THE CALLS

Meanwhile I must mention a few calls and contacts which I had to take. Jedla Shreedhara Bhat of Sampaje called and narrated his experience with scientists in controlling the yellow leaf decease.Scientists would come at 12pm and do something ,dig here and there,and return at 1pm .After a few visits by them, his attempt to bring them failed because his workers refused to work with them.He had a large collection of printed materials concerning the problem.His argument is that yellow leaf and root grub is the same problem.To support his opinion he collected a good number of root grubs in a bottle.Another achievement was that he found another nematode inside the root of arecanut plant.I visited his plot.His income,as he said,reduced to 25 percent.Now he is shifting to rubber cultivation. IF A FARMER DECIDES TO SHIFT HIS CROP, BECAUSE HE CANNOT FIND SOLUTION TO HIS PROBLEM,IS IT NOT THE FAILURE OF CONCERNED SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY-in this case of C.P.C.R.I.VITTAL? But a call from Mumbai gave me strength.The caller called just to support morally.He said that through one of his friend he knows the manner of Kalam sir. Kalam sir personally reads every letter he receives. Another caller from Belthangady criticized me. You,literates ,find solution through emails,but what about illiterates and poor was his question.I informed him that the seminar is being conducted for the help of others and not for me.Some farmers told their affort ,some success and some failures,in controlling the grubs.Success stories generally involved the application of laterite soil.An aged farmer from Alike,near Vittal,posted a letter to me .His plot too was affected by rootgrubs 30 years back.He controlled it by using chlorodon.Farmers must help one another was his statement. Some farmers simply wont understood the article.They asked with me the solution to grub problem,some other wanted to know solution to other problems they face. Personally my greatest loss was that I could not irrigate the plot for two weeks.Due to that some plants died afterwords. I had to tell this because of some persons reaction which I heard. I was conducting the seminar for my own profit,to promote me personally,to get publicity etc. With all these experiences we are ready to conduct the seminar.