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TABLE XIII.
BREEDING RESULTS AT THE GOVERNMENT CATTLE FARM HISSAR, FOR THE YEAR 1929-30.
Class.
1
Cattle Breeding …
Mule Breeding ..
Donkey Breeding ..
Sheep Breeding ..
Arab Breeding ..
Goat Breeding ..
Ave r
a ge No.
of—
(1) Cows .
(2)
Mar es .
(3)
Ewes .
(4)
Goat s .
present
dur i ng the year .
2
1,966
..
76
538
13
58
Tot al No. of bi rt hs.
3
957
1
31
491
10
100
Per cent age.
4
48.68
..
40.79
78.44
76.92
89.66
PREVIOUS 2 YEARS.
1927-28.
Average No. of—
(1) Cows.
(2) Mares.
(3) Ewes.
(4) Goats.
present during the
year.
5
1,700
..
83
521
13
..
Total No. of births.
6
1,274
7
40
321
11
..
Percentage.
7
74.94
..
48.19
61.61
84.61
..
1928-29.
Average No. of—
(1) Cows.
(2) Mares.
(3) Ewes.
(4) Goats.
present during the
year.
8
1,873
..
82
527
13
52
Total No. of births.
9
1,190
4
40
696
8
104
Percentage.
10
63.53
..
48.78
100%
61.53
92.3
REMARKS.
11
Mule Breeding has since been abolished.
58 Ewes lambed twice during the year and
5 gave twins daring the year and 3 ewes
lambed twice during the year and gave one
lamb at one time and 2 at the second time.
21 goats gave birth to twins during the year.
5 goats gave birth to 3 kids each during the
year.
2 goats kidded twice during the year.
1 goat kidded twice during the year and gave
3 kids at one time and one at the second
time.
1 goat kidded twice during the year and gave
3 kids at each time.
1 goat kidded twice daring the year and gave
2 kids each time.
1 goat kidded twice during the year and gave
2 kids 2 at one time and three at the
second time.
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TABLE XIV.
SHOWING MAIN RESULTS OF THE WORKING OF THE HISSAR CATTLE
FARM DURING THE OFFICIAL YEAR 1929-30.
Particulars.
A.
Receipts.
Sale of animals (exclusive of concessions to
local bodies) .. .. ..
Miscellaneous receipts .. ..
Public Works
Department receipts on
account of house rent .. ..
Deduct—Refunds
.. ..
Total
..
B.
Concessions allowed to Local Bodies.
Bulls .. .. .. ..
Donkeys
..
..
..
Sheep .. .. .. ..
Arab stallions and horse colts ..
Miscellaneous bulls to agricultural farms
..
Goats (to Punjab Veterinary College) ..
Total ..
Total A and B ..
Amount.
Rs.
1,49,374
39,368
1,200
A.
8
2
0
P.
6
6
0
..
(a)1,89,942
88,050
5,400
1,600
1,000
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
..
20
96,070
2,86,012
0
0
11
0
0
0
Previous
year's
figures.
Rs.
1,26,941
50,512
1,140
A.
4
10
3
P.
0
6
0
..
1,78,594
87,650
2,100
437
2,675
400
1
0
0
0
10
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
..
93,262
2,71,856
10
11
0
6
(a) Excludes Rs. 246 on account of recoveries for service payments.
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TABLE XIV—CONCLUDED.
Particulars.
Expenditure.
Salary of officers .. .. ..
Salary of subordinate staff
..
..
Travelling and conveyance allowance
..
Contingencies and Supplies and Services.
A. Feed of animals (inclusive of reserve
fodder) .. ..
B. Purchase of animals
..
..
C. Other heads .. ..
Stationery and printing
..
..
Expenditure on buildings through the Public
Works Department .. ..
Total ..
Capital on the 1st day of the year ..
Capital at the end of the year .. ..
1. Valuation of animals .. ..
2. Valuation of grain
.. ..
3. Valuation of fodder .. ..
4. Valuation of machinery, medicines,
dead stock articles, stationery, etc. ..
5. Valuation of buildings .. ..
Amount.
Rs.
(a)35,530
(b)98,684
(c)7,038
48,722
16,154
(d)99,718
572
29,152
3,35,473
21,69,727
21,41,640
8,26,116
10,167
1,37,836
1,77,595
5,50,742
A.
