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Measurements of cattle (bulls, bullocks, and cows) in the VISHNUPUR subdivision of BANKURA district.
BREED.
Indigenous.
1
Number of bulls 20,000
„
bul-
locks
... 19,000
Number
of
cows
... 60,000
Imported.
2
...
Cross-
bred.
3
...
Sex.
4
Vide
Column 1.
Age.
5
...
Colour.
6
i
....
Height
behind
the
hump.
7
Average
height
of bulls.
3 feet 8
inches,
of cows.
3 feet 2
inches.
Length
body
from
behind
hump
to root
to tail.
8
Average
length of
bulls,
3 feet 8
inches,
of cows,
3 feet 2
inches.
Girth
at
chest.
9
Of bull,
&c,
5 foot 6
inches,
of cows,
4 feet 7
inches.
Girth
of
forearm.
10
...
Girth
of
shank.
11
...
REMARKS.
12
Columns 10 and 11
have been deleted
being
obviously
wrong.
F. R.
VISHNUPUR SUBDIVISION—BANKURA DISTRICT.
Information in connection with proposals for improving the breed of cattle in Bengal.
Serial
number.
1
1
Questions.
2
What is the total land area of the subdivision (cultivated, grazing, and
8torilo, separately, if practicable) ?
Answers.
3
The total area of the subdivision is 448,000 acres, of which cultivated area
is 205,000 acres, jungle 130,120 acres, and 112,880 acres sterile
Including inhabited places, roads, rivers, &c. There is no land kept
apart for grazing purposes. Cattle graze in jungle, sterile land when
covered with grass during rainy season, and on cultivated land after
harvest is over.
2
Is any land available on a Government estate or otherwise, and if so, on|
what estate, which is suited for cattle breeding ?
No land available on Government estate or otherwise for cattle-breeding.
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
16
17
13
19
20
21
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 ? ... ...
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 ago are bull-calves golded, and when do they begin work ? ...
Is foddor 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 s the average height of cows ? ... ... ... ...
Are Brahmini bulls let loose ? ... ... ... ...
Are there too many Brahmini bulls ? ... ... ... ...
Cattle are fed in both ways, i.e., stall-fed and grazed. Oil-cake and bran.
Fine husks are allowed in small quantity.
Moderate.
No.
Always sheltored.
One bull to three cows. This is sufficient.
One-eighth Part of the whole milk is allowed to a calf.
Average eight months, after which they begin to browse soft grass and
straw
Between one and three years. They begin to work generally from the fifth
year.
Straw generally. Bran in special cases.
Half a seer at a time ; six months.
Bulls Rs. 15 per head, cows Rs. 15 per head, and bullocks Rs.25 per head.
Very rare case. Only bullocks are occasionally imported from Cuttack
and Bhagalpur at a little higher price, say Rs. 30.
| Bullocks only are occasionally imported from Cuttack and Bhagalpur for
cart and plough.
No.
4 feet.
3 feet 4 inches.
3 foot 2 inches.
Yes, but the number of Brahmini bulls is very small.
No. Very few.