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Cow Protection BOOK 1 ISKCON Ministry of Cow Protection and Agriculture 1 COW PROTECTION BOOK 1 Published by: ISKCON MINISTRY OF COW PROTECTION AND AGRICULTURE In Cooperation with: THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR COW PROTECTION, INC. ISCOWP RD 1 BOX 322 A MOUNDSVILLE WV. 26041, U.S.A. PH# 304-843-1658 E-mail: [email protected] www.iscowp.org Artwork by: Chäya devé, Roberto from Sector 108, Mädhavä Priya däsi, Sädhana Siddhi däs, Photos: ISCOWP, Labangalatika däsi, Cintämaëidäsi 2 This Book is Dedicated to: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda Founder Ächärya of the International Society for Kåñëa Consciousness Without protection of cows, brahminical culture cannot be maintained; and without brahminical culture, the aim of life cannot be fulfilled. - Çrémad-Bhägavatam 8.24.5 Purport 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication 3 Table of Contents 4-6 Introduction 7 ÇRÉLA PRABHUPÄDA ON COW PROTECTION 8-49 PHILOSOPHICAL 9-26 Why Cow Protection? 9 Lord Kåñëa Is a Cowherd Boy 12 The Importance of Protecting the Cow 15 Cow Slaughter 17 Why September 11? Animal Slaughter = War 21 Cow Protection and Economic Development 24 PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL 27-49 Cow Care 28 Milk 31 Cow Dung/Urine 33 Ox Power 37 Land 42 Independent Farm Community Development 46 THE “HOW TO” OF COW PROTECTION 50-152 The Minimum Cow Protection Standards ISKCON Law 507 51 Section 1: Care Standards 52 Section 2: Breeding Standards 59 Section 3: Management Standards 61 Glossary 64 Cow Report Form ISKCON Law 507 66 Cow Care 73-89 Milking The Cows 73 4 Mother Yaçodä’s Or Pütanä’s Milk? 78 Breeding 80 Discussion Of Breeds 82 Homeopathic Cures For Cow Diseases 86 The Death Of A Cow: What To Do? 88 Ox Power 90-120 First Lesson 93 Second Lesson 95 Third Lesson 97 Fourth Lesson 98 The “Kamdhenu” Bullock Drawn Tractor 101 Some Resources On Yokes 103 How To Make A Yoke 104 Making The Irons 113 How To Make An Ox Bow 114 Planting Potatoes By Oxen In England 119 Dung/Urine 120-152 Rajasthan Goseva Sangh 120 Bio-Gas Plant 125 Cow Dung Good Nuclear Shield 130 Medical Uses Of Cow Dung Receive U.S. Patent 131 Dung Is Gold Mine 132-152 HOW TO ESTABLISH COW PROTECTION 153-183 Village Life 154 Memories Of My Boyhood In India 155 Cow Land Trust 158 Community Supported Agriculture 160 Defining CSA, CSA Resource List 160-163 Establishing A Viable Cow Protection Program Through CSA 165 5 The Hare Kåñëa Farm In Mysore 179 Self Sufficient Farms 182 Housing 183 RESOURCES 186-204 CATALOGS/ SOURCEBOOKS 186 Seeds 187 JOURNALS AND BOOK SERVICES 188 BOOKS/ AGRICULTURE 189 Seeds 193 ANIMAL TRACTION/OX POWER 193 Books/Publications 194 Organizations 195 Videos 196 BOOKS/ COMMUNITY 196 Housing, Housing Publications 197/198 Skills 198 Tools 198 BOOKS/ COWS 199 Breeds/Breeding 199 Cow Care 199 Barns 200 Bookkeeping 201 Feeding 201 Fencing 201 Health Care 202 Hoof Care 203 Milking 203 Transporting 203 Water 204 6 ISCOWP Headquarters we established in 1993. The ISCOWP News has ISCOWP Farm, New Våndävan been in print since 1990. The accumulation of February 6, 2003 knowledge in these issues and from the conference has now become obviously worth Dear Reader, categorizing. This book is the first attempt in that project. The goal is to eventually produce Please accept our humble obeisances. All other books that specialize in various aspects: i.e. glories to Çréla Prabhupäda! training oxen, setting up a Vaiñëava farm, etc. This book will be helpful to you if you are Since agriculture varies greatly geographically feeling the importance of becoming involved in we always advise that you also consult with the some way with cow protection, with a devotee local farming people in your area for practical farm project, or are embarking on starting your information. Of course, in cases when they are own farm project. By no means does it contain not Vaiñëava, you can only absorb the all you need to know. However, it does provide a information that will be in cooperation with general understanding of the major topics you your Vaiñëava philosophy. The “old timers” in will need to be familiar with to successfully your area possess so much knowledge that may participate in this wonderful aspect of Kåñëa become lost if you don’t acquire it. consciousness. A substantial resource section is offered that provides you with extensive Besides the practical information, we have knowledge in particular topics that you may have compiled quotes from Çréla Prabhupäda that a keen interest in. Many of these books are on support and explain cow protection and the our own bookshelves and have proven to be very importance of Vaiñëava farm communities. helpful in our own quest to learn more and more These can be used by you either