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Age at First Calving Used with Milk Yield during First Lactation to Predict Lifetime Production of Indian Cattle¹

Department of Dairy Husbandry, Kansas State College, Manhattan

ABSTRACT

India has 176 million head of cattle (1950), one quarter of the world's cattle population, far more than needed for economical production of milk and draft power. Unprofitable cattle utilize too much of the available feed supply. If these unproductive cattle were culled, better environment and feed could be provided for those which have economic value. However, the rate of improvement of the cattle population would be a direct reflection of the accuracy of the culling. To bring about the most rapid increase in the productive potentialities of the cattle, breeding and selection methods need to be developed which are applicable to the Indian breeds in their native country. The use of such methods, coupled with educational and political programs for overcoming backward practices now prevalent in cattle husbandry, should tend to alleviate some of the conditions which for years have blocked cattle improvement.

One of the few places in India where efforts have been made to improve cattle husbandry from the standpoint of breeding and selection, as well as nutrition and management, is the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, a Christian college established in 1910.

¹ Contribution No. 227, Department of Dairy Husbandry, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, as a part of the North Central Regional Cooperative Dairy Cattle Breeding Research Project. Data included are from the thesis submitted by the senior author as a partial requirement for the Master of Science degree.

² Present address: Department of Animal Husbandry, Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, India.