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MUKTESAR, FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST MARCH, 1926
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Such subjects as transport, labour, and construction do not find a
place in the report as now arranged, but there appears to be no necessity
for referring to them, unless there are points of general interest requiring
notice. The administration of the local Public Works Department staff
was taken over from the United Provinces by the Imperial Works, Delhi,
on 1st April, 1925. Only minor works were constructed during the year.
The past year saw the retirement from the office staff of three old and
valued members. Rai Sahib Pandit Krishna Nand Joshi entered the
service of the Institute as an Assistant Tabulator in 1895, was appointed
to the newly-created post of Office Superintendent in 1913, awarded the
title of Rai Sahib in 1915, and proceeded on 20 months' leave prepara-
tory to retirement on 10th November, 1925, on which date he was relieved
by Mr. J. M. Bannerji, from the office of the Agricultural Adviser to the
Government of India, Pusa. Pandit Buddhi Ballabh Joshi was transferred
to this laboratory from the office of the Civil Surgeon, Naini Tal, in 1915
and retired as Head Clerk on an invalid pension on 14th December,
1925, after nearly 30 years' Government service. Babu Duni Chand
joined the laboratory staff as an artist in 1893, and retired from the same
post on a superannuation pension on 9th October, 1925.
Mr. Edwards having gone on leave just before the end of the year,
the question of acknowledgments to the different members of the staff
is a difficult one. The writer can only say that since taking over
charge he has met with the most loyal, cheerful, and efficient response
from everyone to his demands, which have been many, that any ad-
ministrator could desire.
F. WARE, F.R.C.V.S., I.V.S.,
Offg. Director.
1st July 1926.
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REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH,
APPENDIX I,
Summary of results of inoculations in the field of the different products
issued from the Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar,
during the year 1925-26.
Province
United Provinces.
Rinderpest serum
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia serum.
Blackquarter vaccine
Blackquarter serum .
Punjab.
Rinderpest serum
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia serum.
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia vaccinc.
Blackquarter vaccine .
North Punjab.
Rinderpest serum
Hæmorrhagic septiæ-
mia serum.
Hæmorrhagic septiæ-
mia vaccine.
Bengal.
Rinderpest serum
Anthrax serum .
Hæmorrhagic septiæ-
mia scrum.
Blackquarter serum .
Assam.
Rinderpest serum
Anthrax serum .
Hæmonhagic septiæ-
mia serum.
Bihar and Orissa.
Rinderpest serum
Anthrax serum
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken
915
253
3
2
1,284
324
573
113
21
4
13
533
4
83
2
449
58
33
721
15
NUMBER OF
ANIMALS WHICH
DIED UNINOCU¬
LATED IN COURSE
OF DISEASE
Equines
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
5
Bovines
14,044
1,771
21
23
16,493
2,722
..
..
575
42
..
7,815
9
774
20
12,542
382
442
4,486
81
Others
150
..
..
..
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
21
13
..
..
NUMBER OF ANIMALS
INOCULATED
Equines
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
49
..
..
..
284
11
..
..
Bovines
1,12,904
30,007
260
201
2,26,202
1,05,920
1,49,433
20,931
4,095
1,736
2,483
85,994
243
13,195
200
38,249
2,634
2,588
1,07,541
1,867
Others
2,584
..
..
..
294
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
85
61
..
..
NUMBER OF
ANIMALS
WHICH DIED
AFTER
INOCULATION
Equines
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines
227
10
2
..
330
41
2
..
6
..
..
512
..
8
..
730
11
16
437
8
Ot her s
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Percentage of deaths in
inoculated bovines
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
MUKTESAR, FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST MARCH, 1926 13
APPENDIX I-contd.
Summary of results of inoculations in the field of the different products
issued from the Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar,
during the year 1925-26—contd.
Province
Bihar and Orissa—contd.
Hæmorrhagic septicæ¬
mia serum.
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia vaccine.
Blackquarter vaccine .
Central Provinces.
Rinderpest serum
Anthrax serum .
Hæmorrhagic septicæ¬
mia serum.
Blackquarter serum .
Blackquarter
(germ¬
free aggressin).
Bombay.
Rinderpest serum
Anthrax serum .
Hæmorrhagic septicæ¬
mia serum.
