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Dhanni tracts along well thought out lines. Unfor-
tunately the Hariana scheme has met with a setback
owing to the severe scarcity of fodder, and there was a
similar but less severe dearth of fodder in the Dhanni
tract. In both areas it is claimed that the schemes have
very definitely raised the standard of bullocks available.

The Hissar Cattle Farm was well administered
during the year, and its capacity to turn out pedigree
bulls is being steadily increased. Were more fodder
available progress on these lines would be more rapid.
During the year a larger area has been brought under
cultivation, and the head of stock is being gradually
increased. Some interesting experiments are being
carried out with varieties of fodder and now that the
water supply has been improved there is some hope that
these experiments may yield results of value.

More attention is being paid to milk and it may
perhaps become necessary in the future to remind the
Superintendent of the view expressed by the Royal
Commission on Agriculture, that the attempt to provide
dual-purpose cattle equally suitable for draught and for
milk should only be made where the prospects for suc-
cessful bull production are markedly above the average.
In a country, such as the Punjab, the chief aim must
continue to be the production of cows which are capable
of rearing calves that will grow into useful draught
bullocks.

It is too early yet to pronounce judgment on the
attempts that are being made to improve the breeds of
sheep and goats, but the Ministry of Agriculture is
watching the work with great interest.

8 The Live Stock Officer is in general charge of
breeding operations except at the (Hissar Cattle Farm),
but his chief occupation for some years to come must
be a careful scientific survey of cattle throughout the
Province with a view to collecting material for decisions
as to the best lines on which to improve breeds. It is
hoped that as a whole-time officer he will be able to
exercise closer supervision over the grantee cattle farms;
there is a marked tendency amongst the grantees to pay
more attention to their crops than to their cattle; they
possess little technical knowledge of cattle-breeding and
lack a sufficiently trained stall; the breeding of cattle is,