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Measurements of cattle (bulls, bullocks and cows) in the BAGERHAT subdivision of KHULNA district.
BREED.
Indigenous.
1
Bullock
...
...
Bull ... ...
Cow ... ...
Imported.
2
...
...
...
Cross-
bred.
3
...
...
...
Sex.
4
Male ...
Do.
...
Female...
Age.
5
Yrs.
8
3
10
Colour.
6
Red
...
...
Black
...
...
Reddish
...
...
Height
behind
the
hump.
7
Ft.
3
3
3
In.
4½
0
0
Length
of
body
from
behind
hump
to root
of tail.
8
Ft.
2
2½
2½
In.
7½
0
0
Girth
at chest.
9
Ft.
...
...
0
In.
8
Girth
of
forearm.
10
Ft.
0
0
0
In.
9
8
8
Girth
of
shank.
11
Ft.
...
..
..
In.
.
.
REMARKS.
12
There are no cattle
of foreign
breed
imported here. The
local supply is met
by imports from the
neighbouring
dis-
tricts of
Jessore,
Nadia,
&c.
But
these cattle cannot
be called to bo of
imported
breed;
there are as much
of local breed as
those in this sub-
division.
Deleted, being obvi-
ously wrong. F. R.
BAGERHAT SUBDIVISION—KHULNA DISTRICT.
Information in connection with proposals for improving the breed of cattle in Bengal.
Serial
number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
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14
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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? ... ... ... ... ...
Is there any scarcity of drinking-water for
cattle?
...
...
...
...
Are the cattle sheltered during the winter and rains?
...
...
...
Number of bulls in proportion to cows, and whether sufficient or not? ...
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? ...
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
... ... ... ...
Ditto
of imported
ditto
...
...
...
...
...
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 Brahmini bulls let loose?
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...
...
...
...
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Are there too many Brahmini bulls? ... ... ... ... ... ...
Answers.
3
Area of the subdivision is 679 square miles = 965,523.2 acres. Cultivated
area is 277,100 acres. There are no lands specially intended for pasture.
Grazing lands have been gradually and are being gradually brought under
cultivation.
Nil.
Cattle are generally grazed. They are also stall-fed for the whole year
round, though their number is somewhat limited.
Grazing common, but not plentiful.
Scarcity of drinking-water is felt in some parts where the amimals have
much to depend on river or khal water only, which becomes brackish in
the dry season, being unfit for drinking.
Yes.
In some places bulls are to cows 3 to 1. In some, number of bulls larger;
on the whole sufficient.
Among Hindus calves get full milk for the first 21 days; among Muham-
madans the period varies from 12 to 15 to 21 days. After this the calves
are allowed less than half at first; gradually less.
After 7 to 9 months the calves are weaned. After weaning they graze on
green grass and then on straw.
Gelded at 2 or 3 years; begin to work after 3 or 4 years according to
nature of constitution and growth.
Store comprised of straw (threshed and beaten paddy plants or stalks.)
Half a seer to 2½ or 3 seers; continue to give milk for a year to a year and-
a-half.
From Rs. 10 to Rs. 20 or Rs. 25.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
2½ cubits. (3 feet 9 inches).
13/4 to 2 cubits. (2 feet 9½ inches to 3 feet).
13/4 to 2½ cubits. (2 feet 9½ inches to 3 feet 9 inches).
Yes.
No.
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