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TABLE
Statement showing number of animals treated and castrated at
Name of district.
1
Nagpur ...
Wardha ...
Chanda ...
Bhandara ...
Balaghat ...
Raipur ...
Bilaspur ...
Drug ...
Rajnandgaon
Seoni ...
Chhindwara ...
Mandla ...
Jubbulpore ...
Damoh ...
Saugor ...
Hoshangabad ...
Narsinghpur
...
Betul ...
Nimah ...
Amraoti ...
Akola ...
Buldana ...
Yeotmal ...
Total
Num-
ber
of
dis-
pen-
saries.
2
4
3
4
3
2
7
6
4
1
2
2
3
3
2
4
5
2
3
3
9
8
8
7
95
Num-
ber of
Veter-
inary
Assist-
ant
Sur-
geons
em-
ploy-
ed.
3
4
3
4
3
2
7
6
4
1
2
2
3
3
2
4
5
2
3
3
8
8
8
7
94
Number of in-patients treated
during the year.
Equines.
4
70
37
31
18
11
33
40
22
5
27
12
37
28
11
22
16
17
16
20
39
34
25
11
582
Bo-
vines.
5
102
804
100
53
41
66
75
78
12
65
46
30
107
39
80
20
55
41
206
237
83
135
38
1,903
Others
6
103
8
6
8
7
1
8
1
4
4
10
5
11
...
11
22
7
...
16
20
4
13
4
273
Total.
7
275
249
137
79
59
100
123
101
21
96
68
62
146
50
113
58
79
57
242
296
121
173
53
2,758
Number of out-patiensts treated
during the year.
Equines.
8
665
473
269
179
229
705
1,278
297
168
582
296
1,104
589
517
599
740
317
655
427
2,684
1,538
1,172
1,436
16,919
Bovines.
9
2,125
2,358
2,386
1,428
950
3,174
2,811
1,616
1,868
1,508
1,624
1,216
1,573
1,158
1,661
2,871
1,241
2,088
2.945
12,033
8,520
6,547
4,823
68,524
Others.
10
1,841
1,405
1,024
894
492
1,247
941
525
565
405
708
315
1,289
613
630
1,815
621
433
1,573
4,733
2,155
1,648
1,498
27,370
Total.
11
4,631
4,236
3,679
2,501
1,671
5,126
5,030
2,438
2,601
2,495
2,628
2,635
3,451
2,288
2,890
5,426
2,179
3,176
4,945
19,450
12,213
9,367
7,757
112,813
21
No. V.
Veterinary Hospitals and Dispensaries during 1926-27.
Grand
total of
in-patients
and out-
patients
treated
during
the
year.
12
4,906
4,485
3,816
2,580
1,730
5,226
5,153
2,539
2,622
2,591
2,696
2,697
3,597
2,338
3,003
5,484
2,258
3,233
5,187
19,746
12,324
9,540
7,810
115,371
Total
number
of cases
supplied
with
medicines
but not
brought
to
hospitals.
13
5,926
4,457
5,105
8,791
5,612
15,839
20,177
5,158
14,468
11,055
7,429
15,953
3,081
5,804
9,652
10,569
10,193
8,076
4,511
6,770
6,389
6,606
2,962
194,583
Castrations performed.
Equines.
14
2
4
4
...
1
4
3
4
2
3
3
3
5
...
1
1
1
...
...
30
7
1
7
86
Bovines.
15
132
111
253
68
42
250
160
64
174
59
109
106
30
78
80
109
94
39
75
425
422
365
285
3,530
Others.
16
37
21
9
20
16
50
66
63
54
26
23
3
9
31
5
7
17
10
10
32
23
12
19
563
Total.
17
171
136
266
88
59
304
229
131
230
88
135
112
44
109
86
117
112
49
85
487
452
378
311
4,179
Receipts.
18
Rs.
a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
188
2,780
5,254
5
9
0
0
0
0
...
...
567 0 0
...
...
Expenditure.
19
Rs.
a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4,425 0 0
...
2,949
2,806
7
0 7
...
...
...
...
...
2,488
3,608
5,254
12
4
0
6
0
0
...
...
6,524 0 0
...
...
22
TABLE No. VII.
Showing total strength of Subordinate Veterinary Staff employed
during the year 1926-27.
Province.
1
Central Prov-
inces.
How occupied.
2
In schools and colleges ...
In dispensaries ...
On other works ...
Touring ...
