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Measurements of cattle (bulls, bullocks and cows) in the KISHANGANJ subdivision of PURNEA district.
BREED.
Indigenous.
1
Indigenous
Ditto
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Imported.
2
......
Imported ...
Cross-
bred.
3
...
...
Sex.
4
Cow
...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do.
...
Do. ...
Do.
...
Do. ...
| Do. ...
Do. ...
Do.
...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do.
...
Bullock ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Do. ...
Ago.
5
Yrs.
3
3
4
3
3
4
10
9
9
9
10
10
13
18
21
20
20
20
13
11
14
4
13
11
12
15
13
13
13
15
Colour.
6
White
Kaily
White ... ...
Red
Grey ... ...
Black
Sawla ... ...
Charka ...
White
Do
White
Grey
Kaily
White
Red
White
Charka ...
Do
Black
Lightred
...
...
White
Sawla ... ....
Grey ... ...
White
Do. ... ...
Grey
Red
White
Black
White
Height
behind
the
hump.
7
Ft. In.
2 11
3 2
2 9
3 0
2 10
2 11
3 4
3 3
3 6
3 4
3 5
3 4
3 1
3 5
3 4
3 2
3 3
3 5
3 6
3 4
3 4
3 1
3 6
3 1
3 10
3 7
3 9
3 11
3 6
3 6
Length
body
from
behind
hump
to root
of tail.
8
Ft. In.
2 10
2 10
2 5
2 3
2 9
2 9
3 0
3 3
3 0
3 3
3 2
3 2
3 0
3 0
3 4
3 2
3 1
3 1
3 1
3 2
3 2
3 1
3 2
3 2
3 5
3 9
3 5
4 0
3 9
3 9
Girth
at chest.
9
Ft. In.
3 10
4 1
4 0
4 1
4 0
3 7
4 6
4 3
4 7
4 7
4 5
4 3
4 5
4 4
4 4
4 3
4 2
4 7
4 5
4 1
4 6
3 10
4 5
4 5
5 0
4 10
4 3
5 0
4 12
5 0
Girth
of
forearm.
10
Ft. In.
0 8
0 9
0 8
0 9
0 9
0 7
0 9
0 9
0 8
0 10
0 8
0 9
0 9
0 9
0 10
0 9
0 8
0 9
0 10
0 9
0 10
0 8
0 9
0 9
0 11
0 10
0 10
0 11
0 10
0 11
Girth
of
shank.
11
Ft. In.
0 5
0 5
0 4
0 5
0 5
0 5
0 6
0 5
0 5
0 5
0 6
0 5
0 5
0 5
0 6
0 5
0 5
0 5
0 6
0 5
0 6
0 6
0 6
0 5
0 7
0 5
0 5
0 5
0 5
0 5
REMARKS.
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KISHANGANJ SUBDIVISION—PURNEA 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 ?
Do the calves have all the cows milk ; if not, how much ?
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 ?
What is the average height of the worst bulls behind hump ?
What is the average height of cows?
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Are Brahmini bulls let loose ? ...
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Are there too many Brahmini bulls ?
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Answers.
3
The land area of the Subdivision is 861,410 acres, of which 530 000 acres
arc cultivated and the rest grazing and sterile.
There is land available for cattle-breeding in the Khagra estate
Excepting cart-bullocks and pet cows of rich men, which are stall fed
the rest are only grazed, and no grain is given to them Grain and
paddy are sometimes given to the cart bullocks of rich men besides
oil-cake.
In some parts of the subdivision grazing is plentiful. In others it is
sufficient.
In dry seasons scarcity of drinking-water for cattle is felt in those
parts where there is no river, tanks being very few here. People feel
it a difficult task to draw water from wells for a large number of
Yes, generally.
There are about 2 to 3 bulls in 100, of all descriptions. It is not suffcient.
No, the cows are milked once a day. One-fourth of the milk the calves
generally get.
Between the 6th and the 9th month of their are. Grass and straw are
given to them after weaning as usual. No special food is given.
Generally at the age when two teeth come out, till four teeth become
visible, i.e. between the 3rd and 4th years of the age of calves.
Generally no fodder is stored. Paddy straw, which is the principal stored
fodder in some Bengal districts, is left here on the fields the ears
being only cut and gathered by the cultivators, and the cattle are lot
loose to graze on the fields with standing straw.
One-half to one seer; 6 months. The cows being also used in ploughs
they are generally very bad milkers.
Of bulls, Rs. 10 to Rs. 20; of cow Rs.
10 to Rs. 30 ; and of bullocks,
Bullocks only are imported, and their price varies from Rs. 60 to Rs. 80
per head.
From Bihar district, as Chapra (Saran), Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga &c.,
exclusively for driving carts. They are invariably gelded bullocks and
are sold in large numbers during the local fair.
No.
4 feet.
3 feet 8 inches.
The average height of indigenous cows is 3 feet 3 inches.
Very seldom.
Very rare, the population being principally Muhammadan.