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In the areas near each important town a survey will be made 

 of the production of milk and the scope for increasing the same as 

 well as of the consumption and utilisation of the milk. This will 

 provide data for a comprehensive scheme of work (Scheme 19.2). 



Arrangements will then be made for the supply of milk from 

 the rural areas to the towns. Cattlo owners will be organised coopera- 

 tively for milk production and milk recording. A Milk Union will 

 be set up which will collect the milk from the producing areas, 

 arrange for its transport, process it and distribute it, providing the 

 necessary refrigeration and cold storage arrangements (Scheme 

 19.3). 



This will be supplemented by arrangements for the supply of 

 clean water in villages where necessary (Scheme 19.4). 



Dairy farms will be set up for the production of both milk and 

 bulls ; cows and buffaloes will be maintained on green fodder grown 

 at the farm, the dry fodder required being purchased from the neigh- 

 bourhood (Scheme 19.5). 



Farms will also be established for the salvage of dry stock from 

 cities and the rearing of young animals (Scheme 19.6). 



Rural creameries will be established for making butter, milk 

 powder etc. in areas where the milk cannot be utilised as fluid milk; 

 this will secure the proper utilisation of the milk produced, prevent 

 wastage and enable the producers to get better value for it (Scheme 

 19.7). 



The village methods of manufacturing ghee will be replaced 

 by cream separators in selected places ; this will give a higher out-turn 

 of ghee and have the skim milk for the use of villagers (Scheme 

 19.7). 



Apart from the staff required for the individual schemes men- 

 tioned above, special staff will be appointed specifically for helping 

 in dairy development (Scheme 19.9). 



23. Gaushalas. Steps will be taken for the reorganisation 

 and improvement of Gaushalas so that they may take up the produc- 

 tion of more milk, the breeding of cattle on scientific lines and the 

 salvage of dry cattle. For this purpose land will be placed at their 

 disposal for grazing cattle, and for growing fodder. They will be 

 supplied on suitable terms with pure bred cows and bulls and helped 

 to put up cattle sheds and dairy equipment (Scheme 20). 



