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IL-THE KIEKEE CIVIL DAIEY, 

 190607. 



I. Introduction. 



The objects of the Dairy are : 



(1) To afford instructions for the students of the 

 College of Agriculture. 



(2) To serve as a model Dairy to the public. 



(3) To give opportunity for experiments in feeding and 

 dairying. 



(4) To improve dairy breeds. 



(5) To supply pure milk to the invalids and children of 

 Poona. 



(6) To allow owners of milch cattle the free services 

 of good bulls. 



II. Health of animals. 



2. The Dairy was seriously handicapped in this year's work 

 owing to outbreaks of two contagious diseases, mz. foot-and- 

 mouth disease and rinderpest. No animals were lost from the 

 former, but their milk yields were appreciably reduced. 



Rinderpest was very common in the district and as a precau- 

 tionary measure the entire herd was inoculated in November and 

 again in January. The disease made its first appearance in the 

 herd in February and a third inoculation was performed. But 

 even in spite of the three inoculations 18 animals were attacked 

 and 10 succumbed to this deadly disease. Among the cattle kept 

 at Manjri Kuran, which had also undergone two inoculations, there 

 were 34 attacks but the mortality was less as only 4 died. 



Rinderpest was more fatal in the case of Australian animals, ji 

 English-Indian hybrids and Adens. Only one Gir was attacked. ! 

 Among the second class was the hybrid short-horn Aden known i 

 as Harishi whose jnilk record for previous 4 years averaged 

 nearly 6,000 Ibs. "The Dairy has two heifers and a bull out of 

 her. " The Aden herd was reduced to two bulls, one cow and a ' 

 calf ; but two more have been purchased recently. 



Twelve buffaloes aborted soon after the casting for inocula- 

 tion, rendering them useless for the season. 