1
9
13
4
2
4
5
10
0
10
9
4
6
11
9
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
7
10
5
0
3
5
0
0
Previous
year's
figures.
Rs.
29,949
87,937
4,112
45,671
29,566
88,861
130
27,479
3,13,707
20,12,692
21,69,727
7,75,612
17,401
2,07,476
1,64,206
5,39,096
A.
3
10
5
0
0
6
10
0
3
15
10
0
10
11
4
0
P.
0
0
0
9
0
9
5
0
11
9
10
0
11
3
0
0
(a) Includes Rs. 438-1-0 on account of house rent allowance paid to the Deputy
Superintendent (Fodder) and pay of officers under training.
(b) Includes Rs. 300 on account of compensatory allowance and Rs. 431-8-0 on ac-
count of grain compensation allowance and travelling allowances of officers under
training.
(c) Includes Rs. 1,161-5-0 on account of motor-car allowance to the Assistant
Superintendents, and excludes Rs. 14-8-0 on account of expenditure under " 47—Mis-
cellaneous Charges for Treatment of Patients at the Pasteur Institute, Kasauli."
(d) Excludes expenditure on stores purchased from foreign countries and met out of
the budget placed at the disposal of the High Commissioner for India and the cost of
books met from " 47—Miscellaneous—Purchase of Books and Periodicals."
15 DCVD -285—16-12-30—SGPP Lahore.
NJAB
SHITIONS OF THE
ARTMENT
Annual Report
OF THE
Civil Veterinary Department,
Punjab,
For the year
1930-31.
Lahore :
Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab.
1931.
Price : Rs. 2-4-0 or 3s. 5d.
Annual Report
OF THE
Civil Veterinary Department,
Punjab,
For the year 1930-31.
Lahore :
Printed by the Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab,
1931.
Revised List of Agents for the Sale of Punjab Government
Publications.
ON THE CONTINENT AND UNITED KINGDOM.
Publications obtainable either direct from the High Commissioner for
India, at India House, Aldwych, London, W. C. 2, or through any book-
seller.
IN INDIA.
The GENERAL MANAGER, " The Qaumi Daler " and the Union Press,
Amritsar.
Messrs. D. B.TARAPOREWALA, SONS & Co., Bombay.
Messrs. W.NEWMAN & Co., Limited, Calcutta.
Messrs.THACKER SPINK& Co., Calcutta.
Messrs. RAMA KRISHNA & SONS, Lahore.
The SECRETARY, Punjab Religious Book Society, Lahore.
The MANAGER, University Book Agency, Lahore.
L. RAM LAL SURI, Proprietor, " The Students' Own Agency, " Lahore.
L. DEWAN CHAND, Proprietor, The Mercantile Press, Lahore.
The MANAGER, Mufid-i-'Am Press, Lahore.
The PROPRIETOR,Punjab Law Book Mart, Lahore.
MR. D.PESTONJI, Stockists' Representative, Lahore.
The MANAGING PROPRIETOR, The Commercial Book Company, Lahore.
R. S. JAURA, Esq., B.A., B.T., The Students' Popular Depôt,
Anarkali, Lahore.
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The MANAGER, The English Book Depôt, Taj Road, Agra.
*The MANAGING PARTNER, The Bombay Book Depôt, Booksellers
and Publishers, Girgaon, Bombay.
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*Messrs. CHATTERJI & Co., Booksellers, 204, Cornwallis Street, Calcutta.
*The MANAGER, Standard Book Depôt, Lahore.
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*The MANAGER, The New Book Depôt, No. 79, The Mall, Simla.
* These firms will be allowed discount at 15%.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Subject.
Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department,
Punjab, for the year 1930-31.
CHAPTER I.—GENARAL ADMINISTRATION.
Director, Veterinary Services, Punjab .. ..
CHAPTER II.—LIVE STOCK.
(A) Breeding Operations.
1.—GOVERNMENT CATTLE FARM, HISSAR.
Climatic conditions .. .. .. ..
Live Stock .. .. .. ..
Cattle-breeding .. .. .. ..
Dairying at the Hissar Cattle Farm .. ..
