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Tank...
Chaudhwan...
Peshawar...
Charsadda...
Mardan...
Nowshera...
Dargai...
Kohat...
Hangu...
Teri...
Parachinar...
Alizai...
Serai Naurang...
New hospital building required.
Stallion stables, contagious ward and mangers.
Dog kennels.
Dog kennels.
Dog kennels.
Contagious ward, stallion stables and compounder quarters
required.
Syces quarters.
Dog ward.
Zamindar quarters.
Colic shed and zamindar quarters.
Zamindar quarters.
Hospital on standard plan.
Sweeper quarters.
SECTION 1.- BOVINES.
Stud bulls.—Table VIII.
27. At the close of the year there were 56 bulls at work against 54 last
year. There were 5 additions and 3
casualties. Two Dhanni bulls were
purchased for Dera Ismail Khan and sent there from the Dhanni tract. Every
effort is being made to castrate unsuitable sires working in the Province and to
advise District Boards and Municipal Committees to purchase good bulls for
covering purposes. Cattle-breeding continues to make satisfactory progress,
though more bulls in all the districts of the Frontier Province are badly
required. In the Cattle Fairs held in the Province, and during his tours in
different villages, the Superintendent saw hundreds of very good calves by District
Board bulls. Owners were advised to feed them well and not to sell them or
get work from them while too young. Most of the Zamindars in the Province
are giving up their own methods of castrating animals and are willingly bring-
ing them to the Hospitals for such operations. While touring in different
villages in the North-West Frontier Province lectures were given on cattle-
breeding and people advised to get their cows covered by District Board bulls
approved by the Veterinary Department and purchased simply for their benefit
If they desired good, strong and healthy calves they should get their cows covered
only by District Board bulls and by no others. Comparisons of young stock
from District Board bulls and other bulls were made at demonstrations given on
cattle-breeding at several places and Zamindars were shown the good points in
calves obtained from District Board bulls. This had a very good effect as very
good use of the bulls, purchased for covering purposes, was made by Zamindars
and there was a great demand for more bulls which could not be purchased as
no money could be provided by some District Boards. The results of these bulls
are so far very satisfactory, the superiority of their young stock over the ordinary
village type being very marked, — a point which is readily appreciated by the
Zamindars. Special classes for the produce of these bulls have been started at
the Fairs held in the Province.
Buffalo-breeding.
28. Five buffalo-bulls were purchased for Bannu, 3 for Hazara and
7 for the Peshawar District during the
year under report. Arrangements for
the purchase of 10 more bulls for
the Hazara District from Ferozpore were twice made but the representative
of the district with money could not arrive at the time appointed, so every-
thing had to be postponed. More buffalo-bulls of the breed already introduced
by the Superintendent into the Province are very badly required to push
on breeding. There are hundreds of thousands of very fine buffalo-cows
in this Province but, unfortunately, this cannot be said about buffalo-
bulls, for which a very heavy demand at present exists. It is the type of bull
generally obtainable from the Ferozepore District that is in great demand
here, in order to solve the milk and ghi question for the Province.
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