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APPENDIX No. 2. 



SYNOPSIS OF DISTRICT REPORTS ON THE CATTLE TRADE OF THE 



PUNJAB. 



BULLOCKS, Cows AND BUFFALOES. 



(a) Exporting tracts. Tracts in which cattle are bred for sale. By 

 what classes breeding is carried on. Status and condition of professional 

 graziers. Breeds of cattle. Arrangements for bulls. Arrangements for 

 grazing and feeding. Method of disposal of stock and destination. Range 

 of prices. Present prices compared with prices in past years. Profits of 

 breeding. Increase or decrease in breeding in recent years and causes. 



(6) Importing tracts. Tracts into which cattle are imported. Tracts 

 from which obtained and breeds. Means by which imported (itinerant 

 traders or fairs). Range of prices. Present prices compared with prices 

 in recent years. Are purchases from cattle dealers generally for cash or 

 on credit ? If on credit, what are the usual terms ? If a fair is held in the 

 district, statistics should be given showing the tracts from which cattle are 

 brought, the approximate number, and the sales under each head. 



NOTE () Bullocks and cows and (u) male and cow buffaloes should be dealt with separately 

 as in ^ a) and (6). 



(c) Home "breeding. Any extension of the practice by agriculturists of 

 breeding cattle for their own use. Probability of further extension with ruling 

 high prices. Sufficiency of grazing facilities. Possibility of expansion of 

 grazing grounds or of more extentsive production of fodder crops if grazing 

 facilities are inadequate. Quality of the cattle locally bred as compared with 

 cattle bought from graziers. Local arrangements for bulls and suggestions 

 for improvement. 



(d) Dairying. Localities in which dairying is carried on and to what 

 extent. Class of dairy animals. In what form produce is marketed. Cattle 

 foods. Yield of milk. Profits of dairying. Recent increase in prices of 

 dairy produce. Expansion if any of dairying in recent years and causes. 



(e) Supply of farm cattle, Adequacy of supply of cattle for agricultural 

 purposes. Is it considered that there has been any improvement or 

 deterioration in quality in recent years ? Suitability of the male stock of the 

 best milch cattle for agricultural purposes. 



(f) Grazing grounds. The extent and the character of the grazing 

 grounds belonging (i) to Government and (ii) to private individuals. To 

 what extent are they utilised and what developments if any are possible 

 to maintain or extend the cattle-breeding industry, or to make the maximum 

 provision for scarcity years ? 



(g) Fodder. Methods of conserving fodder. Their cost and efficacy 

 and how far resorted to. Is fodder generally 'sufficient in seasons of short 

 rainfall ? If rot, in what tracts is there a serious deficiency, and how is the 

 shortage usually met ? \Vhat steps appear practicable to lessen the shortage 



n bad seasons ? 



(h) The trade in hides and "bones. Description. Receipts on account 

 of the sale of hides and bones. 



