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-REPORT OF THli~ WORK OF THE COOONUT STATIONS IN THE RASA-RAGOD TALUK OF

SOUTH KANARA DTSTRIOT FOR 1920-21

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S(J(J80ft - The aonLh-west m(lllSOOD was h~avyj while the rains received during the north-~st monsoon were scanty--Ka~aragod-IlInd Nileshwal sta tion~ recording only 8-41 and 8-10 inches resshypeotivt-ly- jultt halt of what was Jeeorded dnriDg tbe previoDs years

11The followiDg is 8 statement of the rainfall recordecl at the two statiolJP a lld from thif it ill be seen that the distribution cannot

bull ybe conaidcred a favourable one to the coconut crop because the 8heavy doWTIpoor of fains in June-J uly iuterfered with the setting

1rof nuts while the scarcity of rains during the second half year caused sheddi ng of immature Dub Thf n~uyen11l har~o~ rue ~ therepoundolf bound to su~ _

April May JUliO

Joly Augllst Saptembel

301

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Montb_ ~enge Rdinfall for 191(gt20

rainfall at Krul~ragod I _fQr 36 yean KaSAngod INile8h llr

Rain~U for IP20-2I _

KMlrampgod 11gt~i181lhwar_

1 1

0000 286 00 Oe6 01 07 0114 32-GB 5079 6296 I~ 4116 88-85 3t65 28-18 ~2Hl UHi7 11-69 086 0973 01-81 OS88 0402 00-56 0360 0345 00-72 0000 0086 00ge 0098 00-6a 0000 0000 00-00 0000 I 0000 0000

- -- -- -- - shy1314- 13195 - 13-85

Raitlfall aiatBmenl

0l5 07-113 8766 39-06 22-86 0966 ONI 0278 OO -DS 0020 00-04 00-10

128-76

00-11 05-16 8He 8-89 23-30 lOmiddotn 05-49 099~ 0093 0007 0000 0000

13606

Tbere is not much to report on the Bub-stations at Nileshwar and Pihcode_ No new planting was taken up The pasufIlties were almoBt nil except in Numbsl III station (sadd) where a few BeedlingB succum bed to unfavourable envuonments caused hy the na~l poverty of the soil and t ile incapacity of the san d to -etai moifte -On the wDole tb e seedling trees are doing exoellently well clearly showing how a properly maintained surface-mulch can successfnlly do away with watering Steps were taken to extend tbe stations I and III to provide for the future expaDslou of experiments Iork

Works on the hnes sketched ont in the previous reports Ilre m progress at the Kasal8god statioD

The exp N im plJ ~ fJontemplsted last year regarding the P)B8lbilitr of t b c conub tree It gt S

indigell (l l1 9 met h d of jagge~y~ aking bay help of the Govel~ment 1 lOul tll11l1 heml~IIJ Assistant on t his Epecltl wor- Th

sogal producer and the improvments of th e heen takeu Ul) wit h the

ho IIM klUdly plauoo r 1 tI Yf) r erHS of tapplUg as

practised in the impol tant entre of tne- W est Ooast e b irlg tested To find out the percen g of jaggery to juice lin prepsre jaggery in an eai1y morketable form () improe its keepin qualit and a18 tbe colour or the 6tuff by romovitlg th eX f) 8S f lime 86 oalcium earbcmat preci ite (by pa8sing Cill 0 -dioxit1e fro fermented toddy are th e main idea~ oou neotetl ~ i h this line of wOlk f

Oopla~nlllki ng iind investigating the oil oontents of the nuts Uave been very ID lle b fa ililitnled hy tIl instr ation of a c ra dryer and an t)i m 1 wllich would eunble llB to draw mol~ lonclllSlve resuts regarding th C 1re1 tion- xi81~ug batw(flJl the 11~lV st~g time t he size 0 the nu s and flb e OJ I (JonttlDr fhe fonowm~ tablo cnmmnrizes tlle resalts RO far obtained -_

