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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.

Volume : 2
Issue: Jun-jun
Pages: 234 - 242
Published: November 13, 2024
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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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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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