Feeding experiments .. .. .. ..
Sheep-breeding .. .. .. ..
Goat-breeding .. .. .. ..
Donkey-breeding .. .. .. ..
Arab-breeding .. .. .. ..
Contagious diseases .. .. .. ..
Contagious abortion .. .. .. ..
Hospital .. .. .. ..
Fodder .. .. .. ..
Fodder reserve .. .. .. ..
Expansion .. .. .. ..
Experiments on fodder crops .. .. ..
Locusts .. .. .. ..
Fire .. .. .. ..
General .. .. .. ..
2.— GRANTEE CATTLE FARMS.
Shergarh small holders' grants .. .. ..
Dairying at Grantee Farms .. .. ..
Page.
1
2
3
ib.
ib.
4
ib.
5
ib.
ib.
ib.
6
ib.
7
8
ib.
ib.
ib.
9
ib.
11
ib.
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Subject.
3.—CATTLE BREEEDING IN SPECIAL TRACTS.
(a) Hariana tract .. .. ..
(b) Dhanni tract .. .. ..
(c) Other tracts .. .. ..
(1) Montgomery District Cattle-breeding Scheme ..
(2) Nili Bar Cattle-breeding Scheme .. ..
(3) Dajjal village Cattle-breeding Scheme .. ..
(4) Malwa Cattle-breeding Scheme .. ..
(5) Jalalabad Cattle-breeding Scheme .. ..
(6) Kangra District Cattle-breeding Scheme .. ..
(7) Improvement of Cattle and Buffalo-breeding in the
Lahore District .. .. ..
4.—GENERAL BREEDING WORK IN DISTRICT.
(a) Equines
Number of stallions—Table VIII .. ..
Services of stallions—Table VIII .. ..
(b) Bovines.
Stud bulls—Table VII .. .. ..
Buffalo-breeding .. .. .. ..
(c) Others.
Camel-breeding .. .. .. ..
Sheep and goat-breeding .. .. ..
5.—CATTLE AND HORSE FAIRS AND SHOWS.
Fairs and Shows—Table IX .. .. ..
Page.
12
13-14
15
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
16
ib.
17
ib.
18
ib.
19
ib.
20
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Subject.
(B) Diseases amongst Live Stock.
1.—PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES.
Hospitals.
Number of veterinary hospitals—Table V .. ..
Work of veterinary hospitals .. .. ..
Outlying dispensaries .. .. ..
Building of veterinary hospitals .. .. ..
Simla veterinary hospital .. .. ..
Treatment of diseases in villages—Table IV .. ..
2.—INCIDENCE OF DISEASE.
Mortality .. .. .. ..
(a) Equines.
Glanders .. .. .. ..
Surra .. .. .. ..
(b) Bovines.
Rinderpest .. .. .. ..
Foot amd Mouth disease .. ..
Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia .. .. ..
Black Quarter .. .. .. ..
Anthrax .. .. .. ..
Other contagious diseases .. .. ..
(c) Other Animals.
3.—PREVENTIVE INOCULATION.
Anti-rinderpest inoculations .. ..
Inoculations against Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia ..
Preventive vaccinations against Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia
Vaccinations against Black Quarter .. ..
Inoculation against Anthrax .. .. ..
4.—CASTRATIONS.
Page.
20
21
ib.
ib.
ib.
22
22
22
23
24
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
25
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
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Subject.
CHAPTER III.—VETERINARY EDUCATION.
1.—PUNJAB VETERINARY COLLEGE, LAHORE.
Charge .. .. .. ..
Students .. .. .. ..
Examinations .. .. .. ..
Hospital .. .. .. ..
Income and expenditure .. .. ..
Employment .. .. .. ..
General remarks .. .. .. ..
2.—SHORT COURSES.
Training of syces .. .. .. ..
Training in Surra treatment .. .. .. ..
Dressers Course .. .. .. ..
Farriers Course .. .. .. ..
3.—VETERINARY RESEARCH AT THE PUNJAB VETERINARY
COLLEGE, LAHORE.
Hygiene section .. .. .. ..
Pathological Section .. .. ..
Parasitology Section .. .. ..
Anatomy Section .. .. .. ..
Examinations of Pathological Specimens at Superinten-
dents' head-quarters .. .. ..
