Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 340

B. The work of the Cattle-Breeding Section. 1. Instruction and advice on treating and feeding milk cows. 2. Instruction in the acquisition and selection of cattle, etc. 3. Three specialised courses which were attended by 120 people. These courses consisted of lectures on questions of feeding, breedingand hygiene of cattle. 4. Practical instruction in questions of milking, milk-testing, etc. 5. A meeting with those employed in cattle-breeding where the main problems relating to this branch were discussed, viz., the questionsof housing cattle, cattle supply, the keeping of a stable-chart and foodtesting. 6. The instructor's journeys to Switzerland and Germany to select cattle herds for the settlers and their transport to Palestine. 7. Supervision of the bulls' farms in the colonies. 8. Systematic milk-testing in the settlements and special bookkeeping of the milk yield. 9. The publication of various instructions to cattle-breeders. 10. The organising of calf exhibitions in various places in the country. 11. Assistance to the Association of Cattle-breeders in publishing the first Herd Book for cattle and in establishing a committee for milk-testing. 12. Assistance to the settlements with help of government institutions in combating abortion among cattle; instructions in the use of ponds for cattle-bathing as a means for combating diseases. It should be mentioned that the carrying out of the above work was assisted by the Association of Cattle-breeders and by the Cattle Insurance Company, " Hachaklait," and especial thanks are due to Professor Adler of the Hebrew University for his important research in protecting cattle against fever, as well as the assistance of the Hachaklait in combating other diseases, which in 5693 caused twenty-two deaths, while there were only two deaths in 5694 due to the vaccination of 8,000 head of cattle. Similarly, mention should be made of the financial grant made by the Department in conjunction with the " Hachaklait," the " Tenuva," and the Cattle-breeding Association for combating the udder diseases by an expert under the supervision of Professors Adler and Kliegler of the Hebrew University. Several experiments have also been made this year in artificial breeding on sheep and cattle by Dr. Fox, who specialises in this line in Russian and English laboratories. So far results have been obtained only from the sheep flocks, and it is as yet too early to mention any definite results with regard to cows. C. The work of the Poultry-breeding Section. 1. General instruction with regard to organising poultry-breeding in the new settlements, especially in those of immigrants from Germany. 2. Food problems for poultry, and the method of reducing the cost of food for poultry coops. 3. Instructions in building poultry coops and their upkeep. 4. Instructions in incubating, and lectures on egg production. 34°