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No. 2642, REVENUE, 30TH AUGUST 1911.
those places are not therefore included in the list in table V. The year's returns
call for little comment, as with the exception of Trichinopoly and Tiruvannámalai,
both of which show a creditable increase, there is very little change either way
from the figures of last year. The returns from Berhampur and Ongole are very
disappointing, but as both of them were opened only during the previous year, better
results may be forthcoming in future.
III.—BREEDING OPERATIONS.
Section 1—Bovines.—Of the 17 bulls which were stationed in different districts
at the commencement of the year one died of, it is reported, foot-and-mouth disease.
During the year, two new Ongole bulls were purchased, which made a total of 18 at
the end of the year, and they were distributed as follows :—
Eight in Guntúr district,
Four in Vizagapatam district,
One in Kistna district,
One in Madura district,
One in Ramnad district,
One in Tinnevelly district,
Two in Madras Veterinary College.
The number of cows covered by certain bulls, with results as far as they could
be obtained, is shown in the subjoined statement: —
Number
of
bull.
1
1
10
12
15
17
16
8
19
Station.
2
Veterinary * Hospital,
Vizagapatam ..
Kashpidai ..
Mamsapuram ..
Srungavarupukota ..
Chataparu .. ..
Padmavaram .. ..
Madras .. ..
Taluk.
3
Vizagapatam .. ..
Tenkasi .. ..
Srivilliputtur .. ..
Srungavarupukota ..
Palakonda .. ..
District.
4
Vizagapatam .. ..
Tinnevelly .. ..
Ramnad
..
..
Visagapatam .. ..
Kistna .. ..
Visagapatam .. ..
Veterinary College
Number of
coverings.
5
59
262
25
56
29
60
55
Results of coverings
reported.
6
Not reported.
Do.
Do.
5
successful
cases
known.
Successful
.. 10
Barren
..
..
7
In calf ..
..
5
Sold
..
..
4
Died
..
..
8
Not reported.
Do.
Section 2—Eqvines.—During the year, one stallion died and two were destroyed,
so that at the end of the year there were nine at work compared with twelve the
year before. These nine stallions were distributed as shown below :—
Three in Coimbatore district,
Two in Salem district,
Two in Trichinopoly district,
One in Madura district, and
One in Guntúr district.
The total number of coverings for the year was 172 or an average of 18.10 per
stallion as against 23.08 per stallion in the preceding year. Various reasons are
given by district officers for the decrease in the number of coverings, such as un-
suitability in size of the ponies, prevalence of plague in the towns in which they were
standing, etc. The Superintendent is unable to offer any opinion until he has learnt
more of the local conditions, when he will submit a report to the Board. Of the 277
coverings of the previous year, results have been reported only in 113 cases. These
show that 58 mares foaled, seven aborted, 30 did not conceive, six were still in foal
at the end of the year, one died, two were sold and in nine cases the mares could not
be traced.
Section 3—Fairs and shows.—The subordinate staff attended cattle fairs at
Azhvartirunagari, Kanniseri, Kazhugumalai, Tiruchendur, Melamalayanur, Sivalaperi,
Tiruvannámalai, Subramanya, Kulgunda, Thimmarajapuram during the year.
Veterinary Assistants are instructed to take with them always their medicine
chests and inoculation outfit when attending these fairs, so that they should be useful
in treating cases of ordinary illness besides enforcing the provisions of the Cattle
Diseases Act. In one or two instances, a few cases of foot-and-mouth disease were
reported, but no serious outbreak occurred. Cattle shows were held at Ongole, Ellore,
Berhampur, Pithápuram, Kottavalsa, Madura, Tiruppur and Kalyandrug.