Basha Goat Farm

CROP IMPROVEMENT

1. SEASON

Irrigated : Throughout the year

Rainfed : June - October

CROP MANAGEMENT

PREPARATORY CULTIVATION

1. PLOUGHING

Plough two to three times with an iron plough to obtain good tilth.

2. APPLICATION OF FYM

Apply and spread 12.5 t/ha of FYM or compost

3. FORMING RIDGES AND FURROWS

Form ridges and furrows 50 cm apart using ridger and irrigation channels across furrows.

4. APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS

a Apply NPK fertilizer as per soil test recommendations as far as possible. If the soil

testing is not done, follow the blanket recommendations of 25 : 40 :20 kg NPK/ha.

b Apply full dose of NPK basally before sowing.

5. SOWING

a) Pure crop

Sow the seeds at 20 kg/ha in solid stand on the side of the ridges

b) Mixed Crop

Sow the Velimasal seeds in one row and plant Cumbu- Napier hybrid grass in the subsequent

three rows (at 1:3 ratio)

c) Velimasal seeds are to be treated with Rhizobial culture at 3 packets/ha (600 g).

6. WATER MANAGEMENT

Irrigate immediately after sowing, life irrigation on the third day and thereafter once in a week.

7. WEED MANAGEMENT

Hoeing and weeding are given as and when necessary.

8. HARVESTING

a. Pure crop

First cut on 90th day after sowing at 50 cm height and subsequent cuts at intervals of 40 days at

the same height.

b. Mixed crop

First harvest on 60th day after sowing. Subsequent cuts at intervals of 45 days at 50 cm height

of Velimasal which is maintained throughout.

YIELD POTENTIAL OF VELIMASAL (HEDGE LUCERNE)

Characters Velimasal Grass +Legume Grass

(BN 2)

(CO 2 +Velimasal)

1. Total green fodder yield (t/ha/year) 125.00 225.00 250.00

2. Total dry matter yield (t/ha/year) 33.75 52.50 60.00

3. Total crude protein yield (t/ha/year) 6.45 6.25 5.25

4. IVDMD (%) 55.28 50.00 45.00

SEED PRODUCTION

PRESOWING SEED TREATMENT

Acid scarification with conc. sulphuric acid @ 200 ml kg-1 of seed for 15 minutes

SPACING

Adopt 60 x 20 cm

FERTILIZER

Basal NPK @ 25:40:20 kg/ ha-1

After first cut – 45:60:40 kg NPK ha-1 as basal

FOLIAR SPRAY

acid 200 ppm thrice after 50 per cent flowering at 10 days interval

HARVEST

Seed attain physiological maturity at 35 days after anthesis, when the pods turn brown and seeds

become shiny brown.

PICKING

Harvest the pods in different pickings

Delayed harvest leads to 100% shattering loss.

SEED SIZE

Grade the seed using BSS 14 x 14 sieve

SEED TREATMENT

Treat the seed with diflubenzuron @ 2 ppm as slurry treatment for scarified seeds

Scarified seed can be stored upto 12 months without viability loss.

STORAGE

Use gunny or cloth bags for short term storage with seed moisture content of 10%.Use polylined

gunny bag for medium term storage with seed moisture content of 8%.

Application of FYM

     Apply and spread 12.5 t/ha of FYM or compost

Application of Fertilizers