for your own the intricacies of living with the cows and the inspiration or to present these topics to others. land. We humbly thank the Bhaktivedanta Archives for their wonderful VedaBase from which we Please forgive any mistakes you may find in acquired most of the quotes. this publication. Actively living on a farm and caring for 25 cows and oxen and other critters, Our heartfelt appreciation and growing as much of our own food as possible and acknowledgement is offered to all the preserving it for the winter, heating with wood contributors whose articles and comments appear from our forests, supplying firewood for about 10 on these pages. We have tried to give their local families, and operating the ISCOWP office, contact information whenever possible so that doesn’t leave a lot of time for academic you may contact them for further discussion and proficiency. This is a small printing with the help. Many of them have many years of idea that after feedback and finer tuning we can experience that will be useful to you. A special print more extensively. So, if you find some thanks goes to our daughter Lakshmi devé who mistakes or would like to see some additional helped in so many ways to bring this book out of topics added, please let us know. Also, we are the ISCOWP office into your hands, and to interested in your comments. Pandu däs ([email protected]) and his wife Leslie Howard for final editing. Many of the articles that appear in this publication have previously appeared in some Your servants at the: issue of the ISCOWP News and/or from e-mail International Society for Cow Protection discussions from the COM Cow conference that 7 ÇRÉLA PRABHUPÄDA ON COW PROTECTION PHILOSOPHICAL PHILOSOPHICAL WHY COW PROTECTION? PURPORT: Highlights: "Cow protection is the most important The defenseless creatures, according to business of the human society ...human civilization Brahma-saàhitä, are the cows, brähmaëas, will advance only on the basis of brahminical culture women, children and old men. Of these five, the and cow protection….the cow is your mother…. he brähmaëas and cows are especially mentioned in (bull) is your father…..the protection of the lives of this verse because the Lord is always anxious both the human beings and the animals is the first about the benefit of the brähmaëas and the cows and foremost duty of a government….." and is prayed to in this way. The Lord especially instructs, therefore, that no one should be There are many other animals. Why particularly envious of these five, especially the cows and cow? Because cow protection is the most brähmaëas. In some of the Bhägavatam readings, important business of the human society. In the word duhitèù is used instead of duhatéù. But offering obeisances to Kåñëa, it is said, namo in either case, the meaning is the same. Duhatéù brahmaëya-deväya go-brähmaëa-hitäya ca: “I offer means “cow,” and duhitèù can also be used to my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme mean “cow” because the cow is supposed to be Person, who is the protector of the brähmaëas and the daughter of the sun-god. the cows.” Go-brähmaëa-hitäya ca jagad-dhitäya. The first qualification is that He protects the Just as children are taken care of by the parents, brähmaëas and the cows. Next, He protects the women as a class should be taken care of by the whole world. Jagad-dhitäya kåñëa. And He is father, husband or grown-up son. Those who are Kåñëa, govindäya, this Govinda. So the example is helpless must be taken care of by their respective set by the Supreme Personality of Godhead that guardians, otherwise the guardians will be human civilization will advance only on the basis subjected to the punishment of Yamaräja, who is of brahminical culture and cow protection. appointed by the Lord to supervise the activities of sinful living creatures. The assistants, or As soon as there is falldown from brahminical messengers, of Yamaräja are likened here to culture, and as soon as there is discrepancy in the vultures, and those who do not execute their protection of cows, there will be no more peace in respective duties in protecting their wards are the world. Therefore He specifically said, compared to serpents. Vultures deal very go-brähmaëa-hitäya ca. This Kåñëa consciousness seriously with serpents, and similarly the movement is for the protection of brahminical messengers will deal very seriously with culture and cows. -Çréla Prabhupäda neglectful guardians. Lecture, December 04,1968, Los Angeles -Çrémad-Bhägavatam 3.16.10 TRANSLATION: Cow protection means feeding the brahminical The brähmaëas, the cows and the defenseless culture, which leads towards God consciousness, creatures are My own body. Those whose faculty and thus perfection of human civilization is of judgment has been impaired by their own sin achieved.