The Superintendent shall be responsible for seeing that the garden attached to the jail grows at all seasons a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome vegetables for the prisoner's use, and that the whole of the jail land, between the outer and the inner walls as well as outside the jail walls that may be available for cultivation, is cultivated to the best advantage.

The land available with an institution should be thoroughly surveyed in terms of soil analysis, availability, fertility, salinity, irrigation and requirement of drainage, so that it is put to optimum use.

All spare land should be utilized for raising crops for the prisoner’s food and fodder for the cattle.

The advice of the Agriculture Officer for jails, or, if there is no such officer, of the officers of the Agriculture Department should be sought when necessary.

All available land shall be laid out in fields of convenient size which shall be serially numbered. Irrigation channels should be provided to carry water to all fields. A portion of garden preferably on one side should be set apart as lime orchard

The jail garden shall be kept neat and clean and free from weeds and undergrowth. The nursery should be located on the best land which is not likely to remain damp or water-logged. It should be within a reasonable distance from the source of water and should be hedged off from the rest of the cultivation.

(a) The Jailor shall cause to be planted some Tamarind, Papita, Amla, lemon, sweet kamrakh and mango trees of suitable varieties outside the jail walls. No trees whatsoever shall be planted nearer than 10 metres of walls.

(b) Mint and Coriander should be grown to supplement the supply of anti-scorbutics.

(c) Where there is scarcity of land, papaya (papita) should be grown on bunds in vegetable gardens and also in lime orchards and over other fruit plots when the trees are in their early stages. Care should be taken to see that the land is at no time water- logged as this encourages pathological diseases of the type of stem rot and virus diseases of the type of leaf curl in papaya plantations.

For the manuring and cultivation of fruit bearing trees the latest instructions issued by the Director General (Prisons) should be followed.

Old trees which have borne no fruit for years and are fit for fuel only should be cut down and replaced by young plants.

urmeric (haldi), mint (podina), chillies, fenugreek (methi), coriander (dhania), ginger and other condiments may be grown in the jail gardens for the use of prisoners if land is available after cultivation of vegetables and the soil and climate of the area suits to such cultivation of condiments. Two or more large fields should always be under saags (leaf vegetables), which have great anti-scorbutic value. Saags of various types such as karam, chaulai, marsa, palak, kulfa, lal saag and China cabbage should be grown extensively in proper seasons and should be systematically harvested so as to encourage growth. In this way saags can be kept growing for a long time.

All organic refuse such as dry leaves, unused portions of vegetables, fodders etc. jail sweepings, cattle urine and dung should be collected and turned into composted manure.

The Jailor shall be responsible for seeing that all crops grown on jail lands are sown and reaped at the proper time and immediately brought into store after reaping and accounted for and that proper precautions are taken against percolation, loss or misuse.

Note: Regarding the preparation of silage for cattle fodder, the cultivation and harvesting of different kind of crops and control of vegetable diseases, the officers of the Agriculture Department shall be consulted.

The seeds should be of high yielding variety and should preferably be purchased from government organisations. If possible, the seeds shall be stored from the jail produce. The Jailor shall arrange for the seeds to be gathered for future use from fully developed, disease-free and properly matured plants. Before storing them in airtight tin cases or bottles, they should be dried in the shade for three or more days and if the seed is meant for sowing purposes also in the sun for a day or so in the morning hours. Drying in the sun outright definitely reduces the germinating qualities of the seed.

Potatoes, yams, pumpkins, onions and other vegetables which are capable of being stored should be cultivated extensively and stored for use during the time when fresh vegetables are scarce.

Note : For storage of fresh and sun-dried vegetables the instructions issued by the Horticulture and Jail Departments should be consulted.

Nursery beds for vegetables should preferably be of raised type. The soil in nursery beds should consist of, roughly, one part of good garden soil, one part of leaf-mould put through a sieve, one part of well-rotted cattle manure put through a sieve and one part of good river sand and should contain moisture so as to facilitate germination of seeds. Then the seeds be put on the top of the bed and lightly covered with manure and soil mixture. The beds shall then be covered with sirki pals for at least 24 hours and then uncovered. Nurseries may require chhappars to protect the seedlings from the sun and heavy rain. Sirki pals placed on bamboo frames give good shade. Care should be taken to remove the weeds when the saplings are growing.

Successful gardening requires frequent and thorough surface tillage and careful attention to weeding and irrigation are essential. Excessive watering of young plants should be avoided.

