Cow Based Economy
Introduction
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Traditionally basic fiber of the Indian Economy has been woven around
the cow, carrying on farming and transport with bullocks and obtaining
nourishing food from cow.
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"Why the cow was selected for apotheosis is obvious to me. The cow
was, in India, the best companion. Not only did she give milk, but she also
made agriculture possible. products coming from a living cow are thus
considered pure and purifying for those who use them. - Mahatma Gandhi
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In 1940’s it was calculated that through its milk, bullocks, manure, hide
and bone, the contribution of the cow to the wealth of India was over
Rs. 1,000/- crores annually, an amount which no other industry in India
except agriculture could equal. Gandhiji therefore established Go Seva
Sangh (association for looking after the cow ) to devote its attention on
a countrywide scale to the improvement of the condition of cattle in
India. Was Gandhiji wrong then to draw our attention to this most
important national industry, and to show us the way to make it yield
better results ?
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Indian rural life heavily depends on cattle for both happiness and
economy, hence our objective of this course is to bring forward the
significance cow played in traditional India.
All basic necessities of life were woven around
pivotal Cow
Housing
Farming
Transport
Cow
Fodder
Defense
Fuel
Health
Food
Contribution of Cow to the Universe
Cow
Milk
Health &
Nutrition
Poverty
Alleviation
Cow
Curd
Panchgavya
Cow
Ghee
Medicines
Self
Employment
Fertility
of soil
Cow
Urine
Bio Gas
Rural
Development
Cow
Dung
Bio
Power
Sustainable
Agriculture
Bullocks
Bio
Pesticides
Draught
Power
Environment
Protection
Farming/Agriculture - Quantitative
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Machinery Vs bullock comparison study.
• Money spent in building machines – steel, fuel etc
Fertilizers Vs manure comparison study.
• Money spent in setting up fertilizer plants and
transportation of these fertilizers etc.
• Ecological impact study.
Pesticides Vs cow urine/ cow dung ash.
• Money spent in setting up fertilizer plants and
transportation of these fertilizers etc.
• Ecological impact study.
Food storage methods and their comparison..
• Food stored with cow dung ash Vs modern storage
mechanisms.
Getting details about the myth of food shortage and the
reason being linked to
Tractor Farming Fantasy
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1987 Study – The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
We have nearly 40 crore acres under the crop. To switch this
area over to mechanized farming, we shall need 5 million
tractors against which we have today only a meagre 31000.
To make these tractors we will need 30 mln tons of steel
and our annual production of steel is 4.5 mln. tons. And as
we have during the last 20 years made 12000 locomotives,
0.6 mln trucks and automobiles, what a long span of time shall
we need to make the needed five million tractors?
And from where the capital estimated to be Rs. 14000
crores has to be raised. The annual depreciation of Rs. 1400
crores apart from the required spare parts (capital and steel
for these) and the astronomical diesel consumption needs
to be accounted for to get the complete picture of the
Tractor Farming Fantasy.
Manure Analysis
Reported on a wet basis
%Nitrogen
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%NH4-N
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.07 x 2.3 = .17 %P2O5
%Potassium
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.36 x 1.2 = .43% K2O
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1000 gallons of this manure contains:
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28 lbs total N (TKN)
14 lbs organic Nitrogen
14 pounds NH4-N
13 pounds P2O5
34 pounds K20
www.umaine.edu/animalsci/Issues/.../Nutrients%20from%20Manure.ppt
Cow dung Manure
A scientist in New Zealand had established on the basis
of Indian scriptures that cow horns filled with cow dung
and buried on a specific date and taken out on another
specific date could fertilize an entire acre without any
other input.
• manure applications improve soil tilth, aeration and
water holding capacity
• decrease soil erosion potential and promote beneficial
organisms
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Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/17108/
Importance of Cow in Agriculture
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While ploughing, the oxen stride with gentle gait, not harming the surface of the
earth, unlike tractors.
