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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research. A Survey of Important Breeds and Types of Cattle in India

1952

The chart facing this page which is adapted from the ' Report of the Census of India 1931 ' gives a broad indication of the routes which were taken by the principal invaders of India and it may be seen that the present distribution of the white cattle with pigmented skin which are here referred to as the grewhite cattle of the north corresponds fairly closely with the areas reached by the [...] The most striking feature is the prominent forehead usually furrowed in the middle with a long face tapering towards the muffle and horns which emerge near each other from the top of the poll and are carried bacwards in a graceful sweep on each side of the neck and then curve slightly upwards to terminate in the sharp points which are a feature of the horns of cattle of this type. [...] Its home is the country to the south-east of the Rann of Kutch extending from the south-west corner of the Tharparkar district of Sind to Ahmedabad in Bombay province and from Deesa in the east to Radhanpur State in the west particularly along the Banas and Sarasvati rivers. [...] It seems probable that some of the blood of the grey cattle of the country to the south and south-west has entered into the composition of this breed but mainly they appear to be of the type of the white cattle which appear to have entered India separately from the greyer type. [...] 2) ; the well-developed hump placed in front of the wither ; moderately heavy dewlap and sheath ; the mottling of the skin already mentioned ; the dewlap and sheath of moderate size and the tail of moderate length and thickness with a black switch reaching about half-way between the hock and the ground.
agriculture environment
Pages
127
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.146343
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
i-xvi unknown view
Description of Breeds and Types of Cattle
1-30 unknown view
Description of Breeds and Types of Buffaloes
31-38 unknown view
Plates
i-lxxi unknown view

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