Menagerie and Government
Farms in
Agriculture
Department, Nagpur.
Attached to the office of the
Veterinary
Adviser
to
Government.
Attached to the Veterinary
Laboratory, Nagpur.
In Rajnandgaon State ...
Total
Whether
paid from
Provincial
or Local
Funds.
3
Paid from
Provincial
Revenues.
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Paid
from
State Funds.
Veteri-
nary
inspec-
tors.
4
No.
...
...
...
15
2
...
...
...
16
Veteri-
nary
Assist-
ant
Sur-
geons.
5
No.
94
...
...
33
...
...
1
2
131
Subordi-
nate
teach-
ing
staff.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks.
7
23
TABLE No. VIII.
Return of stud bulls for the year 1926-27.
District.
1
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm,
Powarkheda,
Hoshangabad.
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm, Chandkhuri, Raipur
district.
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm, Khanawa, Nimar
district.
Carried over ...
Property of Government.
Num-
ber
on
1st
April
1926.
2
20
18
(c) 1
39
Obtained during
the year.
Num-
ber.
3
7 by
birth
1 by
pur-
chase. 20
1
29
Average
price paid.
4
Farm
breed.
...
Received
in ex-
change
from the
Powar-
kheda
Farm.
...
Casualties
during
the
year.
5
(a) 8
4
...
12
Balance
remaining
on 31st
March
1927.
6
20
(b)34
2
56
Property of Local Bodies.
Number
on 1st
April
1926.
7
...
...
...
Obtained during
the year.
Num-
ber.
8
...
...
..
...
Average
price
paid.
9
...
...
...
...
Casual-
ties
during
the
year.
10
...
...
...
...
Balance
remaining
on 31st
March
1927.
11
...
...
...
...
Remarks.
12
(a) Seven sold as stud
bulls.
One castrated and sold
as bullock.
(6) During the year 20
male calves were trans-
ferred to bulls making
the total 38. Out of this
three were sold for
Rs. to each and one was
transferred to
Drug
herd.
(c) Four bulls that were
ready for sale were in-
cluded last year.
24
TABLE No. VIII.
Return of stud bulls for the year 1926-27.—(Concld.)
District.
1
Brought forward ...
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm, Bilaspur
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm, Balaghat, Garhi.
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm, Sindewahi, Chanda
district.
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm, Ruabanda, Drug
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm, Borgaon, Akola.
Government Cattle-breeding
Farm, Richai, Jubbulpore.
Total
Property of Goverment.
Num-
ber
on
1st
April
2
39
2
2
1
1
1
1
47
Obtained during
the year.
Num-
ber.
3
29
...
...
..
1
...
...
30
Average
price paid.
4
...
...
...
...
Received
free of cost
from
Chandkuri
Farm.
...
...
...
Casualties
during
the
year.
5
12
1
...
...
...
...
...
13
Balance
remaining
on 31st
March
1927.
6
56
1
2
1
2
1
1
64
Property of Local Bodies.
Number
on 1st
April
1926.
7
...
...
...
...
...
...
....
...
Obtained during
the year.
Num-
ber.
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Average
price
paid.
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Casual-
ties
during
the
year.
10
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
Balance
remaining
on 31st
March
1927.
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks.
12
TABLES IX TO XIII—Blank.
20
TABLE
Abstract of particulars regarding Cattle Fairs an
Province.
1
Garraghat fair, Bala-
ghat district.
Siharpet fair. Baiher ..
Pithora, Raipur dis-
trict.
Baloda Bazar, Raipur
district.
Mungeli, Bilaspur dis-
trict.
Pendra, Bilaspur dis-
trict.
Bemetara, Drug dis-
trict.
Stngaji fair, Nimar dis-
trict.
Malgaon, Nimar dis-
trict.
Sironcha
town,
Chanda district.
Garhakota,
Rehli,
Saugor district.
Hirdenagar
fair,
Mandla district.
Wun cattle fair, Yeot-
mal district.
Bairaoi fair, Ellichpur
taluq.
Burman fair, Varsingh-
pur district.
Powarkheda Govern-
ment farm, Hosh-
angabad district.
Mathgagra,
Lakhna-
don tahsil.
Kathigat, Seoni tahsil
Mundara, Seoni ..
Total
Number of cattle fairs
and shows held.
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
19
Total number of stock present.
Bulls.
3
...
...
10
...
3
...
6
4,500
25
4
5,988
500
100
700
6
1
4
2
2
11,851
Bullocks.
