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GOATS. 



IrOATS. 



(t) Tracts in which goats are kept and to what extent. Recent increase 

 or decrease in the number of goats and causes. Facilties for goat keeping. 

 For what purposes kept. Present receipts and profits compared with those 

 in previous years. 



SHEEP. 

 (7) As for goats. 



APPENDIX NO. 3. 



AGRICULTURAL CIRCULAR No. 1. 



STUD CATTLE. 



1. A working plan should be framed for each district fixing the type 

 A working plan to of bul1 to be su PP lied > tne number to be purchased 



be framed for the annually and the standard scale to be maintained, and 

 regular supply of this programme should be carefully adhered to, subject 

 bulls ' to such revision as may be dictated by experience. 



Success in the improvement of agricultural stock will depend largely on 

 systematic and sustained action. In deciding on the type of bull needed, 

 the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, should be consulted. 

 Each district must be taken on its merits and, in some cases, certain local- 

 ities within districts require different breeds. In framing a programme, 

 the efficient life of a bull may be assumed to be 7 or 8 years. 



2. Stud-bred bulls for breeding can be obtained by District Officers 



from the Government Cattle Farm at Hissar on annual - 

 a 8 ?*? 5 ? ?v s n pply indent. I| may be accepted that bulls from Hissar are 

 generally suitable for the Bouthern districts of the 

 Province. 



3. Indents for bulls supplied by the Hissar Cattle Farm must be in 



, form A annexed. They should be submitted to the 

 taining 6 bulls^from Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, by the 

 the Hissar Cattle 1st of September in each year, and, except in special 

 Farm, cases, no attention will be paid to indents received late. 



The Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Department, will forward a consoli- 

 dated indent to the officer in charge of the Hissar Cattle Farm. He will 

 also proceed in due course to the cattle farm, inspect the bulls available, 

 and allot them to the various districts. A copy of the consolidated indent 

 will be sent to the Director of Agriculture, with a note as to the number 

 of bulls actually supplied to each district. 



4. Bulls will be supplied by the Hissar Cattle Farm at a fixed rate 

 Payment for bulls of KB - 20 eaclL - Payment should be made to the 



supplied from the Superintendent of the farm immediately on the receipt 

 Hissar farm. o f a \ ) {\] t 



5. Where Hissar bulls are not suitable, or are not available in 



sufficient numbers, Local Bodies should make their own 

 i ^ chase of I* 1 ? 8 arrangements for purchase. It should be easy to obtain 



the small number of bulls required annually by purchase N 

 in the villages or at fairs through a select committee of experienced 

 agriculturists, of which it is advisable that the Veterinary Inspector of 



