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The dairy industry on a somewhat larger scale has been
established in the Kaira and Ahmedabad districts. Cream
producing machines are set up, and the parties in charge of
these machines buy milk from the cultivators, separate
the cream and sell it to butter factories in Bombay or
Ahmedabad. This industry received a great impetus
during the War on account of the demand for the mili-
tary. In the Anand Taluka of the Kaira district, there
are about 50 cream producing machines and 38 casein
factories where casein is produced from the remnant of
the milk after cream is taken out of it. It has been cal-
culated that North Gujarat receives more than Rs. 25
lakhs per year from the sale of this produce in Bombay
and other cities. In spite of this it is true to say that there
are great possibilities of further development of this
industry.
The other important subsidiary occupation is spinning
and weaving cotton. This industry which was once in a
flourishing condition and had suffered greatly at the hands
of machine made goods, has been revived by the swa-
deshi movement. The All-India Spinners' Association
which has its head office at Ahmedabad does useful work
in this connection. The total number of production cen-
tres under this Association in Gujarat is 18. There are
2,065 spinners, 194 weavers, 49 carders and 47 persons
employed otherwise on the staff of this Association. In
addition to these, there are workers who do their work
independently of the Association, but of whom statistical
information is not available. In view of the fact that
Gujarat is a cotton producing area there is a great possi-
bility for the development of this subsidiary occupation.
Carting agricultural produce is a good occupation in
rural areas, but the possibilities of development in this
connection are not great because of the competition of
motor transport in recent years. There are possibilities
for the development of poultry as an occupation ; it is at
present confined to a few of the Kaliparaj, the Mahomme-
dans and the Parsis. The making of mats, baskets and