Even as they plough the land, the oxen defecate and urinate, fertilizing the
land.
Cattle Manure : organic manure, green leaf manure, earth-worms, and
slurry manure with cattle manure bond with the nature and make the land
fertile. They do not create the challenge of chemical waste.
99% of the insects in nature are beneficial to the system. Insecticides prepared
from cow urine or well fermented butter milk do not affect these helpful
insects.
Dung from one cow is adequate to fertilize 5 acres of land and its urine can
protect 10 acres of crop from insects.
20-25 kgs of bio-fertilizer can be produced from one kg of cow dung
by mixing it with biomass.
The application of Urine resulted in a marked increase of grass growth and this
did not effect soil quality.
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Source: Aoyagi Noojiro et- at Gumma Ken Nogyo, Skikenjo Hokokku 1974.
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Central Institute of Medical & Aromatic Plants, Lucknow – 226015
Case Study-1
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A plot was ploughed seven inches deep by the tractor implement
i.e. by the soil inverting plough followed by the cultivator and the
harrow. Another similar plot was ploughed to a depth of four to
five inches with the bullock plough called ‘Victory’ and
supplemented with the local country plough. The above
experiments were continued for a period of six years with these
implements. It was found that with the tractor implements i.e. with
plough, cultivator and disc, the average yield of wheat throughout
this period was 10.98 maunds per acre, while with the ‘Victory’
cum country plough the corresponding average yield was 12.65
maunds per acre. In these experiments the manuring and other
cultural treatments were the same for all the plots. This experiment
clearly brought out that the deep ploughing of the tractor is
harmful for wheat cultivation. The tractor cultivation tends to
pulverise the soil too much. This encourages its packing after
irrigation or a shower of rains. The air moisture relationship is thus
disturbed with the result that the crop suffers.
Source:The cow in our economy by JC Kumarappa
Case Study - 2
Similar plots were taken. One of the plots was ploughed 9-10 inches
deep with tractor soil inversion plough in the first instance and
followed by normal cultivation with tractor implements to achieve a
suitable seed bed for two crops, (1) Maize in kharif and (2) Wheat in
Rabi. The Second plot was ploughed five inches deep with soil inverting
plough drawn by bullocks followed by normal cultivation with the local
country plough.
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country plough without inversion throughout the season and the
fourth plot was ploughed by tractor discs to depth of about four
inches. It was found that the deep ploughing with tractor gave an
average yield of 37.44 maunds per acre of wheat while the shallow
ploughing with tractor gave an average yield of 37.16 mds. per acre of
wheat. The highest yield was 40.23 mds. per acre when only the country
plough was used. The use of bullock soil inverting plough followed by
local country. plough gave a yield of 39.97 mds. per acre. All the four
plots were treated in the same way as regards manures and other
things. Thus we note that the deep as well as shallow ploughing with
tractor gives comparatively low yields while the highest yield is given
by the country plough.
• Source: The cow in our economy by JC Kumarappa
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Fertilizer and Farmers
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1987 - The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
Our 400 mln. acres under agriculture will need (every
season) 40 mln. tons of fertilizer. To produce these 40
mln. tons of fertilizers annually, how many billions of
rupees will be needed? One fertilizer factory
established in 1946 with a capital of Rs. 7 crores is
manufacturing about 2,75.000 tons of fertilizers annually.
On this basis, capital requirements to meet our 40 mln.
tons needs may be estimated. Further, the use of these
fertilizer costs Rs. 90 per acre while the food grain
produce attained is only 15 mds. meaning an additional
expense of Rs. 6.00 per md. of food grain. And by these
fertilizers the agriculture is extra-burdened by As.
36,000 min. Can the farmer bear the burden?
Transport - Quantitative
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Good transport statistics.
• Transport by rails
• Transport by trucks
• Bullocks
The cost impact of using the mechanized transport.
