Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension

ROLE OF ANIMAL IN DRAUGHT PURPOSE

• Bullocks and buffaloes are the main draught animals used in different agricultural operation like ploughing, thrashing, transportation and so on. 70 million bullocks and eight million buffalo generate about 30,000 millions watts of power, assuming the ICAR average of 0.5 hp output per animal.
• To generate, transmit and distribute this power at the same multitudinous points of application would call for an investment of 30 lakh million rupees.
• The Ministry of Shipping and Transport estimated that 1,700 to 15,000 million tonnes of frieght in the urban areas is carried by cart each year as against the railway haulage of two lakh million tonnes.
• In the rural areas where rail road service is not available animals drawn vehicles carry approximately 3000 million tonnes of frieght.

Social value

• Livestock provides prestige value to the rural family because of the possession of high value and yield.
• Livestock is considered as an asset value to rural family as it provides a means of security at times of crisis.