Other Research work done by the Research Officer in the
field .. .. .. ..
4.—DEMONSTRATION AND PROPAGANDA WORK.
Literary work done by the staff of the Department ..
CHAPTER IV.—ESTABLISHMENT.
(a) Gazetted officers .. .. ..
(b) Non-gazetted staff .. .. ..
Page.
26
ib.
ib.
27
ib.
ib.
ib.
27
28
ib.
ib.
28
ib.
29
ib.
ib.
ib.
31
32
ib.
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Subject.
CHAPTER V.—EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Expenditure—Table X .. .. ..
CHAPTER VI.—1. PROGRESS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT
IN GIVING EFFECT TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURE DUR-
ING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1930.
1. (a) Sheep-breeding .. ..
(b) Goat-breeding .. .. ..
2. Progress made in establishing pure and improved
types of good cattle and buffaloes with special refer-
ence to the policy of producing dual purpose cattle ..
3. Improvement of the urban milk and ghee supply ..
4. Live Stock shows and fairs .. .. ..
5. Castrations .. .. .. ..
6. Control of live stock improvements .. ..
7. Diseases of live stock and their control .. ..
(a) Adoption of serum simultaneous method of
inoculation against rinderpest .. ..
(b) Compulsory inoculation .. ..
8. Increased provision of Veterinary hospitals and dis-
pensaries .. .. .. ..
2.—GENERAL REMARKS.
General remarks .. .. .. ..
Page.
33
34
ib.
ib.
35
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
ib.
36
36-37
Review of the Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary
Department, Punjab, for the year 1930-31.
DURING the year under report the Civil Veterinary
Department, like all other departments, suffered from
the financial stringency which has been brought on by
the fall in the prices of agricultural produce. The de-
partment, however, made considerable progress in its
programme of improving the various breeds of live-
stock, and of the prevention and cure of disease.
2. The Hissar Cattle Farm had a successful year,
it increased its storage of fodder from 1,51,000 maunds
to about 1,90,000 maunds, and produced 10,006 maunds
of grain The number of bulls issued declined from
328 to 295 owing to financial difficulties of district
boards. The Farm dairy recorded milk yield of 188
cows, No. 458 giving a yield of 7,364 lbs. or a daily
yield of 33 lbs. The dairy is still in its infancy
and promises to yield valuable results. Considerable
progress has been made both in sheep and goat-breed-
ing, and the Ministry trusts that yields of milk given
by selected goats will be systematically recorded.
3. On the grantee cattle farms the Jahangirabad
Farm is maintaining its reputation for enterprise and
good work and cows giving less than 3,000 lbs. are now
readily discarded. The average yield of milk during a
lactation period on grantee farms has been in the neigh-
bourhood of 6,000 lbs. Another notable development
is the starting of a small buffalo berd on the Jahangir-
abad Farm.
4. Cattle-breeding in the Hariana tract passed
through an anxious time owing to the prolonged drought
in the year 1939; but timely help given by Govern-
ment in the way of fodder subsidies saved the stud bulls
located in the areas most seriously affected. The need
for economy has restricted the activities of the depart-
ment in the Hariana and Dhanni Cattle-breeding tracts;
but the work has been started on right lines, and the co-
operation of breeders who have already seen the results,
will undoubtedly help the continuance of this good
work. The Ministry is watching with interest the
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smaller schemes for the improvement of the breeding
of cattle in all the districts of the province, for instance,
the Dajal tract in Dera Ghazi Khan district, the Malwa
breed in Ferozepore and Ludhiana districts, and in the
area surrounding Jalalabad are all receiving attention.
Lahore has been provided with 16 selected bulls. The
situation is not very encouraging in Kangra; but even
here an experiment has been started by the introduc-
tion of 40 selected Montgomery bulls. The Ministry
hopes that the Live-Stock Officer will start work in other
districts also. It may be re-called that before the
appointment of a Live-Stock Officer systematic cattle-
breeding was confined to a few selected areas, and has
been extended since to almost all districts. The
appointment has justified itself.
