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persuade them to specialize in the breeds suited to the country in 

 which their lands are situated. Hitherto they have received encourage- 

 ment principally in the matter of horse-breeding, but when once 

 their attention is directed to the importance and profits of scienti- 

 fic cattle-breeding they may be expected to enter upon it with 

 enthusiasm. Courts of Wards have expended large sum in starting 

 stud farms for horse-breeding, few of which have obtained perma- 

 nent success. Cattle-breeding is a less costly pursuit, and with 

 reasonably good management should be far more profitable than 

 horse-breeding. The Civil Veterinary Department would no 

 doubt gladly assist with expert advice if required. 



(vit). Improvement of the milk supply. 



The Deputy Commissioner of Jhelum suggests that if District 

 Boards can afford the initial outlay, they should start model dairy 

 farms, and urges the importance of giving the people an object 

 lesson in scientific dairying. But if an object lesson is all that is 

 required the Military Dairy Farms at Lahore, Ambala and Rawal- 

 pindi already provide the very best instruction in modern dairy, 

 ing methods; and the Military authorities, it is believed, would 

 be prepared to show these arrangements to duly accredited 

 visitors. The Director of Agriculture could no doubt arrange 

 for persons interested in starting dairy farms in civil stations to 

 inspect the Military Dairy Farms, or even for a course of instruc- 

 tion. As has been stated private ventures of this kind already 

 exist in Lahore, Delhi and other places. The development of 

 this class of industry for the population in civil stations may well 

 be left to private enterprise. 



But, although it may be unnecessary for Government to 

 embark on further expenditure in the shape of model dairy farms, 

 there are departments of Government to whom such institutions 

 are almost necessities. For instance, the large and yearly in- 

 creasing Railway colony in Lahore might well be catered for 

 by a dairy run on the same lines as the military dairy farms. 

 The milk could be collected at centres, say in the Montgomery 

 or Lyallpur districts, asd separated on the spot, the cream 

 railed into Lahore, and made up into butter, in the same way as 

 the Ambala cantonment is supplied with cream for butter-mak- 

 ing from collecting centres in the Karnal district. The milk 

 supply would need to be arranged for by a dairy farm in the 

 vicinity of Lahore on the same lines as the dairy farm in Lahore 

 cantonments. Besides the North Western Railway, other Go- 

 vernment institutions such as the Mayo Hospital, the Central 

 Jail and the Aitchison College are all interested in the supply 

 of pure milk, it would appear that there is as much, if not more 



