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Agriculture and Livestock in India

1937

Only by systematic and properly controlled investigation of the feeding values of locally grown foodstuffs in relation to the requirements of the live-stock of the country is it possible to make the best use of the great variety of cattle foods which can satifactorily be grown under the varying conditions of soil and climate which exist in this sub-continent. [...] It seems in fact that while the supply of vitamin A and of carbohydrates may be adequate in the ordinary diets of India the content of protein of high biological value and of the essential minerals and other accessory food factors which are contained in skimmed and separated milk and in milk-powder musette definitely lacking in those diets. [...] 'How to make the prsotluction of suitable fodder crops economically possible in a system of agriculture which must perforce be governed largely by the very limited capital resources of the Indian cultivators is however one of the most difficillt of the problems with which the better nourishment of the people of India is beset. [...] Particularly in hot climates subject to seasonal droughts and a tropical sun nothing can take the place of humus in maintaining the fertility of the soil and it seems that in order to maintain fertility the rearing and maintenance of better cattle under semi-stall-feeding conditions by the introduction of more fodder crops into the rotation must be an important factor in the solution of the c [...] The subject is dealt with very exhaustively in Chapters VII and VIII of the Retort and no attempt is made to minimise the difficulties of the problem ; in fact both the difficulties and the importance of the subject are stressed in the following sentence :— We are well aware of the difficulties likely to be met with in practice in getting owners of cattle to adopt more rational methods of utilisi
agriculture environment
Pages
199
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144523
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
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Advertisements
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Frontmatter
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The Relation of Animal Nutrition to Public Health in India
133-140 A. Olver view
The Grazing Problem in India
141-144 F. Ware view
Feeding and Handling Experiments on the Pusa Pedigree Sahiwal Herd (Third Report 1934-35)
145-161 Wynne Sayer view
Yield of Cheddar Cheese in Relation to the Fat Percentage in Milk
162-170 Khandes Desai view
The Stem-Borer Pest of Rice (Schoenobius Incertellus W.) in S. India
171-179 T.V. Ayyar, K.P. Anantanarayanan view
Some Aspects of Poultry Breeding at the Livestock Research Station Hosur
180-187 T. Murari view
The New Slotted Pottery Strainer
188-191 The Agricultural Engineer to Government, Punjab view
Recent Advances in Fumigation and the Needs of Fumigation Practice
192-197 J.W. Munro view
The Influence of Machine-Milking Upon Milk Production
198-211 A.C. Dahlberg view
Insect Damage to Empire Products
212-219 J.W. Munro view
The Cooling of Eggs
220-232 E.M. Funk view
Abstracts
233-236 unknown view
Notes
237-240 unknown view
Plant Quarantine and other Official Announcements
241-294 unknown view
Personal Notes Appointments and Transfers Meetings and Conferences etc
295-303 unknown view
Reviews
304-305 unknown view
New Books on Agriculture and Allied Subjects
306-307 unknown view
Recent Publications of the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux
308-312 unknown view
Backmatter
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