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia vaccine.
Blackquarter serum .
Blackquarter
(germ¬
free filtrate).
Madras.
Rinderpest
serum
(serum alone methed)
Rinderpest
serum
(serum simultaneous
method).
Anthrax serum .
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia serum.
Blackquarter serum .
Blackquarter
(germ¬
free filtrate).
Sind and Rajputana.
Rinderpest serum
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia serum.
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken,
314
27
7
1,376
5
90
11
5
801
3
58
19
4
1
653
17
190
11
19
16
NUMBER OF
ANIMALS WHICH
DIED UNINOCU¬
LATED IN COURSE
OF DISEASE
Equines
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines
1,343
75
18
11,150
51
446
87
..
13,135
45
509
..
31
11
14,693
139
2,123
126
448
106
Others
..
..
..
..
..
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
279
3
..
..
..
..
NUMBER OF ANIMAL
INOCULATED
Equines
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
37
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines
54,806
4,927
912
1,40,866
500
8,124
868
1,243
91,331
237
4,225
1,759
153
20
1,44,843
529
2,514
24,093
1,562
300
3,789
1,898
Others
..
..
..
26
159
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1,270
..
148
..
..
..
..
..
NUMBER OF
ANIMALS
WHICH DIED
AFTER
INOCULATION
Equities
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
...
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Bovines
38
1
..
227
27
1
..
198
..
4
..
..
..
744
1
1
33
5
1
19
4
Others
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Percentage of deaths in
inoculated bovines
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
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REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH,.
APPENDIX I-concld.
Summary of results of inoculations in the field of the different products
issued from the Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar,
during the year 1925-26-concld.
Province
Baluchistan.
Rinderpest serum
.
Anthrax serum .
Blackquarter serum
Burma.
Rinderpest serum
Bengal Veterinary
College.
Rinderpest serum
Hissar Cattle Farm.
Rinderpest serum
Hæmorrhagic septicæ¬
mia vaccine.
Blackquarter
vaccine
Mysore State.
Rinderpest
serum
(serum alone method).
Rinderpest
serum
(serum simultaneous
method).
Anthrax serum
.
.
Hæmorrhagic epticæ¬
mia serum.
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia vaccine.
Blackquarter
vaccine
Blackquarter aggressin
Total.
Rinderpest
serum
(serum alone method).
Rinderpest
serum
(serum simultaneous
method).
Anthrax serum .
Hæmorrhagic septicæ-
mia serum.
Hæmorrhagic sepitcæ-
mia vaccine.
Blackquarter
serum,
vaccine,
Germ-free
filtrate and aggressin.
Number of outbreaks in
which inoculation was
undertaken
2
6
1
743
3
3
424
241
34
11
203
17
7,944
241
142
1,376
632
383
NUMBER OF
ANIMALS WHICH
DIED UNINOCU¬
LATED IN COURSE
OF DISEASE
Equines
9
Bovines
5
981
..
6,589
..
11
6
4,742
2,854
395
82
801
72
106,728
2,854
2,083
10,360
75
1,216
Others
..
434
24
18
NUMBER OF ANIMALS
INOCULATED
NUMBER OF
ANIMALS
WHICH DIED
AFTER
INOCULATION
Equines
Bovines
..
63
..
..
..
..
370
11
975
20
79,922
1,334
3,948
461
1,734
97,429
37,153
4,911
1,498
13,405
1,132
11,38,510
37,682
13,881
248,090
159,063
42,941
Others
130
358
4,310
353
233
220
..
Equines
Bovines
1
5
498
33
13
287
23
3
..
4
4,249
24
28
181
3
26
Others
6
6
1
Percentage of deaths in
inoculated bovines
0.373
0.06
0.02
0.073
0.002
0.06
MUKTESAR, FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST MARCH, 1926
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APPENDIX II.
Table showing amounts of various products prepared and issued from the
Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar, during 1925-26,
as compared with the average amounts of the previous 5 years.
Name of product
Rinderpest serum
....
Anthrax serum
Hæmorrhagic septicæmia serum .