4
8
pairs.
14
25
16
18
6
32
13,100
150
80
3,476
400
3,000
1,150
2
4
pairs.
10
2
10
21,515
Cows.
5
...
1
5
...
7
1
8
1,000
10
3
3,750
670
100
50
10
2
8
2
2
5,629
Young stock.
6
...
1
10
...
4
10
10
500
5
14
2,692
...
1,000
...
5
4
3
...
...
4,258
Buffaloes.
7
...
...
...
...
7
19
3
500
8
8
2,824
1,000
750
...
...
5
15
1
...
5,141
Camels.
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
..
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Others.
9
...
3
...
...
...
17
4
300
2
...
770
150
50
...
20
...
...
2
...
1,318
Average price of
animal sold.
Bulls.
10
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
25
20
...
25
20
50
42
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bullocks.
11
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
175
50
...
50
45
60
70
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cows.
12
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
25
20
...
16
16
25
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Buffaloes.
13
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
45
25
...
40
50
25
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Camels.
14
Rs
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
200
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
27
No. XIV.
Shows held during the year 1926-27.
Amo u n t real i zed in fees.
15
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4,729
15 9
...
...
917
510
2,117
125
7
7
6
0
0
9
9
0
...
...
...
...
...
8,400 5 3
Total number of animals:
that competed for prizes.
16
Pairs 8
6
6
6
15
15
21
7 pairs
of
bullocks
5 pairs
Of
bullocks
109
36
50
...
17
...
40
9
14
384
Prize money provided.
From Imperial
Funds.
17
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
400
...
...
...
...
...
...
400
Fr om Provincial
Funds .
18
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
200
779
0
8
0
9
From Local Funds
19
Rs.
30
...
26
50
...
...
77
400
...
...
400
275
From
other
sources.
20
Rs.
...
15
...
90
39
...
...
From
Rao
Kishan
Singh
4 tur-
bans;
2 gold
medals,
and
Rs. 60.
40
...
33
Total.
21
Rs.
30
15
26
50
90
39
77
400
a.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
p.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
600
1,487
0
0
8
0
0
9
No cattle show held this year.
...
50
51
15
10
4
1,109
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
9
...
10
...
...
...
...
1,268
...
...
...
...
...
277
...
60
51
15
10
4
2,994
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
9
Amount actually awarded
22
Rs.
30
15
26
27
80
39
77
115
4 tur-
bans
and
Rs. 7.
40
200
83
...
60
41
15
10
4
869
4 tur-
bans.
Number of
medals
awarded.
23
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2 gold
medals
Nil.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks.
24
21 animals
were
awarded cash prizes
worth Rs. 77.
11 cash prizes were
awarded to 11 of
the best animals.
Prizes awarded to
11
cattle
and
other animals.
28
TABLE No. XIV-A.
Statement showing the cost of the Civil Veterinary Department in the
Central Provinces during the financial year 1926-27.
Major heads.
1
Superintendence ...
Veterinary Instruction ...
Subordinate Establishment
Hospitals and Dispensaries...
Breeding operations ...
Prizes ...
Fairs and Shows
Total ...
Amount.
Imperial.
2
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Provincial.
3
Rs.
82,020
...
2,12,266
55,205
...
...
...
3,49,491
Local.
4
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
5
Rs.
82,020
...
2,12,266
55,205
...
...
...
3,49,491
Remarks.
6
[To be furnished by the several Account Officers concerned.]
Govt. Press, Nagpur :—No. 821. Vetry. Adv.—12-9-27—262.
Annual Report on the working
of the Civil Veterinary
Department of the Central
Provinces and Berar for the
year ending 31st March 1929
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No. 822-604-XIV.
GOVERNMENT OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCES.
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT.
Nagpur, the 28th October 1929.
READ—
Letter No. 658-B-1-3, dated the 7th August 1929, from the
Veterinary Adviser to Government, Central Provinces,
forwarding the report on the working of the Civil Veteri-
nary Department for the year ending the 31st March 1929.
RESOLUTION.
The year 1928-29 was not a healthy one for cattle,
and the mortality reported from the principal diseases
was considerably in excess of that of the previous year.
