Madras Agricultural Journal
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Paddy Cultivation in the Madras Presidency and the lines on which it can be improved, with special reference to the Tanjore District.

Abstract

Improvement in the present systems of forming. 2. Improving the methods of cultivation. 3. Improving the supply and use of manure. 4. Consolidation of the holdings. 5. Extending roads to wet lands. 6. Improvement in the irrigation of paddy lands. 7. Introduction or extension of commercial crops in rotation with paddy. 8. Using machine power for farm operations wherever possible. 9. Seed selection and improvement of crop by means of seed farms and demonstration farms. 10. Education of ryots about the insect pests and diseases and the simple forms of combating them. 11. Introduction of such recognized improvements in estates under the Court of Wards. 12. Co-operation and formation of co-operative agricultural societies.

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