Friday, April 11, 2008, Rabi-ul-Sani 4,1429    

Four-day Horse & Cattle show concludes

Mian Rashid Asghar

Faisalabad— A new national record has been set in milk production during a 4-day National Horse & Cattle Show which concluded here on Thursday at University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF). The previous record of buffalo milking competition was 27 Litres which has been broken by black queen buffalo of Nazir Ahmad Sona Gujjar r/o Jaranwala road with 28.63 Litres in 24 hours.

There were three categories of contesting milking animals namely Sahiwal Cow, Cross Breed Cow and Ravi Neili buffalo.

More than 250 milking animals took part from various parts of the country in the category of Neili Ravi buffalo. The buffalo of Haji Ahmad Yar Khan of Phalia Qadirabad Mandi Baha-ud-Din won 2nd position with trophy and cash prize of Rs 20,000/-. Third prize went to Buffalo of Ali Ahmad Gujjar of Chak 27, south Sargodha with production of 27.49 litres. He got cash prize of Rs 10,000/- and a trophy while the first prize winner got Rs 30,000/- and a trophy.

In the category of Sahiwal Cow, Muhammad Ijaz Akbar of 77/SR Sahiwal got the first prize with 21.97 litres milk. Meanwhile, the cows of Muhammad Din Jutt Barkat Pura Road Chak No. 224 obtained 2nd and 3rd positions with 15.74 and 14.39 litres respectively. In cross breed cow category, the Gulshan Cow of Mian Javed Akhtar Pervez (Arien) of Multan got 1st prize of Rs 30,000/- with 39.58 litres milk. Whereas the Cows of Rana Munawar Khan Chak No. 204 R.B. got 2nd and 3rd positions with 34.54 and 28.17 litres milk production respectively.

Interesting competition was seen among the three leading tent-pegging clubs on final day of show.