Abstract

The "PACKAGE PROGRAMME" of intensified agricultural production sponsored by the Union Ministry of Food and Agriculture has been implemented by the Government of Madras. The Scheme was inaugurated on the Tamil New Year's day in the district of Tanjore which is the granary of the South. The introduction of the package programme in Tanjore District makes another land mark in the history of Agriculture in Madras State. At this juncture it is considered appropriate to take stock of all the past trends in the field of agricultural production. An attempt has therefore been made in the following paragraphs to review the trends in the agricultural features of Tanjore District over a period of half a century.

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