Observations on the breeding of horses, within the Provinces under the Bengal establishment, submitted to the consideration of the President and members of the Board of Superintendence [of the East India Company, 1814].

  • Moorcroft, William.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Observations on the breeding of horses, within the Provinces under the Bengal establishment, submitted to the consideration of the President and members of the Board of Superintendence [of the East India Company, 1814]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 37 ) To give full effect to the powei-s of the Stud in pro¬ ducing Foals, and in extending the breeding systero amongst farmers, I submit ^ 1st. That Institution be divided into tlyee branches, nnZ; Poosah, Hajeepoor and Ghazeepoor. 2nd. That the business of breeding, collecting and rear¬ ing Colts to a certain age, belong to the two former, an<J that of preparing them for the Army and the market to the latter. 3rd. That Captain Wyatt take charge of Hajeepoor with the Ghazeepoor District, comprehending the breeding villages on the right bank of the Ganges, and the Doab, or tract between that river and the Dewa or Gogra.. 4th. That Mr. Gibb take charge of Poosah, with the adjacent countries of Serissa and Tirhoot, and that part of the new line included betwixt the left bank of the Ganges and the Hills, the Gundhuk and the Gogra. 5th. That an Assistant be allowed to each. 6th. That a draft of Fillies, two and a half years oM, and of the least valuable Mares to the number of two hun¬ dred from Poosah and Hajeepoor, be placed in the new Dis¬ trict in circles, accompanied by strong suitable Horses, according to the plan before mentioned. 7th. That a second draft of Fillies (reserving the best) from eighteen months to two years and a half old, be placed with farmers in the new District, on an allowance of two Rupeés per head per month, for their keep, till they be fit for the Horse, when they are to become the property of the farmers, subject to the conditions before mentioned. 8th- That Fillies from both Studs of the ages mentioned, (article 7,) till the end of the year 1815, be drafted every six months to the new District exclusively. Subsequently, that they be divided between the Northern and Southern, or new and old Districts, in circles of 25 in the former, and at the Stations of Stallions, in the number of 12 and 13 alternately, in the latter.. 9th- That when the District system shall appear in the opinion of the respective Officers, £огтаДу reported tp eu1>mltted that the Stud be divided into 8 branches, rix. Poosah, ni\jocpoorand Ghazcopoor. Allotment of bosineaa. Captain Wyatt'« duirge. Vr. Gibb's chaise. ~ Asslstanta. Draft of *e_ into Districts. Bocnnd Draft of round¬ er FiUiea. And Drafte every six montba. When system nioceeds Kiirea le be draAed, alao