Supplement to the " Tropical Agrkulturist." 
[April 1, 1899. 
tbo wrong side ot the accous'.ts. Tiiere is always 
a risk of coiitaf;ion, bocaii~e c:ittle disease and its 
spread is uncontrolled. Tlio d.i:i;,'er to private 
owners i-i infeciion of lieiltliy cattle and conseque;it 
lo.<o. The danger to tlie public is perhaps more 
serious, because the sale of milk from di-^eased 
cattle is also uncontrolled. Fortimaiely, ho.vever, 
in the cise of a cow, nnd especially in the case of 
a buffalo, milk secretion stops if fever becomes 
high and illness aevere. 
We have a full reserve supply of fodder on hand, 
and ftt the end of each monsoon a supply sufficient 
for a full year will always be in stock. In former 
reports the objects aimed at in onr catllu-b■■e^■dillg 
operations have been fully di>cu sed. The primary 
object i- breeding for milk, and in doing ho the 
iudigenous breeds under trial are m lintained pure. 
Inherent characteristics of pure breeds, which 
have taken probably centuries to stamp, are 
deformed by cross-breeding, and in c on-equence I 
do not believe in the practice. There is good 
enough pure breed material in the country, if 
properly selected, and 1 have pleasure in being able 
to point now to young animals bred on the farm 
which give great promise of being specially good 
milkers. Wo lost by rinderpest three years igQ 
nearly all the first produce from cows mated at 
the farm, otherwi-e our oijorations would have 
made better progress. Sind cattle will, I believe, 
proTe our most satisfactory milk breed, although 
they have shown one failing m the Deccan, which, 
if inherited by offspring, would be rather disastrous. 
The cows at parturition are peculiarly Huscaptible 
of inflammation of the uddyr, and in the case of 
deep m lkerj, no remedial precautioiH th it can ba 
taken is quite effective. Imported iinimaU are 
more susceptible than heifers or cowg brel on tl:e 
farm, and perhaps in stock bred in tue Demean the 
trouble may disaiip^ar. The direct cause, 1 belie e, 
1 1 be the change from the dry naturally drained 
alluvial soils and rainless climate of Sind to the 
chill d imp climate and the cold floors of birea in 
the D-'ccan, p articularly in the monsoon. 
The daily sup))lie- milk and butter to the Com- 
mi-sariat Deparlm 'tit for soldiers in hospituU ftt 
ordinary rates and to the public at rates fixed pur- 
posely higher than iu private dairies. Improved 
meMiod ;iud tlie manipulation of improved dairy 
mncliinery are taught to natives. Those whocora's 
to lo irn have to work The trade in butter, and other 
dairy ))ro:luce m ide by improved methods, i* now 
in India enonn ins, and the B )rabay Agricultural 
Dopar; m.-nt can take credit for iuitiatiug this trade. 
Tl)e services of farm bulls are given gratis for 
all healthy cows and freely taken advantage of. 
Full information regarding the manngeroent of 
duiry cuttle in India and regarding milk and milk 
products will be found in two pamphlets, whieh I 
have written for the Agricultural Ledijer series, and 
full descriptions of the various breeds of cattle of 
the Presidency and of the conditions under which 
these breeds are bred will shortly Iw published, 
illustrated by photographs of numerous typical 
speciinerifc. 
Dairy Herd, 1897-1898. 
o . 
Increase 
Deci: 
EASK. 
Valuation, 
fcc 
■~ so 
00 
o'hcc 
Description. 
rength on 
t April, 1 
i-chased ot 
nsf erred. 
Born. 
H 
Sold. 
Died. 
ansferred. 
Total. 
rength on 
. of .\pril. 
CD 
1898. 
Increase ' 
ccroase dv 
1887-189 
H 
a 
Cows. 
Stud Bulls 
7 
1 
1 
G 
405 
435 
+m 
Cows 
33 
"3 
'3 
"2 
3 
5 
31 
1915 
1550 
—365 
Heifers ... 
7 
12 
12 
1 
1 
18 
260 
570 
+ 310 
Cow Calves 
19 
"s 
8 
"3 
*6 
11 
20 
7 
240 
70 
—170 
BuU „ 
26 
10 
10 
17 
6 
23 
13 
345 
260 
—85 
Total... 
92 
15 
18 
33 
22 
12 
16 
50 
75 
3165 
2885 
-280 
Bu ffaloes. 
1 
1 
170 
150 
-20 
Bull Buffaloes 
3 
2 
Slie ,, 
47 
"e 
6 
5 
2 
7 
46 
4060 
2.3<J0 
—1760 
Heifers ... 
16 
5 
5 
1 
1 
20 
613 
500 
—11,3 
She Bufialoe Calves 
25 
1 
"9 
10 
2 
5 
7 
28 
227 
460 
-f233 
Bull „ „ •■■ 
9 
5 
16 
21 
8 
6 
14 
16 
80 
80 
-f 50 
Total... 
100 
17 
25 
42 
13 
12 
5 
30 
112 
5100 
3490 
—1610 
Dairy Cart Horses . . . 
2 
2 
150 
200 
+ 50 
