180 THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY [ I, III
TABLE I—contd.
Showing feeding of cattle in different parts of Kangra District—contd.
Period
April, May and
June.
July, August and
September.
October, Novem-
ber and Decem-
ber.
Irrigated parts of Kangra
and Palampur Tehsils,
(Kangra Valley proper)
with 75 to 100 inches
rainfall
Wheat and barley Bhusa
about 20 lbs. per head
per day. There is practi-
cally no green matter to
be fed to the cattle. The
plough bullocks during
heavy work are given 1
to 2 lbs. of concentrates
per head per day.
20 lbs. of white Bhusa plus
20 to 30 lbs. of green
grass cut from lands of
rice and maize fields.
The condition of the
cattle during this period
is satisfactory and is pro-
bably at its best.
Rice straw 20 to 24 lbs.
per head per day with
some leaves of trees like
Dhaman, Sirs,
kard,
Khirk and bamboo, etc.,
according to the quantity
available plus 1 to 2 lbs.
per head per day of con-
centrate is given to
bullocks during heavy
work. The condition of
cattle is middling.
Irrigated parts of Nurpur
and Dehra, i.e., lower
and hotter parts of the
District with 50
inches rainfall
Wheat and barley Bhusa
about 20 lbs. per head
per day. There is prac-
tically no green matter
to be fed to the cattle.
The plough bullocks
during heavy work are
given 1 to 2 lbs. of
concentrates per head
per day.
Green grass 30 to 40 lbs.
which includes cut grass
and whatever the cattle
can get from grazing
plus a little chari which
is grown by very few.
The condition of the
cattle during this period
is satisfactory and is
probably at its best.
Rice straw and maize
stalks and Mash Bhusa
30 to 40 lbs. per head
per day with leaves of
trees like Dhaman, Sirs,
Khich, Karal, Bhera,
bamboo, etc., 1 to 2 lbs.
per head per day and
concentrate is given to
bullocks during heavy
work. The condition of
the cattle is middling.
Unirrigated parts of the
District (Hamirpur Tehsil
and parts of other
Tehsils) with rainfull
below 50 inches
Wheat, barley and gram
Bhusa and dry grass 20
to 24 lbs. per head per
day. There are com-
paratively more grazing
lands and meadows and
hence there is more dry
grass, etc., in this area
than the irrigated parts
of the District. The
plough bullocks during
the heavy work are given
1 to 2 lbs. of concen-
trates per head per day.
Green grass as grazing
with about 16 lbs. of
Bhusa at night. The
condition of the cattle
during this period is
satisfactory and is pro-
bably at its best.
Maize stalks, Mash Bhusa,
Kulth Bura (legumes)
dry grass and leaves of
trees
like Dhaman,
Chhal, etc. The condi-
tion of cattle is satisfac-
tory.
General Note.—A perusal of the above statement shows :—
1. In Kangra Valley proper with very intensive system of farming and with rice and wheat as
staple crops and with very small grazing area, the fodder supply is not only inadequate but very
defective which is borne out by the fact that a great majority of cattle are fed from October to March
on a ration which is mostly composed of rice straw with a little addition of green matter. This
continued poor and unbalanced ration during the wet and cold months (temperature frequently going
below freezing point) lowers the vitality of the cattle.
2. The supply of fodder in the irrigated lower and hotter parts of the District is a little better
than the Kangra valley proper.