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FARMING SOCIETIES

Farming Societies.-There are in all fifteen Farming Societies in this district, out of which nine are better farming societies, three are joint farming societies, two are collective farming societies and one is a tenant farming society. Better farming societies provide seeds and manures to the agriculturists. The Government has decided to convert them into multi-purpose societies.

Joint-farming societies experimented in cultivating lands on their own but a large number of factors have put them out of commission.

Collective farming societies are practically non-working and are on the verge of liquidation.

There is, at present, only one Tenant Farming Society at Hirle-shivapur, taluka Malvan with a membership of 85. The Society had utilised about 114 acres of land for its use in 1956-57. The society has planned to construct a bandhara and has received a loan of Rs. 4,880 and a subsidy of Rs. 1,200 from Government towards its cost of construction.

Grow More Food Campaign.-Co-operative Societies in this district have taken active part in the Grow More Food Campaign inaugurated in the district. They have helped the Government in the distribution of improved seeds, chemical fertilisers, etc. In the matter of providing credit to agriculturists the societies advanced loans to the extent of Rs. 12,05,052 for various purposes in 1957.

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