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AN INDIAN *“*RAM’S HORN” BUFFALO BULL 
The “Ram's Horn” buffalos come from the region of Delhi, India, and differ from the Chinese 
buffalos. 
Islands. 
stein cows. This dairy has from 600 to 
900 cows of dairy breeds, but no water 
buffalo. 
INDIAN DAIRY BUFFALOS 
Hongkong, there 
about 20 Indian 
buffalo cows managed by Indians. 
The buffalos in this herd have 
been imported from the region of Delhi, 
in the northern part of India. These 
buffalos are different from the Chinese 
buffalos, being much larger, some of 
them 5 feet tall at the withers. They 
have large spiral horns, and for this 
reason they are known as the ‘Ram’s 
Horn” buffalo in the Philippine Islands, 
where they are being imported in large 
numbers for dairy purposes. The 
milk, according to Dr. Gibson, the co- 
lonial veterinarian of Hongkong, con- 
tains about the same per cent of fat 
as the Chinese buffalo milk. They are 
said to give up to 60 pounds of milk 
a day in India when on good feed. 
At the Indian dairy in Kowloon, when 
visited by the writer in January, 1919, 
the average production for twenty 
60 
At JXowloon, 
issa herd) sot 
They are being imported in large numbers for dairy purposes in the Philippine 
In milk and butter fat production they rank with the best breeds. 
(Fig. 6.) 
cows, then producing milk, was about 
15 pounds. The feed at that time con- 
sisted of dry rice straw for roughage, 
and a little cooked rice chop and wheat 
bran. The cows were crowded into a 
dark, poorly ventilated, and dirty barn, 
and were very filthy. It is the writer’s 
opinion that with proper care and feed, 
the production of the cows in this herd 
could easily be doubled. The cows have 
a well developed mammary system with 
large teats. 
THE BUFFALO COW AS A DAIRY ANIMAL 
number of com- 
mendable features in the use of the 
buffalo cow as a dairy animal. The 
amount of milk in the better buffalo 
cows of China (see production tables) 
is not insignificant when we consider 
that there has been no breeding for pro- 
duction. Ordinary cows give more than 
2,000 pounds of milk and 260 pounds 
of fat a year. The “Ram's Horn” 
buffalo from India rank with the best 
breeds of modern dairy cattle in produc- 
tion of both milk and butter fat. The 
fact that the buffalo has practically no 
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