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Measurement of cattle (bulls, bullocks and cows) in the PAKAUR subdivision of SONTHAL PARGANAS district.
BREED.
Indigenous.
1
Paharia
cow...
...
Sonthali bull
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Sonthali bullock ...
Paharia bullock ...
Sonthali bullock ...
Sonthali bullock ...
Sonthali cow
...
...
Imported.
2
...
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...
...
...
...
...
Cross-
bred.
3
...
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...
Cow ...
Bullock
...
Sex.
4
Cow
Bull ...
Ox
Do.
...
Do.
...
Do.
...
Cow ...
Ox
Cow
Age.
5
Yrs.
9
5
5
6
7
6
8
6
7
Colour.
6
Black
Sandy
Black
Dark-grey
White
Do
Brown
White
Brown ...
Height
behind
the
hump.
7
Ft. In.
3 6
3 1½
3 2
3 1
3 0
2 10
3 2
3 3
2 11
Length
of
body
from
behind
hump
to root
of tail.
8
Ft. In.
3 2
3 2
2 11½
3 2
3 1
3 0
3 4
3 7
3 1
Girth
at chest.
9
Ft. In.
4 8
4 7
4 1
4 4
4 0
4 0
4 7½
4 10
4 0
Girth
of
forearm.
10
Ft. In.
0 12
1 1
0 10½
1 1
1 0
0 11½
1 1
1 1
6 10
Girth
of
shank.
11
Ft. In.
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...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
REMARKS.
12
This is a good speci-
men of a local
Paharia cow.
Fair specimen of a
young Sonthali bull.
Ordinary
Sonthal
bullock.
Fine young Paharia
bullock.
Ordinary
plough-
Small
Sonthali
plough-bullock.
An ordinary cross-
bred cow.
An ordinary cross-
bred bullock.
Ordinari
Sonthali
cow.
Column 11 is obvious-
ly wrong and has
been deleted.
F. B.
PAKAUR SUBDIVISION—SONTHAL PARGANAS DISTRICT.
Information in connection with proposals for improving the breed of cattle in Bengal.
Serial
number.
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Questions.
2
What is the total land area of the subdivision (cultivated, grazing, and
sterile, separately, if practicable) ?
Is any land available on a Government estate or otherwise, and if so, on
what estate, which is suited for cattle-breeding ?
How are cattle fed, whether stall-fed or grazed, or both ; and whether any
grain, &c., is allowed ?
Is grazing scarce or plentiful?
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Is there any scarcity of drinking-water for cattle ?
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Are the cattle sheltered during the winter and rains ?
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Number of bulls in proportion to cows and whether sufficient or not ?
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Do the calves have all the cows' milk ; if not, how much ? ...
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At what age are calves weaned, and how are they fed after weaning ? ...
At what age are bull-calves gelded, and when do they begin work
?
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Is fodder stored for cattle, and if so, what does it comprise ? ... ...
Average yield of milk, and how long after calving do the cows continue
to
give
milk
?
Average price of local bulls, cows, and bullocks
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Ditto
of imported
ditto
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Whence do the imported cattle come, and for what purpose are they
imported ?
Is there any special system of cattle management in your subdivision ? ...
What is the average height of the best bulls behind hump ?
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What is the average height of the worst bulls behind hump ?
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What is the average height of cows
?
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Are Brahmani bulls let loose ?
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Are there too many Brahmini bulls
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Answers.
3
Total area of subdivision 437,120 acres (cultivated 224,860 acres and
uncultivated 212, 260 acres).
No.
In these parts all cattle are grazed, and no grain is allowed.
Plentiful.
None,
They are kept in a more or less substantial structure during the night.
There are always from one to three or four bulls in each village according
to its size ; sufficient.
No, about a pint.
About six months ; graze.
Three years of age ; at four years of age.
Rarely in these parts.
Sonthal cows about 1 seer, if stall-fed, twice as much; nine months.
Bulls Rs. 10 to Rs. 12, cows Rs. 12 to Rs. 14. bullocks average Rs. 8-8
to Rs. 10.
Bulls Rs. 20, cows Rs. 24, according to amount of milk.
Tirhut, for carts.
None.
12 hands (hand 2 inches).
10 hands.
11 hands.
Not as a rule.
No.