(5)
Haripur ...
Serai Naurang ...
Swabi ...
Hangu ...
Parachinar and Dera
Ismail Khan ...
Verandah newly constructed.
Stable for thorough-bred stallion built.
A verandah built in Veterinary Assistant's quarters.
New contagious ward provided.
At both these places verandahs provided.
The plans and estimates for the proposed dog kennels at Abbottabad
Veterinary Hospital have been prepared. Plans have been approved and
Revenue Commissioner addressed for funds.
Necessary arrangement is being made for land at Mansehra in order to
build Zamindar quarters and contagious ward. It is hoped that the building
will be completed during next year.
Most of the additions and alterations enumerated in the last year's
report are still required.
SECTION 1.-BOVINES.
Stud bulls.—Table VIII.
25. Cattle-breeding continues to make satisfactory grogress. At the
close of the year 54 bulls belonging
to local bodies were at work as compared
with 38 last year. There were 19 additions and 3 casualties. Ten more
Dhanni bulls were purchased for the Peshawar District, two for Kohat, four for
Dera Ismail Khan and three for Hazara. The stock of these bulls as seen at
the various Fairs in the Province was distinctly good and the improvement is
appreciated by the Zamindars themselves who have shown a general desire to
have the services of these bulls, but have been reluctant to maintain them
during the past year owing to the great scarcity of fodder. Good progress has
been made in castrating unsuitable animals, and people now bring them to the
Veterinary Assistant instead of resorting to the old inhuman methods.
Bunalo-breeding.
26. Sixteen buffalo-bulls have recently been purchased from the Ferozepur
District for the Frontier Province,-8 for
the Peshawar District, 5 for the Bannu
and 3 for Hazara. Like Dhanni and Montgomery breeds of cattle, buffalo-
breeding has suffered a good deal and not a single buffalo-bull fit for breeding
was seen at the time of Fairs held in the Province, though some very fine
buffalo-cows were seen in every district. Zamindars wanted bulls of the Nili
breed, and after some difficulty these bulls have been purchased. More bulls
are badly required in the Provice and we shall have to get them either from
Ferozepur or Amritsar districts, as that is the home of the required breed.
Montgomery cattle.
27. Some very fine Montgomery cows were seen in the Province,
especially in Bannu and Peshawar
districts. All these cows have been
purchased from the Punjab and brought to the Frontier as they are good
milkers. To save this breed mixing up with others it is absolulety essential
that these cows should be covered by the bulls of the same breed. At least
one bull of this breed should be kept at the headquarters of every district in
the Civil Veterinary Hospital. I have recently purchased a Montgomery bull
for Bannu and hope to get few more very soon. It is not easy to get bulls of
this breed now-a-days, and every effort is being made at present to get them as
soon as possible.
Sheep-breeding.
28. More rams are required for sheep-breeding in the Province, parti-
cularly Merino rams for the Kaghan
Valley. An attempt was made to
obtain them from New Zealand and Australia but the prices asked were too
high, and arrangements are now being made to obtain them from Hissar or other
places in India. At the end of the year there were 11 Merino rams working in
the Hazara District. There is plenty of room for improving sheep-breeding in
Kaghan but pure-bred Merino rams and ewes are required, and it is hoped that
the necessary funds will be forthcoming. The same results cannot be achieved
with three-fourth or half bred rams and ewes bought in India. In the Peshawar
District sheep-breeding is carried on mainly by private owners without control.