Some analysis on decentralized approach. Where the
food is grown and consumed locally or transported to
nearby towns and cities only using non-mechanized
means like bullocks.
Irrigation
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Irrigation by huge dams is a folly.Wells are the only answer. But are we to fit
pumps to these wells? If use pumps, we would need 100 mln. engines and 20
min. engine rooms. These engine rooms would eat away fully our entire years
cement production as also iron sheets and steel in huge tonnage. And we are
miserably short of all these commodities. Moreover all these costs would be
on farm produce. Now if we propose to use bullock-drawn Kosh (leather
water lifters) for water drawing, no extra costs are added. The bullock will
plough and irrigate the land, carry loads and give manure. Mechanized farming
involving tractors, motors and pumps, fertilizers and trucks for transport would
add very heavily to the costs so that the farmer will never be able to sell his
products below the present prices and people can \never hope for a relieved
and easy life.
Source: 1987 - The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
Importance of bullocks in transport
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1987 - The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
Agriculture and industrial production aggregates to more
than 1,000 mln. tons. This 1,000 mln. tons of commodities
have to be transported from fields to factories and from
factories to the consuming centres which are spread over
this vast areas, and the major bulk of this transport is carried
by the bullock. For transport we have 1.21 min. bullock-carts,
3,58,000 railway wagons and 2,20,000 motor trucks.
Obviously, if these 12.1 mln. bullock-carts were to be
removed from the operation, our transport and distribution
system, and as a result both agriculture and industries and
the resultant national life, would be in a chaos, for the reason
that the railway carries only 180 mln. tons and trucks only
120 min. tons. whereas the balance 70 per cent, or 700 mln.
tons, is carried by the age old bullock-carts
Nourishment - Quantitatives
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Panchagavya : five cow products viz. milk, curd, ghee, urine
and dung.
pure ghee is socialism, while, vegetable ghee is capitalism
Per person milk consumption Vs requirement statistics.
Statistics of milk, and milk products production.
Ghee Vs vegetable oil economics.
Statistics or analysis of oil produced locally through oilGhani’s and consumed locally.
Health index of milk and milk product consumption Vs
physical well being.
Cow has been treated as auspicious and also a symbol of
compassion and piousness.
Source: http://dahd.nic.in/ch1/chap1.htm
Cow dung pesticide
Report on Kamadhenu bio-pesticide (Study done by Dr.T.P. Rajendran,
CICR).
 There was significant reduction in the pink bollworm incidence in
plots treated with Kamdhenu bio-pesticide.
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Strong reduction of egg laying of American bollworm moths.
Study of plant growth promoting effect of bio-pesticide (work done by
Dr.C.S.Nautiyal et al, NBRI, Lucknow)
• Study showed significant increase in the shoot length, root length
and plant biomass, which is an indication of the excellent plant
growth promoting effect of bio-pesticide treatment on the growth
of maize.
Why our social and economic life is disorganized?
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1987 - The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
Per capita milk consumption in America is 5 lbs. while in Britain it is
2½ lbs. The British Medical Council has prescribed minimum two
and a half pounds of milk per man for him to keep physically fit.
Provision of two and a half pounds of milk per capital four our
people, would need 1250 m.lbs. of milk per day. To obtain this
quantity of milk we would need 62.5m. milk cows and an equal
number for dry period replacements averaging 20 lbs per cow.
However against our need of 125 m. cows we have today 54 m.
cows and 49 m. heifers. Most of the 54 m. cows give less than 3 lbs.
milk a day and possibly less in the case of about 80% of the cows.
Because of this reason along their slaughter is unwarranted; and if
they are slaughtered the entire social and economic life of the
country would be disorganized and in a mess.
If these 40 m. cows are slaughtered, then crores of Rupees worth
milk powder and condensed milk shall have to be imported
annually for our children, pregnant women and the sick only. Higher
prices may be demanded in our such dire need and moreover we
shall yearly lose 65 m. tons of cow dung. A life of 15 years for such
cows would result in a loss of 972 m. tons of cow dung amounting
to loss of fuel to the villager, manure and 12,000 m. lbs. of milk.”