5. The Army Remount Department has abandoned
operations in the districts of Gujranwala and Dera Ghazi
Khan. The latter was once one of the most famous dis-
tricts in the Punjab for horse breeding, and in recognition
of this fact the Army Remount Department has agreed
to lend four horse stallions to the district for a period of
two years as an experiment.
6. For the first time in the province the total
number of animals treated in the veterinary hospitals
passed the million mark; but, as the Director has point-
ed out, it cannot be too often emphasized that the pre-
vention and cure must go hand in hand.
7. During the year Hæmorrhagic Septicæmia came
to the front as the most fatal disease among bovines.
Surra was again treated with success; but the diffi-
culty about providing accommodation during the brief
summer season is likely to remain as long as district
boards are suffering from the present financial depres-
sion.
Owing to a decrease in Rinderpest there was also a
decrease in the number of Rinderpest inoculations per-
formed; but there was a considerable increase in the
number of vaccinations against Hæmorrhagic Septicæ-
mia, the number rising from 205,000 last year to
243,000
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8. The number of castrations again increased from
364,000 to 390,000.
9. The Veterinary College suffered in popularity as
fewer posts could be provided for the qualified students
of the College-18 posts, so far temporarily held by
retired military men, were available for qualified candi-
dates. Valuable research work, however, was carried
out in connection with various more or less obscure
cattle diseases which prevailed in the province.
10. On the whole, in spite of the financial string-
ency, the department is to be congratulated on a success-
ful year's work. Seventeen new veterinary hospitals
were added during the year, making a total of 287, giving
a hospital to about 180 villages; and the demand for
opening more hospitals is urgent. The department is
fortunate in that it has won the confidence of the people;
which increases its opportunities of usefulness. The
thanks of the Ministry are due to the Director and
to the officers of the Veterinary Department for the
admirable results achieved during the year under report.
By order of the
Punjab Government (Ministry of Agriculture),
J. D. ANDERSON,
Secretary to Government,
Punjab, Revenue Department.
JOGENDRA SINGH,
Minister for Agriculture
210 FC—285—6 11-31—SGPP Lahore.
Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, Punjab, for the year 1930-31,
BY
Mr. T. F. Quirke, M. R. C. V. S., I. V. S., Director,
Veterinary Services, Punjab.
CHAPTER I.—General Administration.
Director, Veterinary Ser-
vices, Punjab.
1. The post of Director, Veterinary Services, Punjab,
was held by me throughout the year.
2. I carried out inspection tours of several districts and
attended most of the important cattle fairs in the province
where special propaganda work was being conducted by the
staff of the Department.
I inspected on different occasions the Hissar Cattle
Farm, as well as the various Grantee Farms. I also visited
the North-West Frontier Province on inspection duty in
connection with certain schemes of veterinary development.
By arrangement with the local Government, the veterinary
work of that province is also under my control and supervision
which adds considerably to the already onerous duties of the
Director. I also toured in the Hariana, Dhanni and Malwa
Cattle-breeding tracts to examine the progress of the depart-
mental schemes in these areas.
3. As a member of the Advisory Board, I attended the
meeting of the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research at
New Delhi in January 1931 and also the meetings of the Local
Provincial Council of Agricultural Research.
I acted as Live Stock Officer in addition to my own duties
from 27th April 1930 to 11th August 1930, when Mr. J. S.
Garewal, I.V.S., the permanent incumbent, went on deputa-
tion to Patna to officiate there as Director, Civil Veterin-
ary Department, Bihar and Orissa.
I also acted as an external examiner at the Punjab
Veterinary College, Lahore, for the L. V. P., Final Examin-
ation held in May 1930.
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CHAPTER II.-Live Stock.
(A) BREED1NG OPERATIONS.
1.—GOVERNMENT CATTLE FARM, HISSAR.
4. Mr. L. W. Smith held charge of the Farm as Super-
intendent throughout the year.
Among visitors to the Farm during the year under re-
port were:—
1. The Honourable Sir Jogendra Singh, Kt., Minister
for Agriculture, Punjab.
2. Brigadier I. V. Battye of Ferozepore Brigade Area.
3. Col. A. Olver, Animal Husbandry Expert to the
Government of India.
4. Mr. M. L. Darling, I.C.S., Registrar, Co-operative
Credit Societies, Punjab.
