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the stock can be improved by the judicious distribution of good 

 bulls by district boards. The people should be encouraged to 

 bear some part of the cost of the animals provided. The experiment 

 of attaching a number ot bulls to villages well situated as regards 

 climate and grazing deserves attention. The most satisfactory 

 system of maintaining stud bulls is that they should be owned 

 either by co-operative societies or by individuals, and that fees 

 should be charged for their service. Under such a system the 

 present difficulties of maintenance will disappear (Chapter XXI ii). 

 The class of bulls provided by private individuals at present 

 is capable of much improvement. Villages should be encouraged, 

 to refuse gifts of bulls which fail to reach a proper standard 

 Rewards and sanads should be freely given to individuals who 

 present really good bulls for the use of the public. Efforts should 

 be made to eliminate worn out and unsuitable sires which should 

 either be castrated or made over to the local gaushala. The 

 distribution and management of the bulls of a district should be 

 entrusted to a strong sub-committee of the District Board 

 (Chapter XXI ii and Hi). 



(ii)Gows and Buffaloes. 



In breeding districts the number of cows is satisfactory and 

 may be expected to increase largely with a succession of good 

 years. If adequate arrangements are made for fodder supply in 

 years of drought, it may be hoped that the numbers will not in 

 future be subject to the sudden fluctuations which have been so 

 unfortunate a feature of the recent droughts. 



In highly cultivated districts breeding receives little atten- 

 tion, and, as the buffalo is more profitable as a dairy animal, the 

 number of cows tends to decrease (Chapter XI). 



The valuable breed of milch cattle in Montgomery is drawn 

 upon to such an extent that it is in danger of extinction. In 

 distributing land on the new canal the question of providing fully 

 adequate grazing reserves should be considered, as well as the ad- 

 visability of special rates for irrigating lands which are intended as 

 permanent pasture. In view of the experiment recently undertaken 

 by the Deputy Commissioner of Montgomery in leasing land as 

 | a breeding dep6t for cows of the Sahiwal type tbe grant of lands 

 on special terms for this puropose should be considered in dis- 

 tributing the area to be irrigated by new canals. (XI ii and XIII). 



The attention of Deputy Commissioners should be directed to 

 the efforts now being made in Lyallpur to induce cow-keepers to 

 pay more attention to their young stock (XXI iv). 



The increase in the number of buffaloes throughout the 

 province is one of the features of present agricultural conditions. 



