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AGRICULTURE & IRRIGATION
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VEGETABLES
Cluster beans
Gavari is grown both as a pure and a mixed crop. The seeds are
dibbled on both the sides of the ridges. The land is ploughed and
harrowed before farmyard manure is applied. Gavari begins to bear
pods in three months. The pod is used as vegetable while the seed
is utilised as cattle feed. The seeds also vield a gum which can
fetch good returns provided large-scale cultivation is undertaken
and other facilities arc available.
French beans
Shravan ghevda is generally grown in the hot and kharif
seasons in flat-beds by drill. The crop is neither manured nor
irrigated. Flowering starts after 45 days. The crop is harvested
in September.
Chuka is the most popular vegetable amongst the leafy,
vegetables. Although it can be grown in gardens at any time of the
year, it is taken mainly as a kharif crop. It is ready for use in
a month after sowing. The sour leaves and tender stems are used as
vegetable.
Ambadi: It is also used as a vegetable.
Shepu: It is grown in garden lands, usually in cold season.
Leaves are used as vegetable.
Rajgira, methi (fenugreek) kardi, palak are also vegetables
grown extensively in the district. Other minor vegetables arc
chandanbatva, alu, kothimbir, pudina and ghol.
Onion (kanda) is grown in medium soils both in kharif and
rabi seasons. The seedlings raised on seed-beds are transplanted
in flat beds, after four or five weeks. They are planted at a
distance of 0.10 to 0.13 m. (four to five inches). It requires
five to six cart-loads of manure per acre and watering every ten
or twelve days. In Bhir district both red and white varieties are
grown. The cultivators, consume its green leaves as vegetable.
Carrot (gajar): It is grown on medium black soil. Though it
can be grown in both the kharif and rabi seasons, in this district
it is grown in irrigated lands in rabi season by sowing the seed
directly on ridges or in flat beds. The crop is ready for picking
within three months of sowing. The root is eaten raw or boiled and
is also used as a concentrate for cattle.
Radish (mula): It is grown in any season. Fairly rich but
loose soil is required for good growth of the crop. The roots get
ready after 4 to 5 weeks. It is grown in this district along with
the irrigated crops. The variety grown is of a fairly large size.
Brinjal (wange): Brinjals grow well on medium brown soil
0.30 to 0.60 m. (12 to 24 inches) deep. It is a rainfed and
irrigated crop. It is grown in rich soils, often on river banks
and in gardens. In the gardens, it can be grown in any season. On
dry lands, it is sown in June in seed-beds and transplanted during
July. It begins to bear fruit generally after four months.
In this district brinjals are grown on a large scale mainly as a
rabi crop, but at some places it is also produced in the kharif
season. The variety of brinjals grown is small in size with pink
and white stripes. It is the most common and cheap vegetable.
Tomato: Like brinjals, tomato can be grown both as a rabi and as a
kharif crop. It requires deep ploughing and about 10 cart-loads of
farmyard manure per acre. Seeds are first sown in nursery beds and
then transplanted in 3 or 4 weeks, at a distance of 0.762 m.
(2½') (generally in June, October and February).
Irrigation is given immediately after transplanting and at
intervals of 8 to 10 days when there is no rain. Earthing up is
done before flowering. The crop gets ready in 2½ to 3 months. It
is, however, grown on a small scale.
Cabbage (kobi); It is known as patta kobi and cauliflower
is known as phul gobi. They are produced on a small scale as
rabi
vegetables. The crop is grown in cool winters where the soil is
sandy loam and clay loam. The field is left fallow in kharif and
is ploughed in September to a depth of 0.15 to 0.18 m. (6" to 7").
Seed is first sown in nursery beds in August and then transplanted
in September. The crop comes to maturity after 3 to 3½ months.
Ridge gourd: It is very largely grown as a mixture in kharif as a
catch crop on bunds and hedges. The crop requires medium type of
soil and rainfall ranging from 508 to 2,540 mm. (20" to 1 100").
The land is first ploughed and harrowed and basins of 0.762 m.
(2½) diameter are prepared with manure mixture. Seeds are sown in
these basins. Flowering starts after 4 days and fruit begins to
appear within a fortnight from this date.
Smooth gourd: This vegetable is also produced as a mixed, crop. It
is used as green vegetable only.
Bitter gourd (karle): It is grown either as a rainy season
vegetable or in garden lands at any time of the year. It requires
medium type of soil and rainfall ranging from 508 to 2,540 mm.
(20" to 100"). Seeds are sown in the basins of 2½ diameter. Fruits
appear after 2 months. It is produced as a mixed vegetable in
beds, in bunds and hedges. It is used in green stage as vegetable.
It is bitter in taste, and has medicinal values.
Bottle gourd (dudia, kaddu): It is commonly cultivated in
garden lands. It is grown as a mixed crop in flat beds, on bunds
and hedges. Only the long variety is grown. Seeds are dibbled in a
basin. A basketful of farmyard manure and ash is put in the pit.