Hæmorrhagic septicæmia vaccine
Blackquarter vaccine
Mallein
DOSES PREPARED
1925-26
71,41,301
52,669
5,58,000
2,03,400
10,000
1,56,560
Average of
previous
5 years
28,47,699
40,132
2,47,215
1,87,850
33,520
51,402
DOSES ISSUED
1925-26
52,95,829
73,018
4,02,953
2,11,150
21,500
64,936
Average of
previous
5 years
25,65,760
35,390
2,02,236
1,80,910
38,143
53,430
APPENDIX III.
Table showing the details of specimens received and examined at the Imperial
Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar, during the year 1925-26.
Nature of specimens.
Equine abortion
Bovine abortion
Johne's disease
Tuberculosis .
Trypanosomiasis
Piroplasmosis .
Hæmorrhagic septicæmia .
Mange
....
Bursati
....
Sheep pox
Rinderpest
Pneumonia and Pleurisy .
Tumour
....
Strangles.
Anthrax
Fowl diphtheria
Fowl cholera .
Hæmaturia
Glanders
Epizootic lymphangitis
Parasitic diarrhœa .
Coccidiosis
Anaplasmosis .
Surra
Dourine .
Bronchitis
Tick fever
Miscellaneous .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
TOTAL
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS.
Positive
182
101
5
1
38
14
0
5
2
..
1
7
2
31
..
..
1
..
2
..
..
6
1
9
..
1
..
18
427
Negative
483
146
6
5
15
18
0
6
..
..
..
..
...
..
7
1
..
..
5
11
1
..
1
30
2
..
8
4
749
Doubtful
144
7
..
..
1
4
3
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
6
..
..
..
4
173
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REPORT OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH,
APPENDIX
Table showing the doses of different products issued from the Imperial
QUANTITY OF
Products
Rinderpest serum .
Anthrax serum
Hæmorrhagic septicæmia
serum.
Hæmoirhagic Septicæmia
vaccine.
Blackquarter vaccine
Blackquarter serum
Blackquarter aggressin .
Mallein ordinary .
Mallein intra-dermo-palpe¬
bral.
Tuberculin ordinary
Tuberculin concentrated .
Avian Tuberculin ordinary
Avian Tuberculin con-
centrated.
Strangles serum
Strangles vaccine .
Special strangles vaccine
(aggressin).
Special vaccine (autogen-
ous).
Abortion vaccine (bovine)
Mixed vaccine
Bacillus abortus serum .
Rindepest virus .
TOTAL
Punjab
4,42,500
..
25,000
73,800
..
..
..
25
..
30
30
30
30
..
..
..
..
..
...
..
120
5,41,565
N. W.
F.P.
and
North
Punjab
1,03,500
..
10,500
32,000
2,000
..
5.000
256
..
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1,53,262
South
Punjab
4,97,500
..
1,19,500
81,800
..
..
20,100
50
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
7,18,950
United
Pro¬
vinces
4,58,600
..
35,000
..
4,000
..
..
24
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
...
..
4,97,624
Bihar
and
Orissa
3,60,000
3,000
67,000
13,500
1,000
..
..
35
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4,44,535
Bengal
2,86,960
3,000
30,000
..
1,000
..
..
100
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1,120
3,22,180
Assam
1,37,000
9,000
5,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1,51,000
Burma
4,20,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4,20,000
NOTE.—The figures for rinderpest
MUKTESAR, FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST MARCH, 1926
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IV.
Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar, during the year 1925-26.
SERA (IN DOSES)
Madras
4,99,000
5,000
33,000
..
..
2,000
200
..
30
180
20
120
..
..
10
2,220
5,41,780
Bombay
1,49,700
2,000
10,000
5,200
..
..
1,275
20
12
15
..
..
..
..
..
380
1,68,002
Sind and Rajpu¬
tana
29,150
..
2,600
..
..
..
150
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
31,900
Central
Pro¬
vinces
2,75,000
2,000
11,000
..
..
5,000
2,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2,95,000
Balu-
chistan
..
1,350
..
..
1,000 ..
200
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2,550
Coorg
46,500
670
100
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
47,270
Military
Depart-
ment
56,523
..
120
..
..
..
22,205
14,780
11
50
500
50
60
50
12
10
..
6,310
1,00,681
Indian
State
12,71,096
10,592
14,393
2,750
10,500
800
5,180
1,161
150
81
5
..
..
804
345
9
..
