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Measurements of cattle (bulls, bullocks and cows) in the KISHORGANJ subdivision of MYMENSINGH district.
BREED.
Indigenous.
1
Bull
...
...
...
Cow
...
...
...
Bullock ... ...
Imported.
2
...
...
... Bull
...
Cow
...
Bullock ...
Cross
bred.
8
...
...
...
Very few
Bull ...
Cow ...
Bullock
Sex.
4
Bull
...
Cow ...
Bullock
...
Very few
Age.
5
YRS. M.
9 0
8 0
9 0
......
...
Colour.
6
Brown ... ...
White
...
...
Brown
...
...
......
...
Fieight
behind
the
hump.
7
Ft. In.
4 6
4 2
4 4
...
...
Length
of body
from
behind
hump
to root
of tail.
8
Ft. In.
8 0
8 0
3 4
...
...
Cirth at
chest.
9
Ft. In.
5 2
5 0
4 6
...
...
Girth of
forearm.
10
Ft. In.
... ...
...
...
...
Girth of
shank.
11
Ft. In
0 6
0 5
0 6
...
...
REMARKS.
12
Colunm 10 is wrong
and has been deleted.
F. R.
KISHORGANJ SUBDIVISION—MYMENSINGH DISTRICT.
Information in connection with proposals for improving the breed of cattle in Bengal.
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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 fod, whether stall-fed or grazed, or both; and whether any
grain, &c., is allowed?
Is grazing scarce of 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? ... ... ...
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 foddor storod 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 balls, cows, and bullocks ... ... ...
Ditto
of imported
ditto ... ... ... ...
Whence do the imported cattle come, and for what purpose are they
imported?
I 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 balls behind hump? ... ...
What is the average height of cows? ... ... ... ... ... ...
Are Brahmini bulls let loose? ... ... ... ... ... ...
Are there too many Brahunuini bulls? ... ... ... ... ... ...
Answers.
3
476,160 acres, of which 264,000 acres are cultivated and 212.160 uncultivated.
Government estates in the subdivision are rather small. No sufficient land
in them suited for cattle breeding.
Cattle are, generally speaking, grazed and not stall-fed.
Grazing is plentiful in the southern and oastorn parts of the subdivision
where there are kund lands, scarce in the other parts of the subdivision
which are densely populated and where there are very little of waste lands.
During the months of February, March and April, scarcity of drinking
water for cattle is felt.
During the rains cattle are sheltered in cowsheds. They are not sheltered
during the winter when they roam about.
Number of bulls sufficient.
Calves have half the cows' milk; all to themselves for 21 days after colving;
after that cows are milked by men for human consumption of the milk
and very little is left for the calves, which take to grazing when about a
month old.
Calves are weaned about 8 months after birth and they are grazed after
weaning.
Bull-calves are gelded when about 2 or 3 years old, and they begin work
about 2 months after gelding.
Straw fodder is stored for cattle.
Each can yield 1 seor of milk in the average. After calving cows continue
to give milk six months in the average.
Average price of bulls, Rs. 25; cows, Rs. 20, and bullocks, Rs. 22.
Bullocks and cows are imported from Han Har Chatra mela in the juris-
diction of Bajidpur thana, especially Barisal outpost. Average price of
bullocks so imported is Its. 50 and cows, Rs. 40.
Imported at Bhairab Bazar for oil-pressing, agriculture and cart driving.
No.
About 4½ foet.
3 feet.
4 fcot.
Yos.
No.