BEST MILKING BKKKD 



LIVE STOCK 



Oxen 



Kosj 



reaemble those of Nellore. The bullocks are etron-. I -ut oot*otiv*, \ ( 'i Kept*. Land 



;tl. (mans districts); Trydfll, in Agri. Led<j . \^^. \ ls ; Ann. Reptt. 



/!'>. Farm Rtpto., etc.] 



ID. United Provinces of Agra and Oudb. Throughout Oudh, the ndnpdrd 

 breed rank* hiph. Hut there is a sub-breed known as the rinia, which in smaller 

 , morf li'ue.v Mini i|iiifki<r tfmpfrfd tlnin the ndnpdrd. The horns in both 

 (ft flfiMiit. thii-k li.-lnw, and tapering to a fine point. Ont ini|>rt.iitt feature 

 i a slight luit distinct depression on the forehead which makes it easy i<> d: 



i t!i.- i:.iliran-li trom the Doab and Mat hum (the kosi) cattle. The cows of 

 and rhhata are celebrated for their milking qualities, and the bullocks have 

 nutation of being good draught animals (see No. 13 below). The breeds of 

 Khfri arc, }IO\M-\.T. far superior to those of Bahraich, and much resemble the 

 nlvi <>f (Vntral India and Rajputana. In fact Kheri occupies the most pro 

 nt position amongst all the districts of Oudh, being famed for its so-called 

 nr cattle, sometimes spoken of as hangar. White is considered the best 

 lour and I. lack the worst. The bullocksare fast walkers, have a highly irritable 

 PT, but possess great powers of endurance. Other breeds may be named : 

 - ll/i nr. Khairigarh, Majhra-Singahi and Dhaurahra. [Cf. Sayyid Mohammed Hadi, 

 Jitilirnich and Kheri Cattle, in Agri. Ledg., 1895, No. 12 ; also Mathura, No. 19 ; 

 Leather, Barabanki Cattle, Agri. Ledg., 1895, No. 17; Ann. Repta. Civil Vet. 

 !></,/., 1902, 2, et aeq. ; Prov. Ooz., 1903-4 (many district accounts).] 



11. Panjab. "It may safely be said that the best milch-cows of Upper 

 tdia are obtained from the Hansi-Hissar district, and they are commonly 

 >rrned Hansi cows." With these words Meagher and Vaughan open their 



pters on the " H-st Milking Breeds." Speaking of the Harriana cattle, Pease 

 cribes the region in which they are produced as " the green country which 

 mprisos about 292 villages of the Hissar district chiefly in the Hissar 

 id Hansi Tahsils and the greater part of the Rohtak district." The region 

 in question has a good soil, passing into clay-loam in one direction arid into 

 and in the other. The average rainfall is 10 inches, and the climate, therefore, 

 dry and well suited to cattle. But the increase of cultivation within recent 

 are has curtailed the pasture lands and lessened the interest in cattle-rearing. 

 the country indicated produces a large surplus of cattle regularly exported, 

 also a very important supply of ghi traded in all over India. The Hansi- 

 cattle are uniform in colour ; broken colours are seldom, if ever, met 

 The skin is usually dark coloured and the hair white or grey, but 

 ker at the shoulders and neck, and on the flanks sometimes almost black 

 blue. Red-coloured examples are rare and usually inferior. The horns are 

 ort, set wide apart and arch outwards, upwards and then inwards, but 

 ly slightly forwards. Meagher and Vaughan, while apparently accepting 

 .e Hansi as the best breed for Upper India, give several illustrations of the 

 hiwal sub-breed, which would appear to be frequently broken coloured 

 or mixed colours white being rare. According to many writers, the Mont- 

 mery cattle are powerful rivals of the Hansi for the claim of first position as a 

 Ik-yielding stock. They are small, shapely and short-legged animals with 

 ceptionally long tails. The Director of Agriculture, in July 1903, drew up a 

 tement of the breeds of cattle in the Panjab, in which he adds to the above the 

 i or Chenab breed ; the cattle of the Jhang district ; the Dera Ghazi Khan 

 s ; the Dhanni cattle of the Salt Range ; and the Maja cattle of the .up- 

 between the Sutlej and the Ravi. [Cf. Pease, Cattle of Harriana and Siraa, 

 gri. Ledg., 1895, No. 22 ; Meagher and Vaughan, Dairy Farming in India, 41-59 ; 

 Repts. Civil Vet. Dept., 1895-1900.] 



12. Rajputana, Central India, Berar and Hyderabad. The animals of a large 

 portion of the tracts of country indicated naturally approximate very closely 

 to the Hansi breed already briefly indicated. The characteristic cattle of Raj- 



mtana and Central India are invariably pure white, though grey or silver-grey 

 imens are occasionally seen, but broken and mixed colours are unknown. 

 in other large areas, there may- be said to be two sub-races a large animal 

 cially selected and used by the well-to-do as trotting or fast walking animals, 

 >nd the ordinary village or agricultural breed. Mollison calls these collectively 

 Malvi (or Malwi) cattle, and Major Kemp speaks of the liigh-class animal as the 

 Nagore (or Nagar) and the agricultural the Rinda (small) breed. It would seem 

 that throughout the country indicated local names are often given which, like 

 " Nagore," originated from the name of a village or locality specially noted for 

 the superiority of its cattle. Mollison observes that " the head is short, the eyea 



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TJ. Prov. 



.\unpara. 



Koti. 



Hangar. 



Panjab. 



Hanai. 



ohi. 



Kuchi. 



Dhanni. 



ilaja 



Rajputana. 



Trotting. 

 village Breeds. 



