Soil and water conservation measures are basic resources essential for survival of human kind on earth. Ironically, very few people realize the importance of conservation and judiciously utilizing the soil, the greatest gift of nature. According to Dr.H.H.Bennett "Soil without water is desert and water without soil is useless." In fact every kind of farm activity is connected with land and prosperity of nation depends on quality of its and resources. Water is most limiting natural resource in semi-arid region. In most of the areas only water available is rain water. Due to inadequate and...

Present status of farm mechanization in India considering improved animal drawn implements. More than 80 percent farmers depend upon animal drawn implements. Improved implement increases the output and quality of work. The improved "Jyoti Multicrop Planter" is one of the best planter. It is used for planting various crops like Groundnut, Soybean, Gram, Jowar, Maize, Sunflower, etc. The developed Bullock drawn Jyoti Multicrop planter was tested on the field to evaluate its performance after the laboratory test. The data collected during this test were analyzed and results shows that the seed...