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                                    CHAPTER VII

                                FAIRS AND SHOWS

Fairs and shows.

30. As in the previous years 23 cattle and horse fairs and shows
were held in the province and were attended by
the officers and subordinate staff of the depart-
ment. I visted the Dewa fair in the Bara Banki District, the
Batesar fair in the Agra District and the district exhibition at
Saharanpur, where I acted as president of the judging committee
of the horse show for award of prizes to stock owners. The
Superintendent, Agra, attended the Batesar fair in the Agra
District and the Saharanpur Horse and Cattle Fair and Show. He
also attended the District Exhibitions at Aligarh and Etawah.

The Superintendent, Lucknow, attended the fairs and shows at
Maigalganj, district Sitapur, Banthra, district Lucknow, Qasimpur,
district Budaun, Makanpur, district Cawnpore, and Kurri-Sidhauli
and Chandapur, district Rae Bareli.

The Superintendent, Allahabad, attended fairs at Dewa. district
Bara Banki, Dadri, district Ballia and the Magh Mela Exhibition at
Allahabad. At Dewa and Dadri fairs he presided over the judging
committees.

Veterinary exhibits.

31. Though the subordinate staff attends all exhibitions and fairs,
the local arrangements for control and check
of contagious disease at these fairs is far from
satisfactory or complete and as a result they are the common source
of the dissemination of contagious diseases.

The public were interested in the display of veterinary exhibits
at the district exhibitions at Saharanpur, Batesar fair, Mahoba Exhibi-
tion, district Hamirpur, Dewa fair, Dadri fair, Magh Mela Exhibition
and Babuganj fair, in the Partabgarh District. The exhibits were
also displayed at the Ramnagar Cattle Fair in the Tarai and Bhabar
Government Estates. The Magh Mela Agricultural Exhibition was
graced by the visit of His Excellency the Governor of the United
Provinces, who showed much interest in our exhibits.

                                    CHAPTER VIII

                                    PROPAGANDA

Propaganda.

32. Propaganda work advocating the usefulness of the department's
activities is poor. Apart from a few exhibits
of doubtful value the department is not equipped
with the necessary modern means of educating the rural population on
the importance of a Veterinary Department, and its usefulness as an
agent for maintaining the health of livestock in the province. Money
as needed for this and Government and local bodies should make
provision for this important work.