The fruit is used as a vegetable. Halva is also prepared from it.
Chakki bhopla: Chakki hhopla is grown as a mixed crop on
hedges and bunds.
Red pumpkin: It is generally grown round edges of garden lands.
Medium to light soil and rainfall from 508 to 3,810 mm. (20" to
150") are required. It is grown in any season. Fruits get ready
after 3 to 4 months and are harvested when fully ripe. It is then
used as vegetable. This is grown on a large scale in Ashti tahsil
in kharif season. The fruit weighs about 27.993 to 37.924 kg. (30
to 40 seers).
Cucumber (kakdi or valuk) is grown in garden lands as a
kharif or hot-weather crop. 3—4 varieties are grown in the
district: (i) elongated and redged: (ii) short-thick but green;
(iii) medium long but thick and whitish green; (iv) shortest with
white colour (khira).
Lady's finger: Lady's finger is grown on a considerable scale in
the district. It is produced as a mixed crop with cotton or
sugarcane. Five to six waterings are given in summer at an interval
of 6-8 days. 10-12 lbs. of seed are sown per acre. Seeds are
dibbled on both the sides of the ridges at a distance of 0.30 m.
(12") in the row. Sowing is done in July or in February. Only
tender fruits are harvested after six weeks. The green pods are
used as vegetable, while the juice of wild variety (which has
prickly hair) is used for purification of sugarcane juice at the
time of gul-making.
The following table indicates area under each kind of vegetable in
the district from 1956-57 to 1961-62:
TABLE No. 18
AREA UNDER VEGETABLES IN BHIR DISTRICT (1956-57 TO 1961-62)
[In Hectares*]
|
Tahsil |
Year |
Potato |
Tapioca |
Sweet Potato |
Onion |
Brinjal |
Tomato |
Bhendi (Lady's finger) |
Musk Melon |
Other vegetables |
Total vegetables |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
(12) |
|
Bhir |
1956-57 |
-- |
-- |
12.545
(31) |
41.287
(102) |
45.325
(112) |
5.666
(14) |
7.284
(18) |
-- |
29.137
(72) |
141.235
(349) |
|
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
25.899
(64) |
33.994
(84) |
31.970
(79) |
-- |
9.713
(24) |
-- |
96.720
(239) |
198.296
(490) |
|
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
20.234
(50) |
43.301
(107) |
32.375
(80) |
-- |
15.783
(39) |
-- |
101.981
(252) |
213.674
(528) |
|
1959-60 |
-- |
-- |
28.733
(71) |
6.475
(16) |
27.114
(67) |
-- |
25.495
(63) |
-- |
92.268
(228) |
180.085
(445) |
|
1960-61 |
-- |
-- |
32.375
(80) |
8.903
(22) |
31.970
(79) |
-- |
35.208
(87) |
-- |
127.071
(314) |
235.527
(582) |
|
1961-62 |
-- |
-- |
12.950
(32) |
55.037
(136) |
36.427
(91) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
50.990
(126) |
155.804
(385) |
|
Georai |
1956-57 |
-- |
-- |
10.522
(26) |
49.776
(123) |
33.994
(84) |
0.405
(1) |
1.214
(3) |
-- |
14.973
(37) |
110.884
(274) |
|
1957-58 |
4.047
(10) |
-- |
7.284
(18) |
35.612
(88) |
42.897
(106) |
-- |
0.810
(2) |
26.709
(66) |
88.221
(218) |
205.580
(508) |
|
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
8.094
(20) |
34.398
(85) |
33.184
(82) |
-- |
0.810
(2) |
29.542
(73) |
55.037
(136) |
161.065
(398) |
|
1959-60 |
-- |
-- |
20.639
(51) |
36.017
(89) |
40.667
(100) |
-- |
2.023
(5) |
-- |
6.880
(17) |
106.028
(262) |
|
1960-61 |
-- |
-- |
10.117
(25) |
39.659
(98) |
34.398
(85) |
-- |
1.619
(4) |
24.281
(60) |
23.877
(59) |
133.951
(331) |
|
1961-62 |
-- |
-- |
|
36.017
(89) |
40.669
(100) |
-- |
0.810
(2) |
29.542
(73) |
25.899
(64) |
132.737
(328) |
|
Ashti |
1956-57 |
0.405
(1) |
-- |
13.759
(34) |
42.897
(106) |
30.351
(75) |
0.405 (1) |
6.475
(16) |
-- |
24.281 (.60) |
118.573
(293) |
|
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
2.023
(5) |
67.987
(168) |
46.539
(115) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
76.081
(188) |
192.630
(476) |
|
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
2.833
(7) |
56.251
(139) |
48.967
(121) |
-- |
1.619
(4) |
-- |
20.234
(50) |
129.904
(321) |
|
1959-60 |
