The Gazetteers Department

The scheme of the co-operative farming was introduced in the Bombay State in 1948. The scheme is continued from year to year, The primary aim of co-operative farming is to inculcate the habits of cultivation on co-operative basis among individual land holders in order to minimise the cost of cultivation, to increase average size of holdings, to raise agricultural production, to give full and continuous employment to the agriculturists and thus to raise the standard of living of poor fanners possessing such average size lands.

In. the past, four types viz., (i) Better Farming (ii) Tenant Farming (iii) Joint Farming and (iv) Collective Farming societies were organised. However the first two are not now regarded as eon-forming to co-operative pattern and hence efforts are made to convert these farming societies into either Joint Co-operative or Collective Farming Societies.

The first co-operative society in the district was formed at Navari in 1947 known as the Navari Co-operative Joint Farming Society in Dhulia taluka. Later on efforts were made to organise co-operative farming societies on the government waste lands. In 1949 two Cooperative Collective Farming Societies viz., (i) Waghapur Cooperative Collective Farming Society Ltd. and Bhadne Shetki Majoor Co-operative Collective Farming Society Ltd. at Bhamer in Sakri taluka were registered. During the First Five Year Plan, various types of co-operative farming societies were registered in this district. On 31st December 1964 there were in all 102 co-operative farming societies in the district, the details of which are as under: -

Particulars	As on 30-6-1963	As on 31-12-1963	As on 31-12-1964
Co-operative joint farming societies in Pilot Blocks of Dhulia and Sindkheda talukas (10 each)	20	20	20
Co-operative joint farming societies outside the Pilot Blocks.	34	35	38
Co-operative collective farming societies.	22	29	44
Co-operative collective farming societies.	76	84	102

The total membership of all these societies was 1,751. Of these 1,315 members were working members and the remaining 436 were non-working members. The total land under command of these societies was 6,258-064 hectares (15,464 acres). The total acreage brought under cultivation was 6,141.110 hectares (15,175). The acreage under different crops during 1963-64 is shown below:-

Type of Crop	Pilot	Non-Pilot
Type of Crop	Pilot	Joint	Collective
	hectares	hectares	hectares
Food grains	445.964 (1,102 acres)	551.992 (1,364 acres)	1 917.402 (4.738 acres)
Commercial crops	549.563 (1,358 acres)	713.866 (1.764 acres)	457.295 (1,139 acres)
Other by-products	36.017 (89 acres)	2.428 (6 acres)	15.378 (38 acres)

The total value of production was Rs. 1,224.985. The total sales amounted to Rs. 1.132,147.

The share capital of these societies was to the tune of Rs. 564,244 out of which Government contribution stood at Rs. 113,850 and the reserve fund was Rs. 490,394. The working capital was Rs. 2,562,088. The total borrowing from the Central Financing Agency as on 30th June 1964 was Rs. 1,007,108.

The information regarding the number of members, land under command and cultivation etc. of these societies is given below: -

TABLE No. 14

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN DHULIA DISTRICT

*(Area in hectares)

	Pilot			Non-Pilot
	1961-62	1962-63	1963-64	Joint		Collective
	1961-62	1962-63	1963-64	1961-62	1 962-63	1961-62	1962-63
Number of Societies	8	20	20	28	34	18	22
Members	102	261	261	371	434	476	575
Working	—	200	216	—	352	—	519
Non-working	—	61	45	—	82	—	54
Reserve Fund	114	286	293	10,259	12,044	12,299	23,205
* Land Pooled	435.847	1.055.016	1,021.427	1,517.572	1,539.830	1,795.996	2271.502
* Land Pooled	(1,077)	(2,607)	(2,524)	(3,750)	(3,805)	(4,438)	(5,613)
Land under cultivation	435.847	1,005.240	1,012.120	1,423.685	1,309.564	1,290.544	1331.417
Land under cultivation	(1,077)	(2,584)	(2,501)	(3,518)	(3,236)	(3,189)	(3,290)

TABLE No. 15

VALUE OF SALES OF THE SOCIETIES

Item	Pilot		Non-Pilot
	1962-63	1963-64	Joint		Collective
	1962-63	1963-64	1962-63	1963-64	1962-63	1963-64
	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
Food Grains	59,085	92,601	94,585	129.478	73,317	111,393
Cotton	90,049	141,793	111,510	126,572	22,935	58,762
Jaggery	28,253	21,207	49,791	105,307	842	62,124
Chillis	—	96,420	65,998	42,801	28,251	12,542
Miscellaneous	25,684	89,811	31,909	24,793	14,194	16,544
Total	203,071	441,832	353,793	428,951	139,538	261,363