The year coincided with a period of intense incidence in
the cycle of rinderpest occurrence, and this, combined
with the prevalence of other epizootic diseases, made
heavy demands on the preventive activities of the depart-
ment, which surpassed all previous records. The measure
of these activities can be gauged from the fact that the
number of inoculations performed reached a record figure
of over 274,000, of which no less than 171,238 were
serum alone inoculations for rinderpest. These figures
are an index of the decline in the prejudice against inocu-
lation which is now only prevalent in the more backward
tracts. Major Stirling has given interesting instances
both of the difficulties experienced and the success
achieved in countering the menace of rinderpest by
means of intensive inoculation.
2. As the map attached to the report shows, the
question of the protection of these provinces from epizootic
disease is a peculiarly difficult one in view of their
extensive landlocked boundaries and the fact that they
are, and must be to a large extent for many years remain
chiefly dependent on outside sources for their supply of
agricultural cattle. The question of legislation on lines
which have proved successful in other agricultural coun-
tries with a view to restricting the movements of disease-
carrying herds is at present under consideration. But the
application of powers for the detention, isolation and
2
inoculation of cattle is a difficult problem and amongst
people unaccustomed to it compulsion is likely to be met
with serious opposition. The loss to agriculturists every
year from cattle disease, however, is so serious that pub-
lic opinion may be expected to support measures designed
to reduce the danger of infection even if they involve
temporary inconvenience to individuals. At the same
time, in order to extend the protection afforded by
inoculation against rinderpest, it is contemplated in the
ensuing year to make a beginning with the method of
serum simultaneous inoculation, by which the period of
immunity and with it the possibility of immunising the
cattle of threatened areas is greatly increased.
3. The pre-occupation of the staff of the depart-
ment with attendance on outbreaks of serious contagious
diseases has inevitably had the effect of reducing the
number of cases treated on tour, and the situation has
been aggravated by the shortage of staff. The total
number of cases treated was 387,295 compared with
419,947 in the preceding year, while the number of cases
treated at the dispensaries was 137,647 compared with
126,259. Though the shortage of staff prevented con-
centration on castration duty except in two divisions, yet
the number of castrations was 64,483 (the largest number
recorded in one year) compared with 56,409 in the year
before. The increase in the number of castrations is wel-
come, and it is hoped that with the prospect of a period
of less intensity of epizootic disease it will be found
possible in the current and the ensuing years to make a
beginning with an intensive campaign of castration in
carefully selected areas in accordance with the policy
prescribed in paragraph 2 of the resolution on last year's
report.
There is evidently little or no reluctance
amongst cultivators to substitute the more humane
burdizzo instrument for the old-fashioned method of
mulling. The number of animals emasculated appears
perhaps small compared with the 150,000 young bulls
which the Veterinary Adviser has estimated should be
dealt with each year if the live-stock is to be appreciably
improved. As Major Stirling has explained, however,
the castration effected by the department is the substitu-
tion of humane for primitive methods of emasculation
and it is not the only agency employed and does not
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entirely displace castration by cultivators themselves. It
has also to be remembered that castration must be
effected at a period when it will have the least effect on
the muscular development of the animal operated upon.
It is important, therefore, that attention should be con-
centrated on securing the separation of bulls from the
herds previous to castration, and in the instruction of
cultivators in this direction the Veterinary Department
can count upon the assistance of the Agricultural
Department.
4. The extension of the activities of the depart-
ment has been handicapped by the shortage of staff which
continued during the year under report. To remedy
the defect and to replace wastages among Veterinary
Assistants, 15 additional scholarships are being awarded
each year for the next three years beginning with the
present year. Unfortunately in the absence of trained
personnel from other sources upon which reliance could
be placed in the past, it will be several years before the
increased number of scholars is able to overtake the
ordinary wastages and increase the strength of the staff.
Till the complement of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons
is completed and increased, it is not possible to
man the dispensaries which the District Councils wish
to open for the extension of veterinary relief
During
the year the cadre was 18 short of its sanctioned strength
of 145. The department was also shorthanded owing
to the absence of Mr. Wilson on leave preparatory to
retirement and the duties of Second Superintendent were
combined with those of the Deputy Superintendent,
Nagpur Division. It is all the more satisfactory in these
circumstances that the touring and inspection performed
by the gazetted officers of the department show a sub-
stantial improvement and that the outdoor work of the
staff shows such a large expansion, and it is creditable
to Major Stirling and his staff to have been able to
establish a record in almost all the activities of the depart-
ment.
