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Law BookieUM. *.4LgeDt8 for Income-tax, Law and allied PublloatlODi only. tAgontg for Puhllcatloas on Aviation ionly. €h 3wpmaP Council of J^c^tkuUuxat (S^tBmc^ V FURTHER SURVEY OF SOME IMPOR- TANT BREEDS OF CATTLE AND BUFFALOES IN INDIA BY F. WARE CLE,, F.R.C.V.S., F.N.I., I.V.S. AniiDal Husbandry Coinmissioner with the Government of India et^c^' REF^^ PUBLISHED BY THB MANAGER or PUBUCATIONS, DELHI PBINTED BY THE MANAQEB, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PBBSS, NBW Pn^t 1941 CONTENTS PAGE ^NTBODUCTICWJ I DKSCKIPTION or BREEDS- ALAMBADI CATTLB 3 BACHAruB CATTLE 4 BABGTJH CATTLE 6 DANOI CATTLE 6 HissAB CATTLE 7 KSNiFABiyA CATTLE 8 KHEBIOABH CATTLE 9 LOHANI CATTLE 10 PoirwAB CATTLE 11 SiBI CATTLE 12 KtrUDHI BUrPALO 13 NiLI BTJPTALO . 14 RAVI BtwrALO . 15 SUBTI BUFFALO 16 INTRODUCTION N Miscellaneous Bulletin No. 17 of this Council Col. Sir Arthur Olver, the then Animal Husbandry Expert to the Council published a very valuable contribu Ition to our knowledge regarding the best-known breeds of cattle and buffaloes in India, and further photographs of prize-winners at the All-India Cattle Show of these same breeds have been reproduced in this Council's Miscellaneous Bulletins No. 24 and No. 46. As indicated by the title, these Bulletins did not pretend to exhaust the recog nized breeds of cattle and buffaloes in India and the present pubHcation is an attempt to bring the series up-to-date. In undertaking this further work one naturally lays oneself open to criticism in connection with what may be called ' border-line ' breeds, i.e. animals in regard to which opinion is divided as to whether they constitute a separate breed or are merely a geographical type or a variety or strain of some recognized breed, and this, of course, wiU always be the case while a new breed is in process of formation. We have examples of this in the Dajjal strain of the Bhagnari, the Karnal variety of the Tharparkar, and some breeders still assert that Kundhi, Nili and Ravi buffaloes are merely geographical types of the Murrah breed. The point, therefore, is not one about which hard and fast rules can be laid down and to some extent the division between a breed and a variety or type must remain a matter of opinion. The j)rinciple which has been followed in this work has been to select for inclusion as breeds those specimens which are found" in large numbers spread over a considerable area, which possess definite characteristics differing from those of other recognized breeds, and are said to have the power of transmitting those characteristics, i.e. of being able to breed true to type, over successive generations. The future wiU show to what extent the present Ust of recognized breeds is correct. In due course it may become necessary to elevate further varieties and include them as distinct breeds, or on the other hand to remove from the list of recog nized breeds certain of those now included. It is hoped that this publication will result in more interest being taken in this subject, and it is felt that if it encourages those concerned with any doubtful breeds to develop them up to the standard of a recognized breed, it will have done something towards the expansion on sound lines of cattle breeding in India. In the compilation of this bulletin much useful help has been received from the following provincial officers :— 1. Mr R. W. Ldttlewood (Madras). 2. Mr E. J. Bruen (Bombay). 3. Mr T. H. Naqvi (United Provinces). BREEDS OF CATTLE AND BUFFALOES IN INDIA 4. Mr Sultan Singh (United Provinces). 5. Khan Sahib A. M. Ulvi (Sind). 6. Mr S. M. Sarwar (N. W. F. P.). 7. Capt. U. W. F. Walker (Punjab). 8. Mr P. N. Nanda (Punjab). 9. Mr F. J. Gossip (Bengal). 10. Mr M. I. Malik (Bihar). A special word of praise is also due to Mr K. P. R. Karhta of the Animal Hus bandry Bureau of the Council, who has spent much time and thought on the collection and collation of the material. I Alambadi bull (from the south of the tract) I Alambadi bull (from the north of the tract) PLATE i ] I Alambadi cow Alambadi bullocks [ PLATE 2 BREEDS 01'" CATTLE AND BUFFALOES IN INDIA 3 DESCRIPTION OF BREEDS ALAMBADI CATTLE HESE cattle are bred in the hilly tracts of north Salem and north Coimbatore districts of the Madras Province adjoining the Mysore State and are reared Tmostly on forest grazing. It is doubtful whether these animals should be considered as representing a pure breed or an offshoot of the Hallikar breed of Mysore. The male stock are generally sold as yearlings at big fairs to ryots who rear and sell them as work cattle. They are very active and hardy animals and can live on scanty rations. They are in good demand for cart and mhote work and should be regarded as purely a draught breed.