CATTLE SURVEY OF THE AMRITSAR DISTRICT. 



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61. The usual kharif pulses are grown and the straws are used for 



fodder. Moth (phaseolus aconitifolius) bhusa is 

 a valuable fodder for cattle especially milch cows. 



62. Cotton seed is commonly given to milch cows in the cold season 

 Cotton seed ^ increase the fatty properties of the milk, 



63. Grazing for cattle in the Amritsar District is practically confined 

 to that obtainable in very limited quantity in the 

 f rukhs ' mentioned in Chapter I and in the ' Bet ' 



or lowlying land on the banks of the Beas and Ravi. Any waste land 

 near villages on which cattle are nominally turned out to graze is gene- 

 rally useless equally for cultivation and grazing owing to the presence 

 of < kallar'. Hay is not made in this district to any extent as grass is 

 scarce, but in the t rukhs ' the contractors occasionally stack hay after 

 a good season. 



Grasses. 



64. The following are the principal grasses, etc., found in the 

 district with their botanical names and feeding 

 qualities : 



* Baru occasionally causes poisonous symptoms. 



