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AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
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FODDER CROPS
ACCORDING TO THE SEASON AND CROP REPORT, 1955-56, about 19 per cent, of the gross cropped area was under fodder crops.
The following table shows the acreage under fodder crops in
the district in 1955-56: -
TABLE No. 26.
AREA IN ACRES UNDER FODDER CROPS IN EACH TALUKA OF KOLHAPUR DISTRICT IN 1955-56.
|
Taluka. |
Hot Weather Jowar. |
Grass and Babul. |
Jowar. |
Others. |
Total Fodder Crops. |
Ajara |
-- |
21,872 |
-- |
-- |
21,872 |
Bavada |
-- |
4,896 |
-- |
-- |
4,896 |
Bhudargad |
-- |
7,496 |
-- |
-- |
7,496 |
Gadhinglai |
-- |
15,163 |
-- |
20 |
15,183 |
Hatkanangle |
-- |
11,578 |
72 |
178 |
11,828 |
Kagal |
-- |
33,641 |
6 |
-- |
33,647 |
Karvir |
-- |
23,970 |
19 |
44 |
24,033 |
Panhala |
-- |
21,530 |
-- |
-- |
21,536 |
Radhanagari |
-- |
16,637 |
-- |
-- |
16,637 |
Shahuwadi |
-- |
15,126 |
-- |
-- |
15,126 |
Shirol |
358 |
4,140 |
-- |
495 |
4,993 |
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District Total |
358 |
1,76,055 |
97 |
737 |
1,77,247 |
Strictly speaking, fodder crops as such are not grown in the district. Grass and babul cover most of the area. Grass is grown in all the talukas and all along the mali lands on a large scale. The trees of Shevri are also grown on these lands on a large scale. They serve the purpose of growing fodder and also help sedimentation during floods. The grasslands in most of the talukas are manured once or twice, depending upon the number of cuttings in a year, with sulphate of ammonia. Jowar is grown as a fodder crop in the hot season though on a very small scale. In winter, maize is also taken as a fodder crop, but that too on a very small scale. |