5. C. H. Parr, Esq., Deputy Director, Cattle
Breeding Operations, United Provinces, Muttra.
6. Mr. T. E. Traynor, Supreintendent, Imperial Cattle
Breeding Farm, Karnal.
Climatic conditions.
5. The annual rainfall amounted to 21.72 inches
against an average of 14 inches. Most
of the rain fell during the months of
June, July and August 1930 as would appear from the
undernoted details:—
June ... ... ...
July ... ... ...
August ... ... ...
Inches
3.41
12.03
4.28
It was a bad distribution from a grazier's point of view since
even a 4 inches rainfall in July would have been ample pro-
vided it was followed by a like amount in the month of
September.
The rainfall in the months mentioned brought about a
considerable growth of grass while the crops gave every ex-
pectation of giving bumper harvests, but the rainfall failing
in September and October caused a retardation of growth,
a good deal of the grass drying up prematurely on the Bir.
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Live Stock.
6. During the year under report, the issue of live
stock for breeding purposes to Punjab
zamindars and district boards included
295 bulls, 120 rams, 32 male goats and 3 horse stallions. These
figures are low as compared with those for the last year, but
this is due to the prevailing financial stringency.
Cattle breeding.
7. Eleven hundred and fifteen calves were born during
the year as against 957 in the previous
year.
Practically no grazing was available prior to the Monsoon
during the first 3 months of the year, April, May and June,
and, therefore, almost all the stock had to be stall-fed,
which resulted in the consumption of a good deal of reserve
fodder, necessitating also the purchase of a certain amount of
grain in the open market after exhausting the farm reserves.
Ensilage made from a very prolific local grass called 'Bur'
when cut at the proper time gave very encouraging results
from feeding it to the young stock.
To enable the stock to graze before the sun gets too hot in
the middle of the day, they were all released from their night
shelters at 4-30 A.M., and encouraged to lie up in the shade
during the heat of the day.
The rains of June, July and August provided ample
grazing until the end of the year. Consequently stall feeding,
except to the dairy cows and bulls was entirely dispensed
with.
Hay-making operations started on the 22nd August and
were continued until late in November. 36,133 maunds
were collected against 3,058 maunds in the previous year,
representing a very considerable addition to the reserves
of the Farm.
Dairying at the Hissar
Cattle Farm.
8. During the year under report the milk yield of 188
cows was systematically recorded, out of
which 59 cows gave over 2,000 pounds
of milk per lactation. The year's results
show that these can be classified as follows :—
2—3 thousand lbs. per lactation.. ..
3—4
4—5
5—6
7—8
Ditto..
..
Ditto
..
..
Ditto
..
..
Ditto..
..
31
21
3
3
1
B2
4
The following statement shows the milk yield of some of
the cows of this special herd :—
Number of
cows.
190
458
211
316
201
423
71
383
379
107
2/22
..
4/18
..
2/22
..
3/26
..
2/22
..
4/25
..
1/24
..
3/20
..
4/25
..
1/25
..
Date of
calving.
27-5-30
14-2-30
12-12-20
3-12-29
21-2-30
16-12-29
5-12-29
3-11-29
22-9-29
28-7-29
Total
milk
yield in
lbs.
3,955
7,364
5,348
5,775
5,957
3,801
3,381
4,501
4,320
3,444
Days
in milk.
269
310
290
300
237
289
294
300
312
280
Maximum
daily
yield in
lbs.
21
33
27
27
39
23
19
27
20
19
REMARKS.
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The maintenance of this special dairy section is adding
very considerably to the expense of the Farm as it involves
the handling, quietening and training of a large number of
stock which hitherto were part of the general herd of
two thousand odd cows managed on the ranch system under
natural conditions of grazing, etc.
Feeding experiments.
9. Results are shortly being published on the use of
Salt bush and Sun-flower as fodder
for cattle, reference to which was made
in last year's report.
Sheep breeding.
10. A very promising Merino ram was obtained
from the Remount Deôt, Saharanpur,
in exchange for one of the Hissar Dale
rams. The effect of the introduction of fresh blood into the
flock will be watched with interest.
The grading up of the Bikanir flock continues. It is
hoped that private sheep breeders in the districts will take
full advantage of the excellent rams which are shortly coming
of age for issue from this flock.