Some Difficulties in the Way of Extending Sugarcane Cultivation

Although it is well known that sugarcane planting is very profit- able, the difficulties attending the cultivation of the cane and the harvesting and manufacturing of it into sugar or jaggery, deter many from undertaking it on an extensive scale. A large quantity of water is required to grow cane to perfection, but stagnant water is detrimental to its growth. As most of the irrigated holdings are so situated that it would not be possible to drain them without cutting a drain across other holdings, a very large area of good land is found unfit for cane planting. Further a large area of land that admits of being easily drained is often found unsuited for cave growing on account of the capacity of the irrigating sources being insufficient. This difficulty could be, to a great extent, overcome by the better conservation of water and also by supplementing the sources of water supply by lift irrigation.