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The horse-dealer is much in evidence and comparatively few pur- 

 chases are made except through the dealer middleman who buys up 

 most of the animals belonging to breeders before they come into the 

 fairs. 



A very small proportion of the animals in the fairs are bred in the 

 Auaritsar District and the horse fairs held at Amritsar are not successful 

 because A mritsar is a horse breeding district but because it is centrally 

 and conveniently situated. 



VII. GENERAL. 



74. An extensive tour was made through the district every part being 



visited. A large number of villages adioining the 

 Work on tour. . J 



routes were inspected, the people interviewed and the 



animals examined. Cases of foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, haamorr- 

 hagic septicaemia, gillar, etc., were found and investigated and in some 

 cases post-mortems were performed. Careful enquiries in regard to the 

 incidence of disease generally were made. The inoculation and other work 

 of the veterinary staff was checked also. 



The Veterinary Inspector of the division and the itinerating veterinary 

 assistant of the district accompanied me throughout. They both had a 

 very good knowledge of the district, the stock in it and the agricultural 

 conditions generally. They were also well acquainted with the people who 

 appeared to have full con6dence in them. 



75. The veterinary hospitals at Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Ajnala 



were inspected and found in good order. The 

 The veterinary hospitals. . ,, - 



former is supported by the Araritsar Municipality 



and the two latter by the District Board. The attendance of patients is 

 increasing rapidly at Tarn Taran and Ajnala and that at Amritsar which 

 is an old established hospital is satisfactory. The people in the neigh- 

 bourhood of the tahsil hospitals especially appeared to know and appreciate 

 the advantages to be gained from them. There is no doubt that hospitals 

 are very advantageous to the people within a radius of about ten miles. 

 Cases are brought in frequently also from villages outside the ten mile 

 radius, several instances of twenty miles having come to notice. Indoor 



