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DETERIORATION OF CATTLE IN CERTAIN PARTS OF INDIA AND ITS
PROBABLE CAUSES WITH SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
TO OVERCOME THEM
By R. L. KAURA, B. V. Sc., M. R. C. V. S., Deputy Director of Veterinary Services, Orissa
(Received for publication on 24 February, 1943)
(With three text-figures)
THE existence of good and bad areas for cattle
in India can easily be mapped out and correlat-
ted with certain types of cultivation. Good
breeds of cattle are confined to comparatively
dry aress such as Sind, the Hariana and Dhanni
tracts of the Punjab, Rajputana States, Kathiawar
and !n such parts of other Provinces where similar
donditions exist. Pasture in these dry areas
may be good in quality but is often scarce and the
uncertainty of rainfall makes it obligatory on the
part of zamindars to grow crops, the residue of
which provides a good supply of fodder for cattle.
Conversely in tracts with a humid climate which
are subject to heavy rainfall or are provided with
ample irrigation water a very poor type of cattle
is found, in spite of the availability of grazing. In
these areas, cash crops are given the most attention
and fodders suitable for cattle are seldom grow
(Figs. 1 and 2). Other areas which fall midway
between these two possess cattle of intermediate
quality and the reasons for deterioration are not
so easily explained.