Ghee Vs Vegetable Oil
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1987 - The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
Instead of pure ghee, if we were to provide Vanaspati ghee the
requirement would be 255 mln. ounces or 6975 tons per day. Today
we produce 1000 tons. (Here we do not propose to go into its demerits
on human health and consider it only from its economic aspects). Our
dehusked groundnut production is 4 min. tons which quantity if fully
crushed would give 1 .6 mln. tons of oil. (Of course we do not crush
entire production of groundnut). To get this daily production of 1000
tons of vegetable ghee we use 375000 tons of the oil annually. To get
daily 6975 tons of vanaspati we would need 2.6 mln. tons of oil
annually. For this purpose only 9.7 min. tons of groundnut will have to
be harvested and the area under groundnut crop will have to be
increased six times. The result would be so much less acreage for
food grains. The loss of food grains on account of this six fold acreage
under groundnut would be of such a magnitude that the deficit
cannot be made up with any large scale means of whatever nature.
Then again the transport problem arise. These 9.7 mln. tons of
ground have to be transported from fields to oil mills and more than
two and a half min. tons of vegetable ghee to be returned to villages.
Health
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Cow Provides Emotional stability
Panchgavya is said to be a cure for all diseases.
Mid wives in Indian villages had been using cow dung fomentation to pregnant
women, small babies and women who had just delivered babies.
Cow urine and dung was always pure, toxin destroyer, germicide, balances bile,
mucous and air (kapha, vata, pitta),
Cow milk has amino acids which makes its protein easily digestible and is good for
kidney
rich source of Vitamins like B2, B3 and A which help increasing immunity
help in reducing acidity, chances of peptic ulcer, breast and skin cancer, formation
of serum cholesterol, check obesity
Control diabetes but has good sugar for diabetic patients
one of the best natural anti-oxidants.
Cow urine contains many minerals especially Copper, gold salts, etc. It
compensates for bodily mineral deficiency.
• Cow urine is called medhya and hradya, which means it, gives strength to
brain and heart.
• protects heart and brain from damages caused by mental tension and protects
these organs from disorders and diseases.
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http://www.vishwagou.org/AyurvedicbyJayakrishna.htm
A.Subramaniam, MD – CDCMPU. Pachapalayan, Coimbatore
Health
United States Patent 6410059, Khanuja, et al., June 25, 2002
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Pharmaceutical composition containing cow urine distillate and an antibiotic
(Kamdhenu Ark)
US Patent No. : 6896907
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Use of bioactive fraction from cow urine distillate (Gomutra)
bioenhancer of anti-infective anticancer agent and nutrients
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A pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibiotic and cow urine
distillate in an amount effective to enhance antimicrobial effect of the
antibiotic is disclosed. The antibiotic can be an antifungal agent. The
antibiotic can be a quinolone or a fluoroquinolone. The antifungal agents are
azoles, clotrimazole, mystatin or amphotericin
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Fuel
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Thoughtless use of wood and coal as fuel has result in depletion of
jungles,; producing water shortage.
it is unlikely that tractors, petrochemicals and even nuclear power will
ever replace the simple bull and cow
Fuel through bio-gas from cow dung
Cow Dung cake burned to provide heat for cooking. And Cow-dung
cake ash becomes a very good fertilizer, also used for food storage for
long duration.
Indian cattle excrete 700 million tons of manure annually, half of
which is used as fertilizer to maintain the soil. The rest is burned to
provide heat for cooking. It was estimated that cattle dung provides
Indian housewives with the thermal equivalent of "27 million tons of
kerosene, 35 million tons of coal, or 68 million tons of wood."
Statistics for non-renewable sources saved by using cow dung as fuel
source.
Energy saved in transportation by bullocks.
