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Measurements of cattle (bulls, bullocks and cows) in the JANGIPUR subdivision of MURSHIDABAD district.
BREED.
Indigonous.
1
One
...
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One
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...
One
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...
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......
One
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One
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One
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One
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One
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One
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...
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One
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...
Imported.
2
...
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...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
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...
Cross-
bred.
3
...
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...
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...
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Sex.
4
Cow
...
Do.
...
Female
calf.
Gelded
bull.
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Ditto ...
Bull
...
Do.
...
Cow
Do.
...
Bull calf
Age.
5
Yrs. M.
5 6
0 8
3 0
5 0
4 0
4 6
5 0
3 0
5 0
5 0
0 4
Colour.
6
White
...
...
Brown and white
Black
...
...
White
...
...
Mixed white and
light red.
Red (light) ...
Black
...
...
White
...
...
Do.
...
...
Rod
...
...
Mixed ... ...
White
...
...
Height
behind
the
hump.
7
Ft. In.
3
8
3 10
2
0
4
3
4
2
3 10
3
9
4
0
3
6
3
4
3
2
1 11
Length
of
body
from
behind
hump
to root
of tail.
8
Ft. In.
3
0
3 0½
2
1
3
4
3
4
3
1
3
0
3
2
2 10
2
8
2
71
2
0
Girth
at
chest.
9
Ft. In.
4
8
4 12
2
5
5
2
4 11½
4
7
4
7
5
4
4
5
4
5
4
4
2
1
Girth
of
forearm.
10
Ft. In.
0 10
0 10/4
0
6
1
0
0 11
0 10
0 10
1
0
0
9
0
9
0 8½
0
4
Girth
of
shank.
11
Ft. In.
0 5
0 5
0 3
0 7
0 63/4
0 5½
0 5
0 8
0 43/4
0 43/4
0 4½
0 2½
Remarks.
12
For want of good
breeding the cattle
are being degener-
ated here, specially
in the Rarh tract
where
good bulls
for breeding pur-
pose
are
insuffi-
cient.
JANGIPUR SUBDIVISION—MURSHIDABAD 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 fed, whether stall-fed or grazed, or both; and whether any
grain, &c., is allowed?
Is grazing scarce or plantiful? ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Is there any searcity of drinking-water for cattle? ... ... ... ...
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?
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Average ylold 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 im-
ported?
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 lot loose?
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Are there too many Brahmini bulls?
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Answers.
3
The total area of the subdivision (Jangipur) is 508 square miles, of which
351
square miles are estimated to ho cultivated.
The biggest khas mahal in this subdivision is Monigram, where no land is
available for cattle breeding, nor there are any such private estates where
suitable land may bo available for the same purpose.
The cattle in this subdivision are both stall-fed and grazed. No grain, &c.
is generally allowed to them, except to milch cows in rare cases.
Grazing is plentiful when the paddy or other crops are gathered, but
becomes scarce when there are crops in the field, when the cattle are
fed in general. In the rainy season, when the fields are mostly under
water, the Goalas take their cattle to some distant places, i.e., high lands
to graze, or else the cattle are fed with leaves of pakur, &c., trees.
In the Rarh tract there are sufficient number of tanks where the cattle get
sufficient drinking-water, and in the Bogri land the scarcity of drinking.
water is such that it does not make it necessary to take any measure. But
in years of excessive drought scarcity of drinking-water for cattle is felt
to some extent for a few months, viz., April, May and June.
Yes. They are sheltered in thatched stalls generally during the winter
and rainy season, though in some places they are kept outside the stail
during the winter, and the goalas in winter keep their cattle in the dulaa
in the open field.
The approximate number of bulls in this subdivision is difficult to ascer-
tain; the people generally complain of the paucity of the number of
bulls in proportion to cows. On enquiry it appears that bulls are not
sufficient here for the purpose of breeding.
No. The cows are generally milched here; only a little portion of the milk
i e., ½th of the milk, is left for the calf.
The age when the calves are weaned varies from 6 months to 10 months
They are then allowed to graze and to bo fed occasionally at stalls.
After 6 months and within 1 year the bull-calves are gelded and after 2½
to 3 years they begin to work.
Yes. It is comprised of—(1) bichali, (2) bhusis of gram, wheat, barley,
peas, &c.
Average yield of milk is 1 seer of 8 tolas. The time during which the
cows continue to give milk varies from 9 months to 14 months.
The average price of (1) bull (gelded) Rs. 20; (2) cows Rs. 15;
(3) bullocks Rs. 6 to Rs. 8.
The average price of (1) bull (gelded) Rs. 40; (2) cow not
imported; (3) bullocks Rs. 20 to Rs. 25.
Only geld.
ed bulls.
are
sold
bere.
From district Saran. The people buy them at Hiranpur marke
t and
No.
1 feet 4 inchos.
3 feet 3 inchos.
3 feet 6 inches.
Yes.
There are not too many Brahmini bulls in this subdivision.