As far as possible improved methods should be adopted and the use of modern tools and implements encouraged in all gardening operations. For improvement of the land, plantation of fruit bearing plants or any other agricultural, horticultural or forestry purpose, concerned government department shall provide required assistance.

(a) The Superintendent shall cause to maintain a register of trees in which all trees growing on the jail grounds with a circumference of 1 meter and more measured at the height of 150 cms., shall be entered with their exact location and serial numbers, descriptions, ages, etc. The serial numbers shall be painted on the barks of the trees. Fruit trees, such as lime, papita etc. shall not be numbered, but the total number of plants of each variety shall be noted in the register.

(b) The Superintendent shall verify the register every year in the month of September. He shall report the result of such verification with full details of the trees cut down during the year to the Director General.

(a) No tree on jail land shall be cut down or otherwise removed without an order in writing of the Superintendent. If the number of trees to be cut is more than ten, previous sanction shall be sought from the Director General (Prisons).

(b) The Superintendent shall get all the trees evaluated by the Forest Department before they are to be felled for their monetary valuation.

(c) The Director General (Prisons),shall decide whether:

(i) trees shall be auctioned; or,

(ii) send to the nearest jail having a carpentry workshop; or,

(iii) to be used by the jail itself.

(a) Vegetables gathered daily from the jail garden shall be weighed and the weights recorded in a jail register (No. 77).

The quantities issued to prisoners and to jail officers, if any, shall also be entered in the register which shall be maintained by the Jailor.

(b) Supply of vegetables to jail officers.- No vegetables shall be supplied to jail officers unless a surplus is available after fully satisfying the needs of prisoners. Warders shall receive vegetables when available in reasonable quantities, free of charge. Other jail officers are permitted to receive vegetables from the jail garden at such monthly rates of payment as may be fixed by the Director General.

(c) Any garden produce, fruits and grass, etc. in excess of the jail requirements, may be sold to the public with the previous sanction of the Deputy Inspector General of Range. The money thus realized shall be credited under appropriate head.

Dairies may be developed in prison farms on commercial lines under proper technical guidance.

The Jailor shall cause to maintain a cattle register (register no. 85) recording the age, cattle number, breed, marks of identification mainly colour, shape of horns etc. The cattle shall bear a pendant carrying cattle number and name of Jail.

(a)  The concentrated ration for bulls, draft cattle, milch or dry cows shall consist of 5 per cent crushed gram, 25 per cent crushed barley, 30 per cent. mustard cake and 40 per cent wheat bran. The following quantity of this mixture shall be served daily to each animal:

Bull 2.0 kgs.

Draft cattle 2.0 kgs.

when at work and given dry fodder. 1.5 kgs.

when at work and given green fodder. 1.0  kgs.

when idle and given dry fodder. 0.75 kg.

when idle and given grass fodder.

Dry cow 2.0 kgs.

Milch cow yielding 0.5-2.0 ltr. milk daily 1.5 kgs.

Milch cow yielding 2.5-5.0 ltrs. milk daily 2.0 kgs.

Milch cow yielding 5.0-7.0 ltrs. milk daily 3.0 kgs.

Milch cow yielding 7.5-9.5 ltrs. milk daily 3.5 kgs.

Milch cow yielding 10.0 ltrs. or more milk daily 4.0 kgs.

Lumps of rock salt shall be placed near the troughs for the cattle to lick. The quantity of dry or green fodder for an adult cattle per day shall depend upon the size of the cattle and shall not be more than 7.5 kgs. to 9.5 kgs. in the case of dry fodder and 15.0 kgs. to 18.5 kgs. in the case of green fodder:

Provided the cattle are stall fed. The quantities shall decrease proportionately if the cattle are sent out for grazing.

A daily account of receipts and consumptions of grains, bran cakes, fodder, etc., whether produced in jail or purchased from outside shall be kept in jail register no. 86.

(b) Efforts shall be made to grow all fodder required for animals in the jail. Bhusa shall not be purchased from outside, ordinarily, without the sanction of the Deputy Inspector General of the Range.

(a) The Jailor shall cause the quantity of milk produced from the milch cattle be entered in the register daily against the number of the animal milched for it.

(b) Jail Officers who are admitted to the jail hospital shall be given milk free of cost on the advice of Medical Officer.

(c) In excess of milk production the jail officers can purchase the milk on payment.

The Superintendent shall scrutinize unserviceable livestock once in a year. The unserviceable livestock shall be disposed of according to instructions issued by the State Government.

Instructions issued by Agriculture Department or Animal Husbandry Department in the form of pamphlets should be referred to for guidance on the respective matters dealt with in them.