'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1881-82’ [‎110v] (225/589)

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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT. [1881-82.
production
and distri
bution.
Cattle Show.
Cotton.
Food-grains.
Tobacco,
Potatoes.
Bhadgaon
Farm.
,and a srood attendance at the show, due
— hfving been a favon r able one. The
show Of horses was good. Owing to liberal prizes having been
J « lire-e number of exhibitors came from the neighbour,
kg districts of Ahmednagar and Poona, and most of the higher
nrfzes were carried away by persons from the Poona District. The
Lres hardly merited prizes, which, however, were given as an
encouragement to the exhibitors, who were said to be poor.
Mule breeding has not yet made any progress m Khandesh, and
at present there is only one donkey stallion in the district.
The cattle show was unusually good. A large number of goats
were for the first time exhibited, but no sheep were brought to
the show except from the Government Model Farm. Some of
the cows were creditable specimens of home-bred animals of
mixed blood, and the show indicated a growing interest in the
keeping of cows for milking purposes. The services of the bulls
belonging to the Government Farm have been in great demand,
and the result was an apparent improvement in the cattle brought
fbo ovUiLUinn fmm the Khandesh District.
Some of the exhibitors of cotton came from considerable dis
tances, and a greater number of specimens were exhibited than in
'1881, although in comparison with previous years the exhibits
showed a decrease. This falling ofi is attributed to the low prizes
awarded since last year. In previous years the highest prize
consisted of a gold medal worth Rs. 100, while this year the
highest prize for this class of articles was worth only Rs. 15.
Better results are expected from the increase, as suggested by
the committee, in the number and amount of prizes under the
head of “ Cotton ” if funds can be made available. In the exhibits
under food-grains there was an increase as compared with those
of any one of the last ten years, but the competitors came for the
most part from the Pachora Taluka. Several prizes for articles
under this class were awarded to a late pupil of the Government
Model Farm. The exhibits in tobacco are said to have been of
fair quality, but the curing was as usual defective. The samples
of tobacco and cigars, which were sent for exhibition only and
not for competition by the Desai of Nadiad, were superior in all
respects to the other specimens of this kind at the show. The
curing was even, and the leaves full grown. It is remarked,
owever, that the quality might not suit European tastes. Among
vegetables and fruits an exhibit of potatoes only deserves mention,
these potatoes were grown at Chalisgaon in the bed of a river,
mu f 6 believed to be the first grown in Khandesh outside
the Model Farm. The size was small, but the Collector says
that they had a fair flavour.
Experimental Farms.
rmTof 1 * T»T! e u tw0 e xp er i me] Ral farms maintained by Government,
Sind & ^ aorL ^ rL Khfiftdesh and the other at Hyderabad in
bv the nnc J p Urn ° i crop raised at Bhadgaon was affect
locusts or ^ 0n ^i 6 ra ^ n ^ ad and the later crops were injured
glass Toppers. The rabi or winter crop was also n