Patil, R. A.Mali, Amol Kisan2018-06-132018-06-132014-05-31T07193http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810052699The present investigation intitled Present Scenario of Draught Animal Power Utilization in Latur District, data was undertaken by collecting the five villages of each talukas were selected. Randomly 3 farmers from each category of (a) marginal (b) small (c) medium (d) large were selected from each village. Thus data from 240 farmers were collected and recorded by taking interview. The results obtained from this investigation found that in the study area on an average about 57.91 per cent farmer has their own bullocks for agricultural operation. An average about 20.83 per cent of farmer gives their own bullocks on custom hired basis for other farmers. Acreage per draught animal pair was highest in large farmer (6.27±0.27 per animal pair) followed by medium (3.20±0.07 ha per animal pair), small (1.60±0.03 ha per animal pair) whereas lowest in marginal farmer (0.71±0.05 ha per animal pair). On an average about 8.75 per cent farmer have their own tractor for agricultural operation. An average 9.58 per cent farmer conduct ploughing operation by using own bullock pair. An average 87.00 per cent farmer use tractor power for ploughing operation. It was observed that that most of the respondents for ploughing with the help of bullock pahs, require more time and cost 82.91 per cent. The overall percentage of utilization of own bullock energy by farmers harrowing operation was 41.25 per cent The overall percentage of utilization of bullock energy by farmers drilling operation was 35.83 per cent. The overall percentage of utilization of hired bullock energy by farmers drilling operation was 26.25 per cent. Average intercultural operation carried out by using own bullock energy are 51.66 per cent An average about 36.66 per cent of respondents completes the intercultural operation by using hired bullock energy. Commonly use of bullock energy for transportation in surveyed village they were about 41.66 per cent An average about 23.75 per cent of respondents was used hired bullock energy for transportation. 1 Bullock-pairs average annual working days of marginal categories fanners were 144.55±6.81 days, then small, medium and large categories were 138.80±4.45, 122.92±3.49 and 112.09±3.22 days, respectively. While that of nonworking days of bullock-pairs from marginal, small, medium and large categories fanners were 220.44±6.81, 226.19±4.45, 242.07±3.49 and 255.8±3.22 days, respectively. The data revels the significant (p> 0.05) difference in working and non working days of bullock pair between marginal, small, medium and large categories of fanner. It is was seen that most of farmer gives constraints of the Farming with bullock pair and bullock drawn implement become time consuming leads to more expenditure 60.00 per cent It was observed that most of respondent gives suggestions as with minimum/ minor changes/ fittings single implement useful for many operations 85.00 per cent, followed by to create single bullock drawn implements for intercultural operations 69.58. It can be concluded from present investigation that a declining trend particularly in small and marginal farmer and it is moving towards medium and large farmers group. Mechanical energy is being accepted for hard and heavy tillage operations as well as threshing operation instead of animal energy where as drilling, intercultural, transportation operations are still carried out by animal energy through they are time consuming. The important suggestions for increasing the animal energy utilization are that i) implement should be frame in such a way that with minimum changes it should be useful for many farm operations, ii) Single bullock drawn implement should be innovated for intercultural operations and iii) animal energy is to be used for spraying, harvesting and threshing by making innovated bullock drawn equipment.ennullThesis