Generation of bio-gas from cow dung and urine is a very simple costeffective way of producing energy for lighting as well as cooking
http://dahd.nic.in/ch6/chap6.htm
Fuel
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For 70% population of India in villages, kerosene, gas or electricity is neither available nor
within the villager’s means. Gas, electricity, kerosene and coal are costly.
Economic and easily available fuel is cow dung cakes and firewood
For such fuel requirements we would further need 200 m. cows, and if these cows were
to give us 5 lbs. of milk, a lb. per capital supply can be assured.
This milk supply would save 5 ounces of food grains per head, annual saving being 18.55 m.
tons. Cow-dung cake ash becomes a very good fertilizer.
Essarkay Pharmaceuticals Ltd (EPL), has set up a Rs 100-crore project for mass
production of bio-gas from cow dung which would be sufficient to replace the LPG as
cooking gas and CNG as auto fuel to a large extent.
According to the UP Biogas Research Station, cow dung from one cow in a year could
provide energy worth 225 litres of petrol.
Source:
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http://dahd.nic.in/ch52/chap5.2.htm
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http://www.varnasrama.org/~anilsharma/glovesco.org/Secular%20Cow%20Economy.pdf
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http://www.financialexpress.com/news/essarkay-pharma-to-set-up-rs-100crore-biogas-project/77976/0>
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http://www.financialexpress.com/news/bottling-biogas-in-goshala/143781/0
Electricity from cow dung
• Cow dung saves 35 million tonnes of
coal, 68 million tonnes of fuel wood. In
other words nearly 140 million trees of 20 –
25 years old would be required to be felled
each year otherwise.
• Now bio-gas is being successfully filled in
cylinders like C.N.G. and vehicles / train is
running with bio-gas as fuel.
• 10,000 cows to produce enough manure to power a small computer
center for a bank- Study by Hewlett-Packard - Design of Farm WasteDriven Supply Side Infrastructure for Data Centers
Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/cow-poo-may-soon-power-computers/623462/
Environmental Protection
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Suryaketu: Nerve on cow’s back absorbs harmful radiations
and cleanses atmosphere
India (30 crore cattle) can produce bio gas, that can save 6.0
crore ton of firewood every year. This would arrest
deforestation to that extent.
Cow dung has antiseptic, anti radioactive and anti thermal
properties. When we coat the walls and clean the floors of
house with cow dung, it protects the dwellers.
In 1984, gas leak in Bhopal killed more than 20,000 people.
Those living in houses with cow dung coated walls were not
affected. Atomic power centres in India and Russia even
today use cow dung to shield radiation.
When we offer ghee in fire as part of ritualistic sacrifices, it
strengthens the ozone layer and shields the earth from
harmful radiations from Sun.
Benefit and usage of cow dung
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By keeping one old cow or bull alive we can protect 6 large
trees per annum from felling.
• Dung available from one fully grown cow/ bull is around 5.4
tonnes per annum. so dry dung will be around 5.4. x 0.30 =
1620 kg per annum.
• This is equivalent to 712 kg of dry wood.
• This amount of wood comes from 6 large trees
In Vedic culture there are 16 samskaras. These samskaras are
ment to put a person in right state of consciousness or mind.
• In performing all the samskaras actually cow dung is required.
5000 – 6000 cakes can be made from one cow’s dung in a year
Cow dung cakes when burned are very good eco friendly, health
friendly and mosquito repellent.
Tooth powder can be made from cow dung
Housing
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Rigveda describes five types of houses, in detail. namely, those of
stone, of bricks, of wood and bamboos, of cow-dung and mud
and of tree leaves.
Cow dung is mixed with water and used as a paste to make
household flooring.
Cow dung-cum-mud dwellings. more suited to the climate,
necessities, circumstances and most important to the finances of the
people of our country.
Cement structures :repairs 5 years time while the garmati,
dwellings need a fresh wash with the dung and earth carried
out by the owner involving no monetary expenses
Analysis regarding how much money have been wasted in
producing, transporting and using cement.
