Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Vivek Saharan, Sajjan Sihag, BS Tewatia, Pushpa Lamba, Sushil Kumar and Ramswroop

Abstract:
A detailed survey was carried out to record mineral composition of various dry roughages used in raya-pearl millet growing zone of Haryana during Kharif season. 42 blocks, representing all the districts of the zone were selected for the survey. Samples of feedstuffs were collected from cattle and buffalo farmers. Thus, a total of 504 farming families were selected for the survey. A questionnaire was prepared and individual farmer was interrogated regarding the type of feedstuffs and their amount fed to their animals. The samples of roughage ingredients (wheat straw, rice straw and bajra kadbi) offered to animals were collected from each block and analysed for minerals. The results revealed that all the dry roughages i.e. wheat straw, rice straw and bajra kadbi were deficient in all the minerals except Fe.