TABLE No. 16

VALUE OF PRODUCTION OF THE SOCIETIES

Item	Pilot		Non-Pilot
	Pilot		Joint		Collective
	1962-63	1963-64	1962-63	1963-64	1962-63	1963-64
	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
Food Grains	51,031	126,674	112,925	139,952	9 1,997	129,898
Cotton	48,098	199,883	121,562	129,361	29,451	67,195
Oil Seeds	64,085	95,411	90,895	119,148	32,953	52.339
Jaggery and Chillis	26,108	24,257	47,830 3,802	40,692	983 80	19,564
Miscellaneous	46,101	91,577	46.336	28,522	17,856	20,512
Total	235,424	477,802	418,546	457,675	173,220	289,508

The Dhulia District Co-operative Bank is giving adequate crop loan to the co-operative fanning societies in this district. The amount of loan given to the co-operative farming societies during 1962-63 and 1963-64 is indicated below:-

Year	No. of societies	Amount sanctioned	Amount recovered
		Rs.	Rs.
1962-63	57	533,820	525.464
1963-64	75	874,189	736.707

TABLE No, 17

OPERATIONS OF FARMING SOCIETIES IN DHULIA DISTRICT, 1963-64

Type of society and No. of Societies working	Land Utilisation				Total
Type of society and No. of Societies working	Net area sown	Gross area cropped	Area under food-grains	Area under commercial crops Main crops and by products	Total
	1	2	3	4	5
					Rs.
Joint farming in pilot area 20	1,012 120	1,012.120	445.964	549.563	4,77,802
	(2,501.09)	(2,501.09)	(1,012.01)	(1,358.11)
				36.422
				(89.29)
Joint farming outside pilot area 38	1,526.880	1,526.880	552.396	673.802	4,57,675
	(3,773.15)	(3,773.15)	(1,364.22)	(1,664.26)
				2.833
				(6.20)
Collective farming societies 31	4,038.766	4,038.766	1,915.783	457. 295	2.89,508
	(9,979.39)	(9,979.39)	(4,733.29)	(1,130.12) 15.378
				(38.00)
Total- 89	42,999.911	4,2999.911	2,913.739	1,680.661	12.24.985
	(16,254.23)	(16,254.23)	(7,200.12)	(4,153.09)
				54.228
				(134.09)

Note.- Figures in brackets are in acres and those outside are in hectares.

contd.

Value of Production
Food grains	Cotton	Oil-seeds	Jaggery	Miscellaneous	Total
6	7	8	9	10	11
Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
1,26,674	1,39.883	95,411	24,257	91,577	4,41,842
1,39,952	1,29,361	1,19,148	40,692	28,522	4,28,951
1,29,393	67,195	52,339	19,564	20,512	2,61,364
3,96,524	3,36,439	2,66,898	84,513	1,40,611	11,32,157

contd.

Type of society and No. of societies working	Value of Sales
	Food grains	Cotton	Oil-seeds	Jaggery	Miscellaneous
	12	13	14	15	16
	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
Joint farming in pilot area 20	92,601	1,41,793	96,420	21,207	89,811
Joint fanning outside pilot area 38	1,29,478	1,26,572	1,05,307	42,801	24,793
Collective farming societies 31	1,11.,393	58.762	62,124	12,542	16,543
Total - 89	3,33,472	3,27,127	2,63,851	76,550	1,31,147

contd.

Loans	Government Aid Subsidies				Cost of Management
Loans	For Administrative purposes	For purchase of machinery	For construction of godowns	For other purposes	Salaries and wages	Other expenses
17	18	19	20	21.	22	23
Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.	Rs.
33,200	7,179	—	5,000	490	19,001	44,391
25,200	6,500	—	3,750	38	26,213	37,760
21,500	2,900	—	—	—	19,899	17684
79,700	16,579	—	8,750	528	65,113	99,835

TABLE No. 17-contd.

OPERATIONS OF FARMING SOCIETIES IN DHULIA DISTRICT, 1963-64,

Type of Society	Profit Loss				Nil. of societies without profit Or loss
Type of Society	No. of societies	Amount	No. of societies	Amount	Nil. of societies without profit Or loss
	24	25	26	27	28
		Rs.		Rs.
Joint farming in pilot area	12	42,311	8	2 41,536	—
Joint farming outside pilot area.	13	44,630	23	71,706	2
Collective farming	9	36,765	14	36,061	8
Total	34	1,73,706	45	4,39,303	10

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