Abstract

On account of the rapid and continued fall in prices of almost all commodities any suggestion which aims at a reduction in the cost of production of the crops should be welcome to the ryot. In the following lines an attempt is made to describe the cultivation of sugarcane, an important crop in the Hospet taluk on simple yet scientific lines, and also to indicate how an appreciable saving could be effected in the initial stages. In the Hospet taluk under the Tungabhadra channels ryots leave a portion of their sugarcane crop unharvested as stand-overs for seed purposes, as the tendency of the ryot there, is to repeat a crop year after year on the same land. It is known that the top portions of canes, which are usually removed and thrown into the manure pit or fed to cattle, make excellent material for seed purposes. Generally the ryot experiences difficulty in getting all his cane crushed in time, to prepare his land for the next crop, be it the same crop or a different one. If he would only preserve the top portions from each of which two setts are easily got, then this difficulty is overcome.

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