5. For the organization of a service for the direction
and superintendence of the department to cope with the
expansion of its activities, which is contemplated in the
future, a scheme has been under the consideration of
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Government, and the rules have recently been issued
for the new Superior Veterinary service. In order to
provide training for candidates for this service, two
scholarships for study in Veterinary Colleges in Great
Britain have recently been awarded to local candidates.
A notable feature of the development of the department
in recent years has been the increasing activity of the
laboratory side, and it is satisfactory that the heavy
demands on the staff and equipment available during the
present year have been as fully met as the report
indicates. The question of the establishment of a veteri-
nary institute equipped to meet the bacteriological and
scientific requirements of the department's work has been
under consideration for some time, and a suitable site
has been definitely selected and reserved for the purpose.
It is proposed to make a beginning with a well equipped
laboratory to be accommodated in the same building
with the administrative offices of the department and
later to add to this a self-contained school equipped to
train men to become Veterinary Assistant Surgeons.
6. The importance of propaganda work for the
dissemination of a better understanding and application
of improved methods cannot be over emphasized, and it
is for this purpose that the Veterinary Department has
taken advantage of local rallies organized by Co-operative
Societies and of agricultural and cattle shows organized in
connection with the Agricultural Department for lectures
and publicity. In an agricultural community, dependent
largely on the efficiency of its live-stock, veterinary
science is an all-important handmaid, and Government
looks to the Heads of Departments concerned to take the
fullest possible advantage possible of co-operation in
propaganda and practice for the improved protection and
well being of agricultural cattle. In this connection
Government commends to the notice of Commissioners
and district officers the appeal for encouragement and
support made by the Veterinary Adviser and is confident
that it can count on their interest and influence in
extending the usefulness of veterinary work within their
charges.
7. The local Government recognizes that a con-
siderable strain has been placed upon the department by the
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conditions of the year under report, and it desires to
place on record its appreciation of the keenness and
energy which Major Stirling has brought to the discharge
of his duties as Veterinary Adviser. Government is also
pleased to notice the Veterinary Adviser's tribute to the
officers of the department, and has commended the names
of those officers whose services have been especially
mentioned in the report.
ORDER.—Ordered that a copy of this Resolution,
together with the enclosure, be submitted to the
Government of India, in the Department of Education,
Health and Lands, that copies be forwarded to the
Veterinary Adviser to Government and to all Commis-
sioners and Deputy Commissioners, Central Provinces
and Berar, for information and guidance, and that it be
published in the Supplement to the Central Provinces
Gazette.
By order of the Government
(Ministry of Agriculture),
E. GORDON,
Revenue Secretary to Government,
Central Provinces.
No. 760/1-3.
FROM
MAJOR R. F. STIRLING, I.V.S.,
OFFG. VETERINARY ADVISER TO GOVERNMENT,
Central Provinces,
To
THE REVENUE SECRETARY TO GOVT.,
Central Provinces.
Nagpur, the 19th/22nd July 1929.
SIR,
I have the honour to submit herewith the annual
report of the Civil Veterinary Department for the year
ending the 31st March 1929. I regret the delay which
was occasioned by the fact that the district reports did
not reach my office until after the proper date. The last
report arrived on the 5th July 1929 and no consolidation
of figures could be begun until this was received.
2. Mr. C. W. Wilson, M.R.C.V.S., I.V.S., Veterinary
Adviser to Government, was on leave throughout the year.
3. I toured in the Nagpur, Chanda, Chhindwara,
Mandla, Damoh, Seoni, Jubbulpore, Saugor, Betul,
Akola, Buldana, Amraoti, Yeotmal and Hoshangabad
districts by road marches and also travelled by rail and
inspected 53 dispensaries, namely, the dispensaries at
Raipur, Bilaspur, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Umrer, Chanda,
Warora, Chhindwara, all the dispensaries in the Damoh,
Seoni, Jubbulpore, Saugor districts (except Banda), Betul
district (except Bhainsdehi), Nimar district (except
Harsud), Akola district (except Balapur), Buldana district
(except Deulgaon Raja), Amraoti district (except Dharni,
Chandur and Daryapur), Yeotmal district (except Pusad,
Umerkhed and Ralegaon) and Hoshangabad district
(except Seoni-Malwa), and I also attended the Royal
Commission on Agriculture Conference at Simla.
I inspected the horned cattle slaughter-houses at
Rahatgarh and Pritherpura and the offices of the Deputy
Superintendents, East Berar, West Berar, Chhattisgarh,
Nerbudda and Jubbulpore Divisions, and of the Veterinary