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undertaken by Mr. Quirke in the Punjab with a view to improving
the milking qualities of the breeds of cattle. At the last meeting
of the Board of Agriculture at Pusa, the formation of a Central
Cattle Board was recommended, and one of the functions of this
board would be to formulate and control herd books in connection
with the indigenous breeds. He saw quite well that the Provincial
Governments looked for a central authority to give them advice on
these matters and efforts in this direction were much more impres-
sive when they were regarded as Imperial concerns.

    Mr. Quirke stated that he was in full agreement with what Mr.
Smith had said with regard to the improvement of the indigenous
breeds with a view to increasing the milk supply. He had already
commenced work along these lines and had established a herd book
in what he regarded as a suitable area for the purpose in the Punjab.
In this area the breed of cattle had been kept pure, as there was no
communication by means of railways between it and the outlying
districts. He had thought it would be well to make a start even as
late as the year 1923 with a herd book so that a permanent record
would remain of this breed. It was indispensable to stimulate
local enterprise in this subject, but unfortunately at the present
time it did not pay the zemindar to breed good cattle as the prices
obtained for improved cattle did not run to what would be considered
profitable.

    Mr. Smith stated that the Chairman had raised in his opening
address the very question which had come most prominently in
their minds in connection with the cattle industry at the Board of
Agriculture meeting held at Pusa, last year, namely, the estab-
lishment of a Central Cattle Board.

    Mr. Hickey stated that in the United Provinces an advisory
board had been established last year for this purpose.

    After some further discussion the meeting unanimously
resolved:—

Resolution III (c)

That this Conference strongly favours the establishment of
        Cattle Boards, Central and Provincial, and considers
        essential that the veterinary profession should be adequately
        represented on these bodies.

SUBJECT III (d).-METHODS FOR FACILITATING AND IMPROVING THE
      SUPPLY OF SERA AND OTHER LABORATORY PRODUCTS, PARTI-
      CULARLY IN REGARD TO THE NEEDS OF REMOTE DISTRICTS.

    This subject was placed on the agenda at the instigation of Mr.
Cameron (Burma).