INSTITUTE, PUSA, FOR 1916-17 19 



Cost 



Es. 



Budget head for up-keep of dairy herd 



including' all labour, etc. . . . 3,000 



Food due to farm. 3,000 maunds of grain, 



miscellaneous, at Es. 2-8-0 . . . 7,500 



Food due to farm. Green fodder, silage 

 and bhusa, 18,000 maunds at 4 annas per 

 maund ....... 4,500 



Total . 15,000 



That is to say, it cost about Us. 5,000 last year to carry 

 on the Pusa dairy herd. Considering the huge sums spent 

 by Governments and private agency in other parts of the 

 world on systematic cattle breeding this is not an excessive 

 amount. 



The milk is sold direct from the cows and as the 

 customers send their tins to the dairy the milk is not handled 

 at all. It is sold at 10 " Lahori seers " to the rupee or 

 about six pence per gallon. 



The feeding of the cattle is clone almost entirely with 

 farm produce. At the beginning of the year the long fodder 

 consists of silage and oat bhusa, about February green oats 

 and peas are ready for cutting; towards the end of March 

 silage and oat straw are used till mid-May when the early 

 sown maize is readv. The season is carried on with maize 

 and pulses till the end of October when silage is again used. 



The grain used is chiefly oats with maize, arhar, peas, 

 'etc., well ground and fed moistened. 



It is proposed to have a public cattle auction sale at 

 least once a year for disposal of all surplus stock. As 

 the sale will be well advertised, people needing cattle will 

 be able to make their arrangements beforehand. 



The buildings of the herd are the relics of the old horse- 

 breeding days. They have been made as sanitary as pos- 

 sible but some modern buildings are needed. 



