EXPENDITURE. 



Rs. 



Cost of cow-buffalo 5 years 1 old .., ... 80 



Cost of feeding for 10 years at Rs. 12 per mensem during 

 the time the animal is in milk and Rs. 6 for the re- 

 mainder ... ... ... ... 10,080 



Accidents and contingencies ... ... 80 



1,240 



INCOME. 



Sale of 4| maunds of ghi per year or 22| maunds for 



5 years 



Sale of four surviving calves assumed to be half males 

 and half females ... 



And as one buffalo will save a family of 6 persons 

 6 annas a day during the 5 years she is in milk we 

 may add ... ... ... ... 



Total 



The annual profit of Rs. 55 per annum on the original outlay 

 of Rs. 80 thus calculated, allowing an ample margin for errors 

 in estimates, explains the increasing popularity of the cow- 

 buffalo. 



These estimates of profit relating as they do to high class 

 animals for which there is an established demand are too high for 

 the ordinary non-breeding district. But they indicate to some 

 extent the value of the cattle-breeding industry to the province as 

 a whole. The Settlement Officer of Delhi calculates the annual 

 profit from a cow to be Rs. 25 to Rs. 30 and of a buffalo Rs. 40 to 

 Rs. 50. The latter estimate corroborates the flissar figures. In 

 the case of the cow the Delhi calculation was for a dairy animal 

 belonging r o Ghos s, in whiuh case the profits wouLJ nn<lou*>t^dly be 

 greater tli an those derived from an animal kept merely for 

 breeding. 



XVII. THE MEAT TRADE. 



The zamindar is debarred by religion and custom from what 

 in other countries is a mosb profitable form of stock-breeding, 

 the rearing of cattle for the meat market. No Hindu fanner 

 will knowingly, or at any rate openly, part with his cattle to a 