13,500
13,31,366
Foreign
Coun-
tries
1,60,900
8,067
13,333
1,000
2,000
..
..
10,000
5,000
50
100
..
..
200
..
..
..
2,00,650
Im-
perial
Insti-
tute of
Veteri-
nary
Research
1,01,900
28,339
26,407
1,100
..
93
4,476
5,155
4,150
3,168
12,945
580
4,130
13
34
..
..
20,395
2,12,885
TOTAL.
52,95,829
73,018
4,02,953
2,11,150
21,500
7,893
36,756
40,836.
24,100
3,388
13,325
1,130
4,330
817
345
94.
250t
12
19
10
44,045
61,81,800
virus are approximate.
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APPENDIX V.
Table showing the financial results of the working of the Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research, Muktesar, during the
year 1925-26.
Sale of Sera,Vac¬
cine and other
products
1
RS.
12,82,620-
12,82,620-
A. P
15-
15-
.
6
6
RECEIPTS
Sale of
animals
2
RS.
15,864-
15,864-
A. P
12-
12-
.
0
0
Sale of
garden
products
and re¬
served
forests
3
RS.
3,225-
3,225-
A.
6-
6-
P.
3
3
Other
miscellan¬
-ous receipts
4
RS.
7,786-
7,786-
A.
13-
13-
P.
6
6
TOTAL
5
RS.
13,09,497-
13,09,497-
. A
15-
15-
.P
3
3
Salaries and
travelling
allowance of
officers and
staff
6
RS.
1,99,501-
1,99,501-
A.
3-
3-
P.
0
0
Feed and keep
of animals
7
RS.
3,53,890-
3,53,890-
A.
13-
13-
P.
8
8
EXPENDITURE
Cost of
chemicals
and
apparatus
8
RS.
56,228-
56,228-
A.
5-
5-
P.
8
8
Other
miscellan¬
eous expendi¬
diture
9
RS.
1,36,092-
*10,059-
1,46,152-
A.
12-
4-
0-
P.
2
0
2
Purchase of
animals
10
RS.
1,00,042-
1,00,042-
A
10-
10-
P.
0
0
TOTAL
11
RS. A.
8,55,815-
8,55,815
A.
0-
0-
P.
6
0
* Special grant for Battery.
MGIPC-M-IV-2.36-27.6.27-500.
REPORT
OF THE
Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research
Muktesar
For the year ending 31st March, 1927
CALCUTTA : GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
CENTRAL PUBLICATION BRANCH
1928
Price As. 10 or 1s.
REPORT
OF THE
Imperial Institute of Veterinary Research,
Muktesar.
For the year ending 31st March, 1927.
[ J. T. EDWARDS, D.Sc. (London), M.R.C.V.S.]
I. STAFF OF IMPERIAL AND GAZETTED OFFICERS.
1. Director. Mr. F. Ware, F.R.C.V.S., continued to officiate until
the 12th November, 1926, when he handed over charge to Dr. Edwards,
the permanent Director, on return from leave.
2. Pathologist. Mr. Hugh Cooper, M.R.C.V.S.
3. First Veterinary Research Officer. The duties of the post were
largely performed during the year by Mr. J. R. Haddow, in addition to
his duties as Officer-in-Charge of the Branch Institute at Izatnagar.
4. Second Veterinary. Research Officer. This post also remained
vacant throughout the year, but steps were taken by Government to
fill it on a temporary basis with a specially selected Indian graduate
who had received a veterinary training at State expense in England.
5. Third Veterinary Research Officer. Mr. J. R. Haddow, B.Sc.,
M.R.C.V.S., D.V.S.M., held this appointment, and he was also placed in
charge of the Branch Institute, Izatnagar, with increased emoluments
for his additional responsibilities.
6. Officer deputed by Indian Research Fund Association for Tuber-
culosis Enquiry. Dr. M. B. Soparkar, M.D.
7. First Laboratory Assistant (Upper Grade). Mr. D. Keiller. Granted
one year's leave out of India with effect from the 18th March, 1927.
Mr. Torabaz Khan, G.P.V.C., Veterinary Inspector, was appointed to
officiate during his absence.