1920-21

~ or II Perceutag of Lb of I lercent~ge -~f-ltlo prtl fllUJI 011 obtained tJop1amp from I oil obtained 100 nllia laquolonntry mi ll) 100 nuts (country mill)

41M igt7SO -- ---A2SmiddotL--1--- 5364 -- shyMay-J1Il16 July 8550 5660 4210 6528IBeptetnb01-Oototer 8660 5660 8S61 SO()() Dacember-Jannary 3380 6140 1J4lO 5287 I brolllY arch 11730 54 20 34 81 601

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f Of all th e i vestigai ions oarried u in thi station the most con d -siv is t~ cultuTe eXlerj ent By lsgul cllltivat~on an efiectiv3

Joilmiddotmule IS mamtamecl ane a deeper root sstem aeve10ped thUH conserving the s il moisture and i creasin t e range of feeding area tn all blooks except bio k H r wJli h i I ft uncultivat~d 88 a ch ok Tho figures of ields f1T tbe ~evelal hlocks are given below-middotshy

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1918-19 919-20 I

~ L o ofI grown

No o Yield of I Noo I Yield ofINo o~ IYield fI II tree 111 t trees m t8 t r ooll lD ts(Ibearing nil II bearing o1l beariDg nil I

I 121 -17911 I 128 I 6221 I 134 7811__ II 1 1 HZ 8698 45 6754 160 711 IV 99 8 2880 85 3266 W 6871 V 60 1290 69 2681 89 I 2887 I 125 108 1137 l 2d 6878 J22 I 1612

vn 103 71 1346 7a 3452 108 24SS Vtl1 17 I US 111 167 11265 177 10205

lX 13S 95 J ai 3 119 6548 127 4796 ) __S~I_~ l648 I~_1 2718 _ _ ll_5_ 1919

Tot) I 1092 I~ 288861middot~ltJ4~ ~~ ~ 60026

III 76 I fJ 115 68 6G 900I )O~9 ______~____~I__ I ~____~____~_____

It will be seen that b percentage of bearing blee-Igt b fbe genernl look of the trees blocks beRr a atriking contrast flom the above statement

Seed nuts procured from oils of the same locality ideuticaJ conditions and the ing to prioi-ity of germ and shoot syst9lJ1S Clltte[-u1 thro some light 011 th oils fOl planting up in pa

COl M IAlOR 11

2-Jth Nay 1921

The exp N im plJ ~ fJontemplsted last year regarding the P)B8lbilitr of t b c conub tree It gt S

indigell (l l1 9 met h d of jagge~y~ aking bay help of the Govel~ment 1 lOul tll11l1 heml~IIJ Assistant on t his Epecltl wor- Th

sogal producer and the improvments of th e heen takeu Ul) wit h the

ho IIM klUdly plauoo r 1 tI Yf) r erHS of tapplUg as

practised in the impol tant entre of tne- W est Ooast e b irlg tested To find out the percen g of jaggery to juice lin prepsre jaggery in an eai1y morketable form () improe its keepin qualit and a18 tbe colour or the 6tuff by romovitlg th eX f) 8S f lime 86 oalcium earbcmat preci ite (by pa8sing Cill 0 -dioxit1e fro fermented toddy are th e main idea~ oou neotetl ~ i h this line of wOlk f

Oopla~nlllki ng iind investigating the oil oontents of the nuts Uave been very ID lle b fa ililitnled hy tIl instr ation of a c ra dryer and an t)i m 1 wllich would eunble llB to draw mol~ lonclllSlve resuts regarding th C 1re1 tion- xi81~ug batw(flJl the 11~lV st~g time t he size 0 the nu s and flb e OJ I (JonttlDr fhe fonowm~ tablo cnmmnrizes tlle resalts RO far obtained -_

1920-21

~ or II Perceutag of Lb of I lercent~ge -~f-ltlo prtl fllUJI 011 obtained tJop1amp from I oil obtained 100 nllia laquolonntry mi ll) 100 nuts (country mill)

