CATTLE SURVEY OF THE AMRITSAK DISTRICT. 



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it is not so easy for donkeys to live the parasitic existence they did at one 

 time. There was considerable mortality among donkeys in the Amritsar 

 District in 1 908 from disease and starvation. 



29. 



Horse and mule 

 ing. 



breed- 



The Army Remount Department keeps 6 horses at stud in the 

 district and 14 donkeys for mule breeding. In 

 addition, 10 pony stallions are kept by the district 

 board for pony breeding under the supervision of 

 the Army Remount Department. The following figures which have been 

 kindly supplied by. the Superintendent show the number of branded 

 irares and the number of young stock got by Government and district 

 board stallions during the past five years. 



Sheep. 



30. The cultivators of the Amritsar District do not keep sheep but 

 there are a few herds belonging to the " kamins " 



(village menials). 



The number has decreased according to the last census mainly owing 

 to the mortality in the autumn of 1908 from parasitic disease (gillar). 



The sheep of the Amritsar District present no special characteristics 

 being of the ordinary f desi' or indigenous variety. They are usually 

 white in colour with brown markings but some are black. The males 

 are sold to butchers who take them to the larger cities and cantonments 

 for sale. 