8. Second Laboratory Assistant (Upper Grade). Mr. G. P. Goffi.
9. Third Laboratory Assistant (Upper Grade). Mr. W. Mobbs.
10. First Assistant Veterinary Research Officer. Mr. M. B. Menon,
G.B.V.C., appointed to the post on its creation on 18th April, 1926,
following upon the occupancy of a special post created for him.
11. Second Assistant Veterinary Research Officer. Vacant.
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12. Assistant Research Officer (Protozoologist). Mr. S. K. Sen, B.A.,
B.Sc. Appointed to the post by transfer of his services from the Imperial
Entomologist's staff, Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, and com-
menced duty on the 5th October, 1926.
13. Assistant Research Officer (Helminthologist). Vacant.
14. Veterinary Deputy Superintendent. Mr. J. D'Costa, G.B.V.C.
Granted leave with effect from the 3rd January, 1927 Mr. Abdul Ghani,
G.P.V.C., Senior Veterinary Inspector, officiated during his absence.
15. Engineer. Mr. A. Littlejohn.
16. Farm Manager. Captain A. J. Hearsey. Granted leave from
the 15th February to the 14th March, 1927. Babu Krishna Nand Joshi,
Dairy Overseer, officiated during his absence.
17. Medical Officer. The post was held successively by the following
three officers :—(1) Mr. G. S. Bhargava, M.B., B.S., until the 9th Septem-
ber, 1926 ; (2) Mr. K. S. Dikshit, M.B., B.S., from the 10th September
to the 23rd December, 1926 ; (3) Mr. S. L. Mittal, M.B., B.S., from the
3rd January, 1927, until the close of the year.
Tours undertaken by staff. Mr. F. Ware, Officiating Director, under-
took a tour from the 25th July to the 18th August, 1926, with the fol-
lowing stated objects:—(i) Calcutta, to ascertain whether the incum-
bents of certain recently created posts could undergo special training
at the School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; (ii) Lucknow, to con-
sult the Veterinary Adviser to the United Provinces Government about
the prevention of rinderpest in the Kumaon, Garhwal, and Naini Tal.
Districts; (iii) Simla, to consult the authorities with the Government
of India on the same matters; (iv) Kasauli, to consult the Director,
Central Research Institute, on the work undertaken by Dr. Soparkar
at Muktesar; (v) on his return, he inspected the Branch Institute at
Izatnagar. He again proceeded, on the 1st September, 1926, to—(vi)
Poona, to inspect the tests carried out by Mr. Menon for Johne's disease
and tuberculosis at the Kirkee Military Dairy, and to confer there with
the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, Bombay Presidency ;
(vii) Bangalore, to inspect certain sick animals at the Imperial Institute
of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, at the request of the Agricultural
Adviser to the Government of India; (viii) Madras, to confer with the
Veterinary Adviser to the Madras Government upon the matter of taking
over some sick animals from the Bangalore Farm for further observation;
he returned to headquarters on the 19th September, 1926., He further
proceeded to Simla to tender evidence before the Royal Commission on
Agriculture in India, leaving Muktesar on the 11th and returning on the
19th October, 1926.
Dr. J. T. Edwards, after inspecting the work at Izatnagar on the
16th and 17th March, 1927, proceeded on request to Patna to advise the
Director, Civil Veterinary Department, Bihar and Orissa, on the con-
struction and organization of the veterinary college projected by the local
Government, and returned again to Izatnagar on 29th March, 1927, to
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demonstrate the processes of manufacture to Major H. Brassey-Edwards,
Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Kenya, and accompanied him then
on consultation to Agra. Thence, he proceeded to Delhi to obtain the
opinion of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, on the merits
of candidates for the post of Head Accountant at the Institute and con-
sult the Public Works Department authorities, and stayed three days at
Bareilly, to inspect Izatnagar, on his way back, reaching Muktesar on
the 3rd April, 1927.
II. INTERNAL ECONOMY.
(a) Fodder and grain. The supply of hay delivered by a contractor
at Muktesar amounted to 20,000 maunds. The grain supplies, delivered
also by contract, amounted to 9,070 maunds ; the total cost of the con-
tract, including transport, came to Rs. 46,317.
At Izatnagar, the progress of cultivation undertaken by the staff
on the estate, amounting to 261 acres for the kharif crop and 256 acres
for the rabi crop, contributed very largely towards the fodder require-
ments, and in future years it is hoped that the expenditure on the purchase
of fodder there will be very small. It is estimated that 24,687 maunds
of grass and hay and 1,105 maunds of grain were obtained from the
estate during the year.
