Paid Anand Rs. 7165

ADT 43

Paddy seeds sent by Antonysamy...Foundation seed...good for 4
years...20 kg seeds per acre.
Seeds to be transplanted after 21 days. Harvest after 110 days.

greengram seed requirements

5 to 6 kg/acre...seeds obtained from antonysamy...is being sown after
rice harvest in January. Cannot be sowed in Kalar soil.

coimbatore tope

Ran tractor for five and a half hours--covered about 2.5 acres (to be checked)--gauge wheel--Rs. 400 per
hour--Saravanan--Doctory Banu's guy.
Venkatesan introduced by Damu not taken on...he wanted Rs. 1000 per
acre...Doctor said that they may not do it properly. Therefore
Saravanan engaged. Engineer said that fuel consumption would be about 4 litres per hour for the tractor. Current diesel rate is about Rs. 33 per litre.

Contact number 9486587488
Saravanan does not seem to have land of his own. He and his brother
are in the tractor hire business.

Farm on wikimapia

http://wikimapia.org/s/#y=12680703&x=80136498&z=17&l=0&m=h&v=2

Indocert Organic certification obtained till end 2007

Started new farm blog to keep track of farm activities.
Will cover money ploughed in; significant activities; formulations etc.
Basmati harvested for the first time.