OUTLINE OF AN AGRICULTURAL PLAN FOR AN 

 AVERAGE PROVINCE 



The plan for the development of Agriculture in the Province 

 aims at securing increased production and improving the efficiency 

 of agricultural operations, so as to increase the net income of pri- 

 mary producers. For this purpose it is proposed to make the re- 

 quisite facilities, in the shape of works, goods and services, avail- 

 able to them, at a cost which is within their means, and to organise 

 the primary producers to enable them to take advantage of the same. 



2. The province has 5 divisions, 25 districts, 100 tehsils, 

 500 firkas or assessment circles, 2000 zails or union boards and 

 50,000 villages. Its total area is 50 million acres, so that the average 

 size of a village is 1000 acres. A zail has 25 villages, a firka has 100 

 villages, a tehsil has 500 villages and a district 2000 villages. 



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3. Out of the total area of 50 million acres in the Province, 

 6 million acres are under forest, while 8-| million acres are classed 

 as not available for cultivation. Out of the remaining 35 million 

 acres, 10 million acres are shown as culturable waste, 5 million acres 

 as current fallow and 20 million acres is the net area sown. The 

 do-fasli area is 3| million acres so that the total area sown is 23 

 million acres. 



4. The main items included in the programme of increased 

 crop production are (1) improving minor irrigation facilities by 

 helping in the construction of surface percolation wells, tube wells, 

 pumping installations tanks, channels etc., (2) carrying out other 

 minor works of land improvement and development especially for 

 the conservation of moisture and the prevention of erosion, (3) 

 bringing culturable waste and fallow land under cultivation, (4) 

 supplying manures and fertilisers at subsidised rates, (5) multi- 

 plying and distributing improved varieties of seed, (6) protecting 

 crops from pests and diseases, (7) supplying iron, steel and agri- 

 cultural implements including in some cases tractors, (8) adopting 

 improved cultural practices such as the right time of sowing, the 

 correct seed rate, transplanting where required instead of broad- 

 casting etc., (9) developing vegetable and fruit growing, (10) providing 

 advisory services for extension work and (11) carrying out research. 



5. Land Development Works. In order to increase the area 

 under cultivation and obtain higher yields per acre, it is necessary 

 to construct a number of minor works for the development of the 

 land. Both the intensive and the extensive system will be adopted 

 for the purpose, 



