of the district into major broad soil divisions.

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