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...slaughter and the filthy, foolish dairy methods are horrifying. For the past two years he has directed the building of a huge modern dairy farm on the outskirts of Bombay. Just north of the city limits, Desai bought 3,500 acres of palm-covered hills at a place called Aarey (rhymes with starry). There, he has built seven self-sufficient dairy-farm units with airy, concrete stables, with scrubbed floors, neat feed bins and washing ponds filled with clear water. Hills have been leveled for grazing lands. The units now have room for 3,500 cows -the start...
Persuaded and coerced by government officials to move their cattle to the Aarey farm, the dairymen get free help from the government dairying staff and veterinarians, and cheap feed for their cattle. One other innovation: separate housing for cattle and humans; in Bombay many dairymen live in the stalls with the cattle. The government sells the milk for them at a commission, expects the project will pay for itself in 35 years. Production is on the way up in the seven farm units already operating at Aarey. Ten more units will be opened this month. Eventually, Milk Commissioner Dara Khurody...
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