Some Observations on the Sugarcane Industry in Madras State

I would like to extend the best wishes of the Coimbatore Institute to the success of the Sugar Industry in Madras on the occasion of the Special Number of the Madras Agricultural Journal. The research work on sugarcane in the Madras State and the welfare of its sugar industry are at the present moment under the best of auspices as the Hon'ble Minister in charge of Agriculture is no less a person than Dr. R. Nagan Gowda who was previously a distinguished member of the Indian Central Sugarcane Committee and the State Sugarcane Committee. Another unique advantage which the Madras State possesses is that the ripe counsel and unrivalled experience of Sir T. S. Venkataraman is available to it. The report of the Special Committee of which he was the Chairman, sets out in commendable detail and thoroughness the various aspects of the sugarcane industry in this State.