Dhavanam Even when the leaves dry up, they never lose their fragrance for years. This small plant grows fast. Keep cutting the top leaves for use. It keeps growing for a few months. So there is no need to cut from the roots. Several species yield essential oil and some are used as fodder. To […]
Ankola Sage Leaved Alangium (Alangium salviifolium) It is a tall thorny tree native to India. GRAINS STORAGE We can use leaves of ankola [Alangium salviifolium Lam.] to preserve grains like maize, sorghum and ragi in his house. Cow dung is smeared on the walls of a bamboo basket and the leaves and
Pigs SWINE BITING PREVENTION Pigs are intelligent animals and get bored easily unless they are kept busy. They may have a tendency to bite the tails of each other. Put toys in the pen for them to play with. Give them things that they can push around and get rough with. Old tires are good
Horses do not favor white color. TO MAKE THEM WALK MORE BRISKLY AND FAST Bulls and horses can be fed with the Vizhudhi leaves (Cadaba Fructicosa) to make them walk briskly. They are ground into balls and fed during races. NETTLES FOR FOOD When cut and allowed to dry, Nettles can be mixed with hay
FISH IN COCONUT GROVES The empty areas in Coconut groves can be used. Food varieties will grow well only in bigger tanks. If area is small, Vaasthu fish like KOI can be reared. They need a tank of 2 feet width and 3 feet depth. They gain weight upto 500 grams in three months. This
Fish LACTO BACTERIA When bio degradable things are used to prepare manure, a stink arises. Lactic Acid Bactria can prevent the smell. When compost is prepared in an airless place or cattle’s dung increases, they emit Ammonia which give this smell. To control this smell, this acid can be used as it eats and digests
VARIETIES OF COWS There are more than 30 varieties of cows in India. Kabilai cow (Tamil) is considered very holy. It looks like Kaaraam pasu (Tamil). Kazhargod in Kerala has many of this variety. This is one of the endangered species now. It gives a little milk only but the milk is highly medicinal. Even
CLUSTER BEANS They can be fed to milking cows. PAIN OF CATTLE AFTER HARD WORK Boil Nunaa leaves (Vitex Negundo) in water and give them bath. A cot can be made for humans to sleep after hard work. UNIQUE FEATURES OF CATTLE Cattle are used to plough the filed because they have Calcium and Phosphorus
Problems of Cattle FOOD FOR COWS If the milking cows are regularly fed with the leaves of Azima tetracantha, the milk extracted and all the bi-products like ghee, butter, etc will be more nourishing and tastier. If taken without adding water, it cannot be digested. So thick it is. DEAD CALF Dissolve equal quantities of
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MORE MILK Cows facing north, on an average give more milk than cows facing in any other direction. PONNANGANNI FOR GOOD MEDICINAL MILK Ponnanganni can be grown in large areas and fed for getting better quality and medicinal milk. Mullu keerai can also be given for the same purpose. CALCIUM FOR MILKING COWS Put 2
