The Domestic Animals

ntroduction:

People rear some animals at home. Such animals are known as domestic animals. These animals are very useful to them.

Kinds of Domestic Animals:

Different people keep different kinds of domestic animals in order to meet their different needs. These animals may be enumerated as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, dog, cat, mongoose, elephant, horses, camels, donkey, mule, cock, duck, swan, parrot, pigeon and so on.

Cattle:

Cows, calves and bullocks are termed as cattle. They are maintained mainly by the farmers, because they help them in farming. The dung and urine   of the cattle are the best kinds of manure. Bullocks are necessary for plouging the fields and drawing the carts. The milk of the cow is full of food-value. Almost all the Indians keep cows at their homes.

Buffalo:

Buffaloes are as useful as the cattle. They render the same kind of service that the cattle do.

Sheep:

In cold countries, sheeps are reared in herds. Each herd consists of many thousand of sheep. Their furs are very soft and long. These furs are sheared and made into wool. This wool is made into warm attires. We also maintain some sheep with our cows. They have very short and coarse kinds of furs. If we can know the process, such furs too can be put to use. The cruel among us kill those innocent beasts. They kill the sheep to get their flesh and hides. It is no doubt a barbarous act.

Goat:

Goats are very common in our country. We get milk from the she-goats. Their milk is very nutritious. Their milk is a fine food for the little babies. Their smell is a check against T.B. The hill-goats carry loads along the hills. The cruel persons kill the goats to get their flesh and hides. It is certainly a barbarous act.

Dog:

Dogs are the first animal-friends of man. They helped the primitive people in chasing and hunting. Dogs are very faithful. They watch our houses. The police-dogs help in detecting the crimes.

Cat:

Cats are natural enemy of rats. Rats...