Any other quantitative information which can be presented?.
Source: 1987 - The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
Cow: provides solution to housing problem
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Villagers having lost their independent small trades and professions as a result of
mechanization, to escape from the increasing grip of shortages created by
rationing, zonal restrictions and controls, rush to cities to earn bread.
Deprived of any human facilities, their children either succumb to many
sicknesses or, if they survive they add, to the growing anti-social elements. If this
process is not checked in time a large section of such anti-social roughs will form
in the society endangering the very existence of the cultured and good and the
entire Indian culture and religions would face extinction.
Choice of housing should be in consideration of time, financial reach of the
people concerned, the circumstances and climate.
we should adopt the practical and sensible way of providing cow dung-cum-mud
dwellings. more suited to the climate, necessities, circumstances and most
important to the finances of the people of our country. Cement structures
demand repairs in about five years time while the garmati, dwellings need a fresh
wash with the dung and earth carried out by the owner involving no monetary
expenses.
Source: 1987 - The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
Mud-Dung House
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Housing requirements of the country is 9.3 min. in cities
and 56.1 min in the rural area. To provide one room
dwellings to the villages only would need 170 min. tons
of cement and our annual cement production is only 10
min. tons. We cannot wait for generations to build
cement structures. This mud-dung dwellings would
require dung of 6.30 mln. cows and with this the entire
rural housing requirements can be met and comfortably
solved.
Fodder
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The difficulty experienced in feeding cows is due to the
fact that our agriculture is industry-oriented and not food
oriented, which means that instead of meeting human
needs, the agricultural priorities are made to serve
industrial needs.
• Example Groundnut oil Vs Til Oil
Man and Cows food interests are interdependent and
correlated.
Groundnut Oil Vs Til Oil
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1987 - The secular cow economy – Mr. V M Vasu
Groundnut is sown in 2.40 crores of acres, yielding 16 lakh tons of oil. To get, this 16
lakh tons of oil til sowing needs only 60 lakh acres. But til oil cannot be converted
into vegetable ghee. Therefore, til is neglected by the farmer because the industrial
consumer, the vanaspati ghee manufacturer would not buy this, as also the farmer is
encouraged by the Government to produce groundnut. In fact til sowing would not
only create a surplus of 1 .8 crore acres of land for foodgrains, amounting to 45 lakh
tons of excess food, but would benefit soil, it not being deteriorated as in the case
of groundnut cultivation. Further, til-oil-cake is the best food for cattle. In India
rice eaters are about 16 crores as against 32 crores of wheat eaters. For this wheat
eating population 8 crores tons of wheat plus a further stock of 3 crores tons for
famine and war contingencies, totaling to 11 crores of tons has to be provided for.
To meet this tonnage, 16 crores acres have to be under wheat (our present land
under cultivation cover 40 crore acres). There is no alternative but to achieve the
target. Huge dams and fertilizer factories have, instead of helping towards this target,
actually retarded the progress. Therefore 16cr. acres should be allotted for wheat
sowing only. Of these 32 crores wheat-eaters about 6 crore are Jowar eaters, 3
crore Bajri eaters and 5 crore maize eaters. Now jowar, bajri and maize are kharitf
crops while wheat is a Rabbi crop. Khariff crops will yield 5 crore tons of food grains
alongwith 140 crore tons of kadab (stalks). Immediately on harvesting kharif crops
gadab should be sown yielding 100 cr. tons. This gadab is also a good fodder and
dried gadab is a good fertiliser. The same land can then be utilised for wheat sowing,
yielding 5 crores tons of wheat.
DEFENCE
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Decentralized approach
• Self-sufficient and vibrating villages.
• Local produced and local consumed approach.