-- |
0.405
(1) |
8.903
(22) |
69.606
(172) |
47.348
(117) |
-- |
1.214
(3) |
-- |
22.662
(56) |
150.138
(371) |
|
1960-61 |
-- |
-- |
1.214
(3) |
84.580
(209) |
45.325
(112) |
-- |
2.023
(5) |
-- |
30.756
(76) |
163.898
(405) |
|
1961-62 |
-- |
-- |
0.810
(2) |
21.853
(54) |
42.492
(105) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
15.782
(39) |
80.937
(200) |
|
Patoda |
1956-57 |
3.237
(8) |
0.810
(2) |
31.565
(78) |
54.228
(134) |
32.780
(81) |
-- |
5.261
(13) |
1.214
(3) |
40.873
(101) |
169.968
(420) |
|
1957-58 |
-- |
0.405
(1) |
32.374
(80) |
53.823
(133) |
30.756
(76) |
-- |
4.856
(12) |
0.810
(2) |
48.967
(121) |
171.991
(425) |
|
1958-59 |
-- |
0.405
(1) |
33.589
(83) |
52.609
(130) |
31.565
(78) |
-- |
8.903
(22) |
0.810
(2) |
61.512
(152) |
189.393
(468) |
|
1959-60 |
-- |
1.619
(4) |
36.421
(90) |
64.750
(160) |
36.421
(90) |
-- |
21.044
(52) |
-- |
60.703
(150) |
220.958
(546) |
|
1960-61 |
-- |
4.047
(10) |
46.944
(116) |
129.499
(320) |
54.633
(135) |
-- |
36.421
(90) |
-- |
82.961
(205) |
354.505
(876) |
|
1961-62 |
-- |
-- |
40.469
(100) |
153.781
(380) |
38.445
(95) |
-- |
24.281
(60) |
-- |
56.251
(139) |
313.227
(774) |
|
Ambe-
jogai |
1956-57 |
-- |
-- |
16.592
(41) |
46.539
(115) |
27.114
(67) |
9.712
(24) |
11.331
(28) |
-- |
51.800
(128) |
163.088
(403) |
|
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
43.706
(108) |
11.336
(29) |
6.880
(17) |
2.428
(6) |
2.833
(7) |
-- |
12.545
(31) |
80.128
(198) |
|
1958-59 |
1.619
(4) |
-- |
6.475
(16) |
55.442
(137) |
33.589
(83) |
3.237
(8) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
100.362
(248) |
|
1959-60 |
2.833
(7) |
-- |
5.665
(14) |
59.489
(147) |
32.208
(87) |
3.642
(9) |
-- |
-- |
10.522
(26) |
117.359
(290) |
|
1960-61 |
-- |
4,047
(10) |
6.475
(16) |
60.703
(150) |
37.231
(92) |
4.856
(12) |
-- |
-- |
12.141
(30) |
125.453
(310) |
|
1961-62 |
-- |
6.070
(15) |
8.094
(20) |
76.890
(190) |
40.469.
(100) |
6.070
(15) |
-- |
-- |
10.117
(25) |
147.710
(365) |
Kaij |
1956-57 |
-- |
3.642
(9) |
18.211
(45) |
111.289
(275) |
62.726
(155) |
6.070
(15) |
8.903
(22) |
-- |
67.583
(167) |
278.422
(688) |
|
1957-58 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
133.546
(330) |
117.359
(290) |
9.713
(24) |
14.164
(35) |
-- |
81.746
(202) |
356.528
(881) |
|
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
129.499
(320) |
108.456
(268) |
10.111
(25) |
12.141
(30) |
-- |
78.914
(195) |
339.127
(638) |
|
1959-60 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
142.045
(351) |
120.192
(297) |
14.164
(35) |
23.471 (58) |
-- |
171.225
(176) |
371.097
(917) |
|
1960-61 |
-- |
-- |
6.879
(17) |
192.226
(475) |
135.570
(335) |
4.856
(12) |
2.833
(7) |
-- |
65.559
(162) |
407.923
(1,008) |
|
1961-62 |
-- |
-- |
6.475
(16) |
193.440
(16) |
138.402
(342) |
6.070
(15) |
3.642
(9) |
-- |
65.964
(163) |
413.993
(1,023) |
Manjlegaon |
1956-57 |
0.405
(1) |
1.214
(3) |
1.214
(3) |
24.281
(60) |
30.351
(75) |
-- |
4.452
(11) |
-- |
37.636
(93) |
99.553
(246) |
|
1957-58 |
0.810
(2) |
0.405
(1) |
2.428
(6) |
29.137
(72) |
32.375
(80) |
-- |
6.070
(15) |
-- |
52.609
(130) |
123.834
(306) |
|
1958-59 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
65.964
(163) |
50.586
(125) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
63.131
(156) |
179.681
(444) |
|
1959-60 |
-- |
-- |
4.452
(11) |
75.676
(187) |
55.847
(138) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
80.937
(200) |
216.912
(536) |
|
1960-61 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
67.987
(168) |
70.011
(173) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
65.964
(163) |
203.962
(504) |
|
1961-62 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
69.606
(172) |
28.328
(70) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
91.054
(225) |
188.998
(467) |
*Figures in brackets indicate area in acres.
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