A simple and practical book on cattle and their care and treatment in India. The book is divided into 36 chapters: Part I: 1. The Advantages of Keeping Cows; 2. Breeds of Cattle; 3. Buying Cows; 4. Points in a Good Cow; 5. Food; 6. House and Utensils; 7. Attendants; 8. Washing, Grooming and Exercise; 9. Breeding; 10. Bulls; 11. Bullocks; 12. Dry Cows; 13. Management of Cows When Calving; 14. Calves: Their Value, Management and House; 15. Points in a Good Calf; 16. Castrating Calves; 17. Taking the Bull; 18. Barren Cows; 19. Age of Cattle and Names at Different Ages; 20. Price of Cattle; 21. Milk; 22. Cream; 23. Butter; 24. Ghee; 25. Curd, Cheese and Tyer 26. Lice, Ticks, Flies, etc.; 27. The Seasons of the Year; 28. Cattle-Dung; 29. Grazing Fields; 30. Dairy-Farming; 31. Breeding and Rearing Farms, Dry-Cow Farming and Cattle-Shows; 32. What Experts Say; Part 2: 1. Diseases of Cattle, Goats and Sheep; 2. Some Common Complaints; 3. Dangerous but not Contagious Diseases & 4. Contagious and Fatal Diseases. It covers a large field of discovery, both in the theory and practice of cattle breeding and cow keeping in India. The text has been aptly illustrated through photographs and a comprehensive index have been provided to enhance the utility of the book.