The Gazetteers Department

Most of agricultural implements are made of indigenous materials with local labour. Ploughs, harrows. seed drill and hoes are some of the main implements used by the fanners in the district. In some places wooden instruments an being replaced by iron implements The following table shows the number of agricultural implements lot each tahsil in 1956, 1961 and 1966.

TABLE No. 23

Agricultural Implements in each Tahsil of the District

District / Tahsil	Year	No. of ploughs		No. of carts	No. of Sugarcane crushers		Oil engines with pumps for irrigation purpose	Electric-pumps for irrigation purpose	Tractors	Oil ghanis
District / Tahsil	Year	wooden	iron	No. of carts	worked by power	worked by bullocks	Oil engines with pumps for irrigation purpose	Electric-pumps for irrigation purpose	Tractors	five seers and above	less than five seers
District	1951	17,505	15,637	45,493	13	66	213	16	52	24	8
	1956	13,638	21,303	50,724	37	69	238	109	96	47	13
	1961	13,305	22.897	50,510	29	56	437	504	128	21	19
	1966	12,173	25,386	52,859	108	169	1,403	2,135	135	20	12
Tahsil
Akola	1956	1,959	3,344	8,777	1	11	47	25	16	4	2
	1961	1,712	3,967	7,710	4	10	76	77	38	1	—
	1966	1,561	4,041	9,069	12	10	238	283	29	2	—
Akot	1956	1,322	3,757	8,111	15	4	31	36	35	8	13
	1961	1,082	4,090	9,451	18	14	75	151	42	4	3
	1966	813	4,674	8,621	8	27	232	599	38	4	4
Balapur	1956	753	2,142	6,737	1	—	39	1	2	4	3
	1961	588	2,313	5,792	3	2	56	210	12	2	6
	1966	729	2,654	6,974	8	26	157	350	21	3	—
Washim	1956	4,557	5,393	13,450	13	38	56	30	10	22	2
	1961	3,922	5,552	13,162	2	25	96	7	9	4	10
	1966	3,725	6,428	13,747	67	26	422	231	12	8	3
Mangrulpir	1956	3,218	3,519	6,488	2	8	28	—	5	8	—
	1961	3,613	3,712	7,132	—	5	72	—	5	—	—
	1966	3,470	3,944	6,954	8	5	230	184	2	3	5
Murtizapur	1956	1,829	3,148	7,161	5	8	37	17	28	1	2
	1961	2,388	3,263	7,263	2	—	62	59	22	1	—
	1966	1,875	3,645	7,494	5	75	124	488	33	—	—

It will be observed from the above table that there is a remarkable increase in the number of oil engines and electric pumps used. The number of wooden ploughs has decreased by 24 per cent whereas the number of iron ploughs has increased by 46.43 per cent during the period 1956-1966. The increase in the number of tractors is also substantial. By using average standard price of the agricultural implements the total outlay on them for the year 1901 could be estimated at Rs. 142 lakhs or Rs. 7.53 per acre of the net area sown.

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