Superintendent of the Civil Veterinary Department no less than 

 the breeding grounds of flissar and Chakwal. 



There is perhaps less urgency for similar arrangements in 

 the Dera Ghazi Khan district but the matter should not be lost 

 sight of. 



(ii). District Board Bulls. 



The provision of good bulls will always remain the principal 

 field for District Board action with regard to cattle-breeding. As 

 has been pointed out above, with the improvement of the class of 

 bull now turned out from the Hissar Cattle Farm, the quality of the 

 bulls provided by District Boards cannot be gainsaid. Their dis- 

 tribution requires more attention than it obtains at present. In 

 every district localities will be found with sufficient grazing facili- 

 ties, where the climate has not been spoilt by excessive irrigation. 

 In such centres it might be possible to build up an excellent breed 

 if a number of bulls were stationed there and the resulis carefully 

 watched. The excellence of the cattle near Keri and Jehazgarh in 

 the Rohtak District is due to the efforts of a Nawab of Jhajjar, 

 who. some 80 years ago, imported a number of Nagor bulls and 

 placed them in the villages near Jhajjar, In the villages of the 

 old Skinner Estate a similar course was followed. The Dajal 

 breed in Dera Ghazi Khan owes its reputation to steady importa- 

 tions of Bhagnari bulls into the villages of the neighbourhood of 

 Dajal. It is understood that the District Board of Lahore con- 

 template action in this direction, and this example might well be 

 followed in other districts. 



The difficulties experienced in arranging for the maintenance 

 of these bulls arise very largely from the fact that the bulls are pro- 

 vided free of charge. The zamindars of the villages where they 

 are stationed having incurred no expense in procuring the bulls are 

 only remotely concerned in caring for what they consider the pro- 

 perty of the Board. The Civil Veterinary officers point out that far 

 better results would be obtained and the animals would be far 

 better cared for if the bulls, which at present are turned loose to 

 wander with the herds and are owned by no one in 

 particular, were the property of individuals who were interest- 

 ed in securing fees for the bull's services. As has been 

 mentioned, the practice of individuals charging fees for their 

 bull's services is extremely rare, and only found in except- 

 tional cases in Chakwal. It has been suggested to prosperous 

 agricultural co-operative credit societies that the purchase of bulls 

 would be a profitable outlet for their superfluous funds. The 

 answer has always been that so long as the District Board 

 provides bulls free of charge, there is no reason why co-operative 

 credit societies should pay for them. This answer provides as 



