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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 |
|
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. | 