(b) Animal supplies. The number of animals purchased for the work
at Muktesar was 1,400 hill bulls, 12 buffaloes, 142 sheep, and 84 goats.
The number of bulls that died in the outkraals before they were admitted
into the inner sheds was 272. The high mortality occurring among
these animals in the outkraals had been the subject, during the preceding
year, of an extensive special investigation, which unfortunately failed
to reveal clearly its origin. However, with the adoption of a more
stringent system of supervision, the mortality was appreciably reduced.
The intensive research which has led to the institution of the present
system of manufacture of anti-rinderpest serum by the " immune "
method has considerably simplified the problem of hill bull supply for
Muktesar by eliminating the cause of resentment which used to be
aroused in the Hindu population in the days of the formerly practised
method of so-called " hyper-immunization " and which demanded the
exercise of special tact towards potential suppliers. A number of sheep
and goats were also obtained for use, and the developments in research
towards the close of the year raise hopes that before long these small
ruminants will supplant hill bulls in the propagation of the rinderpest
virus.
The animal supplies of the Branch Institute at Izatnagar consisted
almost entirely of buffaloes which numbered 1,619. These were specially
used for the massive production of rinderpest and hæmorrhagic septi-
cæmia sera. Two hundred and seventeen buffaloes were transferred
to the cultivation work of the estate at the Branch Institute, and 113
(including 68 new) buffaloes were also transferred to Muktesar for
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experiments, manufacture of blackquarter aggressin and the local culti-
vation work.
(c) Forest supplies. The Reserved Forest at Muktesar yielded 29,371
maunds of fuel wood, 1,524 maunds of charcoal, 3,227 maunds of grass,
2,166 maunds of green leaves, 222 loads of ringals, and 1,238 maunds
of pine needles for bedding. The demands for firewood have been
steadily increased, however, beyond the anticipation of the working
plan laid down some years ago, and steps have now been taken to have
this plan revised and, if necessary, to procure our additional require-
ments outside our Reserved Area.
The fuel supplies for Izatnagar were obtained from the grain contrac-
tor ; 870 maunds of fuel wood were consumed, as against 1,643 maunds
in the preceding year.
(d) Labour. The daily average number of coolies employed under the
Farm Manager was 120.3, the number being much curtailed, as compared
with previous years, with the transfer of the charge of the outkraals to
the Veterinary Deputy Superintendent, from the 1st May, 1926. The
average number of cattle attendants employed under the latter officer
was 194.3. The average number of men employed on the Latoli estate
was 76. The average cost of labour, including daily labour supervisors,
was Rs. 12-1 a head per mensem. There was no outbreak of disease
among the men, except a few cases of small-pox and mumps among the
outkraal cattle attendants.
The average number of men employed at Izatnagar daily was 254,
including 133 on estate cultivation work. The average cost of the
labour, including daily labour supervisors, was Rs. 11-8 a head per
mensem. The health of the staff remained good, and special arrange-
ments were made for the treatment of the sick by securing the part-
time services of a medical officer from the Central Jail, Bareilly.
(e) Transport. Despite the difficulties in the transport of material
to and from Muktesar and the exceptionally heavy demands for products
received during the year under report and the preceding year, consign-
ments have been cleared from Muktesar after the lapse of an average
period of 5 days after the receipt of orders. There were sent from
Muktesar during the year 8,125 standard rail cases, as compared with
8,280 cases in the preceding year. The cost of transport incurred by the
remoteness of Muktesar forms in reality only a minute proportion of
the total expenditure upon the manufacture and issue of our products,
and this cost is probably much less than what would be entailed other-
wise by the installation of suitable storage accommodation on the plains.
(f) Laboratory appliances and technical equipment. The budget allot-
ment for the year under the head " Purchase of Chemicals and Appara-
tus " was Rs. 40,000, of which Rs. 33,954 was actually spent. A large
proportion of the expenditure under this head is entailed in the purchase
of packing material for the despatch of laboratory products, for which
Government has now sanctioned the imposition of fixed charges to cover
its cost in the bills forwarded to our customers, and the allotment of