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67. I should have liked to attend the Bombay Show, where I understand
some of the young stock and many of the brood-mares and stallions of the
Darbárs were exhibited, and an opportunity afforded of contrasting stock from
several distinct portions of Western India. I note that a brood-mare from the
Poona District took first prize and so also did her foal.
68. I inspected 135 mares and branded 18 for horse, 67 for pony and
rejected 50. The mares were a good lot.
Hampton ...
January ...
Tahlim ...
Angrya ...
T. B. E.
Arab.
Do.
Do.
Kohinoor ...
Hassan ...
Sindia ...
Melton ...
Arab.
Do.
Do.
Do.
69. I also inspected the
stallions noted in the mar-
gin and found them in good
condition.
Here I pur-
chased 4 young stock for the Ahmednagar Depôt.
Deesa, 29th March 1890.
70. Here I inspected the Government stallions "Majeeb" and "Cottonham"
and found them in excellent condition.
I found
"Majeeb's" services were fully utilized, but "Cotton-
ham" got a small number of mares to cover, being considered too big. I trans-
ferred him to Ahmedabad and sent "Lord Napier" in his place.
General Remarks.
71. This year as last it is evident that Gujarát and the Deccan have not
made satisfactory progress in horse-breeding operations. Scarcity of forage
has continued, and so long as this is the case results will be indifferent. It is a
matter which doubtless is receiving adequate attention from the Agricultural
Department, but it is much to be hoped that in the coming year the rainfall
will be such as to secure the stock of all kinds in abundance, or at any rate
a sufficient supply of good natural fodder.
72. I have tried by personal enquiry to ascertain what special grazing
grounds are resorted to by daláls in bad seasons, for the purpose of feeding
young horse stock purchased by them. I find however that there is a consider-
able amount of secrecy in connection with this matter, so have set the Inspec-
tors of this Department to work to collect information on the subject indirectly.
Should they collect material worth report I will specially inform Government in
the matter for the information and guidance of the Remount Department. In
Ahmednagar and Poona Districts the best places for grazing are as given by
the Inspectors:—
Ahmednagar.
Chichoondi of Mahadu Patel in Táluka Nagar.
2. Kadain Táluka Jámkhed.
3. Ajunj
„
4. Belwandi
„
5. Loni
„
6. Pedgaon
„
7. Rastápur
„
Shringonda.
„
„
Nevása.
„
8. Wákdi Pimpri in Táluka Shevgaon.
9. Chapadgaon
„
10. Khanche Hivre „
11. Jawla
„
12. Yeoti
„
13. Pimpalgam Waga
14. Wagadari
„
„
Nevása.
Párner.
Shrigonda.
Nagar.
Shrigonda.
Besides these there are many places but they are not so good as the above.
Poona.
Allegaon in Táluka
Rasai Wadgaon in Táluka
Kangaon
„
Pimpalgaon
„
Sirúr.
Do.
Bhimthadi.
Do.
Palm
in
Donaj
Palasdeo
Táluka Bhimthadi.
„
Indápur.
„ Do.
73. The best places for grazing observed by me during the past year were
in the Nizám's territory; and this seemed to me to be due largely to the excel-
lent system of accumulating water by means of bunds, often of great antiquity,
thrown across the mouths of passages between the hills of impervious rock; also
the many streams which I passed over on my way to and from Málegaon.
74. Although undoubtedly the horse-breeders are passing through bad
times, I can't help concluding that more use ought to be made of stallions of all
classes in several parts of the country, of which I may specify Násik, Sátára,
Sholápur, Bijápur and Dhárwár. They are all pony districts and it will be remem-
bered that not long ago there was an energetic demand made by the district