Case Studies
• Germany
• Vietnam
• China
• India
Ulhasnagar Goshala Visit Summary
Not fully self sustainable it is funded by outside
• Income from milk, cow dung and selling other cow
products is not sufficient to bear it’s cost
• Cow food was fully procured from out side
• No cow used to sent slaughter house after retirement
• Not generating medicines from cow products to
generate income
• Some income was generated by promoting Goshala as
tourist place
• Calf are used to come near the cow by calling their
number at the time of milking the cow
• Inaugurated by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupad
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Fodder Misconception
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Man does not get food from where to feed the cow?
his argument is clearly misleading and false for the fact that men do
not eat grass and cows do not eat rice, dal and chapaties.
Our food interests are interdependent and correlated.
The difficulty experienced in feeding cows is due to the fact that our
agriculture is industry-oriented and not food oriented
63 crores cows will need 175 crore tons of grass and sowing jowar
and bajri only we get a grass yield in excess of this need. Further by
developing graze fallow lands an additional 100-150 crore tons of grass
can be made available. If the people’s need of one ounce edible oil is
met 6.25 crore tons of oil-cake would be available. Twenty-six Iakh tons
of cotton seed is produced, lakhs of tons of jowar is produced and
having procured sufficient manure and bullock supply for farming our
food grain production would rise threefold. With such huge food
production the cattle fodder does not remain a problem at all. Along
with this, because of superior quality, world markets would willingly pay
higher prices for our food grains.
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http://www.varnasrama.org/~anilsharma/glovesco.org/Secular%20Cow%20Economy.pdf
Organic Farmer: Suresh Waghdhare
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Mr. Suresh have done B.Com and worked as accountant
He left his job in sugar mill and started working on the 20
acres farm( Previously barren land)
He is now doing organic farming since 20 years
He has complete faith in God (Lord Dattatrey ) and using
holistic approach of farming
He faced many problems mainly water, high input cost and
labor in early days
He had nature of never give up in any kind of situation
Achieved many awards from state as well centre government.
He had wife and one daughter and one son, all are involve in
farming related activities
He is doing nursery farming in that he growing the plants of
Mango, Chikoo, Jambhul, Aawala, Coconut and many others
Biogas From Cow Dung
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70 cows all are local breed
Purpose of cow is to get manure and run biogas plant
He is taking the milk form cow only of his personal use, rest of milk
is given to the calves
There are 6 bio gas plants on the farm capacity of each plant is 60
m3 volume of the pit.
All the slurry(outlet from biogas plant) is finally going to the big
well, and the water from that well is lifted to sprinkle on the
nursery plants
On farm there is setup of biogas engine generator(capacity10 KVA)
A big bio gas storage tank is kept in one room, its capacity is
approximately 140m3
He constructed very beautiful temple of Lord Dattatray on the
farm
He also constructed bio gas storage tank of capacity of 28000 m3
He is using vermi wash as fertilizer and herbicide
A plant of vermi compost is in the farm to take care of organic
fertilizer for the nursery and Mango trees.
Organic Farming
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Intercrop of fodder is done in between mango trees
Also sugar cane and corn is grown together only for the purpose
of fodder
A special open room is used for the Agnihotra Yagya
Yagya to please Sun god to provide enough sunsine
Music therapy for plants is also implemented.
On the farm there are 60 workers.
Cow milk used for family use and for the calf only
He constructed very beautiful office in the farm and he had one
Car and big Bungalow in his town
He never took any subsidy from the government
He says Anna Hazare did development in his village only because of
he got huge funds. Also he got the funds because he emotionally
blackmailed government
He said if one do scientifically organic farming then there is no
need of pollyhouse(green house) to construct on the farm
Cow Economy
Cow dung is used for biogas after that is was used as
fertilizer in field and cycle for making for biogas from
cow dung is 21 days.
• One cow can produce cow dung that can be used as
fertilizer for one acre
• Labor intensive and shortage of labor
• Tractor is also used to save labor cost
• Investment required for 20 acres are 1.5 crore/year
• Capacity of farm = 500000 Mango plants
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Experience of Mr. Suresh Waghdhare
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Emotional stability
Previously barren land become fertile now
Sustainable and profitable business
His annual turnover is approximate Rs 2 core.
