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Traditional Practices in Agriculture FULL - ANGOC Site

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Similar explanation hold good for milch animals and the animals<br />

that would provide us various other prote<strong>in</strong>-full foods, which calls<br />

for appropriate management of these livestock to get the best out<br />

of them <strong>in</strong> different utilitarian directions. Ergo, it calls for a very<br />

good management efficiency on the part of the farmers <strong>in</strong> order to<br />

achieve the desired goal.<br />

In this perspective, the Indian farmers over time, out of his fruitful<br />

journey along with his animals to establish a mean<strong>in</strong>gful<br />

relationship with them <strong>in</strong> their efficient management, has come out<br />

with various <strong>in</strong>digenous f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs which are really amaz<strong>in</strong>g and<br />

makes even a sophisticated modern technician raise his eyebrows<br />

on gett<strong>in</strong>g to know his unparallel efficiency <strong>in</strong> manag<strong>in</strong>g his<br />

livestock. Listed hereunder are very few of them to which many<br />

more can be added by Farmer-Scientists <strong>in</strong> the field:<br />

It is strongly believed <strong>in</strong> Ancient Indian <strong>Agriculture</strong> that without<br />

“Gomuthram” (Cow ur<strong>in</strong>e), agriculture has no mean<strong>in</strong>g at all. It<br />

is not a bl<strong>in</strong>d faith, but Indian farmer’s well-knit experience that the<br />

depleted soil due to cont<strong>in</strong>uous cropp<strong>in</strong>g for his livelihood gets<br />

replenished by addition of cattle ur<strong>in</strong>e and dung <strong>in</strong> the proper<br />

manner.<br />

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