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2 or 3 generations past to have been of the desired type. 

 In arranging for the feed of cattle, paddocks with shady 

 trees are a sine qua non. Juar, kurti } millets, khesari 

 and other cheap grains, bran and oil-cakes are the 

 principal food-stuffs, besides straw, that should be depended 

 upon. The oil-cake should be bought but the other things 

 should be grown, if possible, on the premises. Good water is 

 of first consideration. 



1,003. Under the head of trouble comes changing of litter 

 or bedding, keeping the house clean, avoiding all ailments by 

 watching the progress of the cattle day by day. If they go 

 off their feed or cease to ruminate, disease should be inferred. 

 Negligent milking and neglect of sanitary conditions 

 generally, in the dairy, may result not only in diseases of 

 animals, but the diseases may be communicated to human 

 beings. Tuberculosis, scarlatina, typhoid fever, diptheria, 

 cholera, Cholera infantum^ and other diseases in the human 

 subject have been traced to infected milk. Scrupulous clean- 

 liness in every detail is needed, especially in dairy manage- 

 ment. One man should be employed for looking after and 

 milking only 8 to 10 cows. Mismanagement must take place 

 if one man has to look after a large number of dairy cows. 



CHAPTER XCVI. 



GOAT-KEEPING. 



C* OATS will eat almost anything and no fodder crops need 



be grown for them if there is enough of jungle land at 



one's disposal. It is easy to maintain 10 or 12 goats on the 



pasture which is required for one cow. Jungle or hill land 



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