41M igt7SO -- ---A2SmiddotL--1--- 5364 -- shyMay-J1Il16 July 8550 5660 4210 6528IBeptetnb01-Oototer 8660 5660 8S61 SO()() Dacember-Jannary 3380 6140 1J4lO 5287 I brolllY arch 11730 54 20 34 81 601

I

f Of all th e i vestigai ions oarried u in thi station the most con d -siv is t~ cultuTe eXlerj ent By lsgul cllltivat~on an efiectiv3

Joilmiddotmule IS mamtamecl ane a deeper root sstem aeve10ped thUH conserving the s il moisture and i creasin t e range of feeding area tn all blooks except bio k H r wJli h i I ft uncultivat~d 88 a ch ok Tho figures of ields f1T tbe ~evelal hlocks are given below-middotshy

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1918-19 919-20 I

~ L o ofI grown

No o Yield of I Noo I Yield ofINo o~ IYield fI II tree 111 t trees m t8 t r ooll lD ts(Ibearing nil II bearing o1l beariDg nil I

I 121 -17911 I 128 I 6221 I 134 7811__ II 1 1 HZ 8698 45 6754 160 711 IV 99 8 2880 85 3266 W 6871 V 60 1290 69 2681 89 I 2887 I 125 108 1137 l 2d 6878 J22 I 1612

vn 103 71 1346 7a 3452 108 24SS Vtl1 17 I US 111 167 11265 177 10205

lX 13S 95 J ai 3 119 6548 127 4796 ) __S~I_~ l648 I~_1 2718 _ _ ll_5_ 1919

Tot) I 1092 I~ 288861middot~ltJ4~ ~~ ~ 60026

III 76 I fJ 115 68 6G 900I )O~9 ______~____~I__ I ~____~____~_____

It will be seen that b percentage of bearing blee-Igt b fbe genernl look of the trees blocks beRr a atriking contrast flom the above statement

Seed nuts procured from oils of the same locality ideuticaJ conditions and the ing to prioi-ity of germ and shoot syst9lJ1S Clltte[-u1 thro some light 011 th oils fOl planting up in pa

COl M IAlOR 11

2-Jth Nay 1921

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g the p)ilamp Llo ility improvemellts opound ~he

takEn 0 11 with the bM kindly placed

merits of tappiug atl oast ue being tested

t o prepare jaggery in ~nality and alII lilne as oalciuul

amp from fcwmented of wJIk

tenti ot ~llB nULl hllv~ of l) copra dlyor and

conclusive result tho h31Vesting time The rollowing t~ble

1920-111

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Peroentage of oil ob~ined

(country mill)

6364 6528 5000 52S7 6010

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11)20-31

Noo Yiald treeslD ~o bearing n

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G221 I 184 I 811_ _

6754 160 Tng 3266 94 6871 2681 89 i 2887 11878 122 71112 2462 lOS 2466

11265 177 10205 1364-3 127 I 4796 2718 Iii 1919

1041 60OStl-1049 60 900

4shy

euro1

It will be see11 that blook HI is going down not only in the peroentage of bearing treEll but also in the capaoity of trees to bear Phe general look of the trees and their average yield in the oultivated blocks oellI a striking contrast to Hw uncultivated block as is seen from the above statement

Seed nuff Ploculed from different distoricts and from different Ioils of the same locali ty mo being germinated in a nursery under identical conilit ions an(l the resultant seedlings rearranged accordmiddot ing to priolity of germination and the eharacteristics of the root and shflot systems oarerully Btudied Thes~ investigations may throw some light ou thE popular partiality for seedlingo in paltilular loils fOl planting up ill p~rti(lllar type of soils

COIMBAlORlI M GOVINDA KIDAVU 2middotlth ~lay 1921 Acting Delmty Direct-or of Agriculture

VI I Circle

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