Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department,
United Provinces, 1919-20.
1. The administration report of the department for the year ending the
31st of March, 1920, is herewith submitted.
2. I held charge of the department during the year and in addition to this
work I carried out the duties of 2nd Superintendent from 1st April, 1919 to 6th
November, 1919, while that officer was on military duty, and again from 9th
December, 1919 to 31st March, 1920, during which time he was on leave.
3. Captain S. G. M. Hickey, 2ad superintendent, on release from military
duty, joined this office on 7th November, 1919, and remained until 8th December,
1919, when he proceeded on leave.
4 Mr E. D. Evans whose appointment has been sanctioned in G. O.
no. 2245/XVIII-388, dated 29th December, 1919, (Industries Department) took
over charge of his duties as stockman and sheep manager from 1st of January,
1920.
5. Tours of officers.—I was on tour for 151 days and travelled 2,635 miles
by road and 9,744 miles by rail. I visited 18 districts and was able to see the
work of the veterinary assistants, the hospitals, and the dispensaries, and to
consult the district officers in the matter of the expansion of veterinary work and
breeding operations. District stallion stands and most of the horse, sheep, and
cattle-raising tracts were inspected and sites marked down for future operations.
The departmental cattle farms, sheep runs, and horse depots necessitated my
frequent attendance during the year. It was necessary to proceed to Bombay on
two occasions for the purchase of Arab stallions, and to Lahore during March to
view the Punjab veterinary college in connection with the scheme for the estab-
lishment of a similar institution in these provinces. As far as possible outbreaks
of contagious disease were personally attended and investigated.
6. During the period he remained on duty here, Captain S. G. M. Hickey
made a tour of inspection, checking and investigating the work of the provincial
staff. He travelled 627 miles by rail and 28 miles by road and visited several
districts.
7. Mr. R. A. Stow, farms manager, was kept busily occupied in the super-
vision of the farms at Muttra and Kheri and in addition to this work be visited
several municipalities to advise the local officials on questions connected with the
establishment of dairies and cattle-breeding. He was deputed to Nagpur to
witness the motor tractor trials and to Pusa Agricultural Institute for the purchase
of pedigree cattle.
8. Mr. E.D. Evans, sheep manager, travelled in the provinca in connection
with the experimental flocks of sheep maintained by the department. He visited
Benares with a view to establishing an improved flock for that state and toured
in Bundelkhand to select a site for a large sheep-breeding station which is under
consideration.
9. M. Niaz Mohammed, deputy superintendent, Moradabad sub-division,
was on tour for 217 days, during which time he travelled 1,300 miles by road and
10,068 miles by rail. He toured in 16 districts where he checked and supervised
the work of the subordinate staff. He also visited bull and stallion stands for
the purpose of instructing the attendants in the correct methods of dealing with
these animals for stud purposes. He attended the Budaun, Sahaianpur, Hardoi,
and Muzaffarnagar fairs and shows and gave lectures to stock-owners. He person-
ally attended many of the severe outbreaks of contagious disease in his circle
during the year, and was specially deputed to assist in checking serious outbreaks
of glanders at Agra and Moradabad and of surra at Kathgodam.
10. Mr. T. S. Davies, deputy superintendent, on release from military
duty, rejoined the Allahabad sub-division and was on tour for 46 days and travelled
3,628 miles by rail and 283 miles by road. He was occupied in the inspection
of the subordinate staff and in directing their operations in connection with the
suppression of contagious disease and other branches of work.