Dear Editor,
Through the columns of your esteemed paper, a few lines are penned down to highlighting the innumerable benefits of milch animals like cow,buffalo and goat.
Introduction: There was a time worth- remembering well before pre-independence as well as soon after post- Independence that every household was used to rear a cow or a buffalo to take their milk to stay good health as well as to build good physique to work in their agricultural fields. They used to enjoy their pure milk, and other by-products such as curd, butter, lassi and cheese. But it became much more important when they put their manure into the agricultural fields to get more crops for themselves and pure desi fodder for milch animals. And by that reason we used to get pure milk to be taken in those days.
Besides, if any household rears a “black-coloured cow” whose milk is proved to be a great boon because a black-coloured desi cow’s milk carries a golden properties and is more beneficial than those of other coloured Cows. It is said that a very intelligent personality to be called by the name of ‘Chanakya’used to rear a black coloured cow with that speciality and Unique qualities of milk he took for being so intelligent to be a Chanakya neeti”. I mean to say that every Indian household used to be a cow-rearing country.
Slowly and gradually the time got changed and the people also got changed by way of being highly educated and the very big and costlier cars got its appearance in the courtyards in place of a cow in every household and a pure milk also got disappeared not only in Urban areas but also in the rural areas where agricultural fields spreading over in lakhs of acres. The people left rearing the cows to get pure milk.
With the advent of new technology, the Indian farmers started using tractors instead of Ox ploughing in their fields and put excessive chemicals such as Urea,dia-amonium phosphate to get more yield of crops and fodder that our milch animals take daily and we get milk full of Urea chemicals which are more harmful for human health than beneficial to the health of kids, elderly people or whosoever take it.
- Now what dairy farm walas and Gujjars do?
All the dairy farmwalas and Gujjars instead of mixing dirty or clean water with milk in the past; now mix the qunitals of Ice-blocs with milk that too is quite harmful to the health of whosoever take it daily. And its by-products such as curd, cheese, sweets are too harmful to human health. Generally, it has also been observed that there is no sample check of milk supplied to the markets daily Whether it is upto the mark of consumable or not. The Officers of the Health Deptt. let them go off with punishment by taking bribe and Corruption for its free Sale. These business men are playing with the health of the gullible people. The UT Govt. must take cognizance of this menace.
4 Benefits of Milk:
Milk if taken in pure form possesses the best source of Calcium. It also helps keep kids and adults teeth healthy and prevent cavities. It also increases their height, strength and immunity power. Pure milk contains fats that are required for developing babies too. Pure milk is an excellent source of energy. Due to its high-energy property and nutritional value, milk is usually recommended for those people who have just undergone surgery or those suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome or anemia weakness.
Pure milk contains essential vitamins like A, B12, D and E and minerals such as calcium and phosphorous. Milk has natural sugar (lactose) that help promote strong teeth and gums. Curd, butter, ghee to be medicinally is benefitted to stay Strong and healthy. Yet another benefit of milch animals is that cow-dung is considered to be antisceptic that’s why it used to be cleanse hearth (Chulah) or floor of fireplace and keep that place cool where Cow-dung just like White-washed. Goat’s milk is more beneficial than that of milk of buffalo. Its medicinal benefits for curing the disease of Dengue, Chickenguniya and also increase platelets, if one suffers from less platelets.
Besides, cow-dung is more benefitted if put into agricultural fields to maintaining the fertility of agricultural land for getting crops after crops than the use of chemicals such as Urea and dia etc. Animals’ bones are also used for cleansing gurh into sugar chemically.
In the concluding lines I would like to make a special mention the property of the cow’s desi-ghee that is offered at the altar of god’s and goddesses.
Tara Chand Bhagat
(Talab Tillo, Jammu).