No collaboration with others organizationsYagya to
please Sun god to provide enough sunsine
Cow milk used for family use and for the calf only
Organic farming is only profitable if farmer grows
organic fertilizer and organic herbicides on his own
farm
Labor problem is very serious and managing the labor in
intelligent way is key to organic farming success
Experience of Mr. Suresh Waghdhare
Crop insurance implemented by government is bogus
and never helped the farmers
• 90% of girls do framing in villages if these girls get good
education then he feared that girls will no more work
on farm
• He says software industry is slaughter house of city
people, because the people working in soft industry are
severely diseased by many non curable dieses
• There was corruption by government officials in selling
vermicompost, he said the government officials literally
sell soil instead of vermicompost because they are not
aware of technology of vermicompost production
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Experience of Mr. Suresh Waghdhare
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Working on farm is very difficult because every day there is
emerging new problem of labor, water, fodder, animal etc.
Government is giving subsidy on different projects on farm
but all that subsidy goes to the farmers who are close to
politicians
Policy makers in government authority are the people who
don’t have any agriculture land, then how they can
understand the problem of farmer.
Government is giving great help to BPL people so they
are reluctant to do work on farm. Instead they work in
hotel, bungalow etc. So he fears that only millionaire and BPL
people can survive in coming future and there is no future
for middle class.
He is saying the workers and his own family is always healthy
and never get any serious decease
Benefits of Homa Therapy
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HOMA is the technical term from the Vedic science of bio-energy denoting
the process of removing the toxic conditions of the atmosphere through the
agency of fire.
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When Homa is performed, an atmosphere is created that is conducive for
growing any crop
An aura energy field is created around plants during Agnihotra
Prana i.e. life energy emanates from Agnihotra which pulsates through us
and connects with cosmos
Tremendous amounts of energy are gathered around the pyramid at
Agnihotra time
A magnetic type field is created, one which naturalizes negative energies
and reinforces positive energies
Thus plants become stronger and disease resistance
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Benefits of Homa Therapy
All Nature comes back to Harmony
Improves the immune system of all plants
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Profit:
Increased quantity and quality in production
Reduced cost of labor
Saving costs of agrochemicals
The produce is superior in:
 taste
 size
 texture
 nutrition
 Prolongs the shelf life and makes produce more suitable
for export
 Increased number of harvests during the year, i.e.
productive cycle is shortened
Experience of Mr. Suresh Waghdhare
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He had capacity to keep 5 lakh plants of mango on the
farm. Each plant he sell at the rate of Rs 35 for 1 year
plant and Rs 150 for 3 year plant
He said if one do scientifically organic farming then
there is no need of pollyhouse(green house) to
construct on the farm
He never took any subsidy from the government
Mr Mukund Shah Integrated farming practitioner
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He had 120 Acre of agriculture land
He had 25000 Sqr Feet cloth shop
He is doing faming as side business
He says integrated farming as 60 % organic and 40 %
inorganic
100 Acre of land for sugarcane farming
5 Acer of land for Mango
15 Acre land for cereals
60 tones per acre of sugarcane production
He said he earlier doing only chemical farming that period
his sugarcane production lowered to 40 tons per acre,
then he started integrated farming now production is stable
at 60 tons per acre
27 Buffalos of Mura Breed from Harayana, 40 cows and bulls
of local breeds
Mr Mukund Shah: Integrated farming practitioner
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Buffalos are used for getting milk and manure. While
bulls and cows for good quality bulls.
Rs 200 medical cost per month
Each buffalos gives 12 to 14 liter of milk, milk sell at Rs
31 per liter
Buffalo cost at Rs 60 to 70 thousand
Good Bull sale at maximum cost of Rs 1 lakh
Dry fodder get for 100 units at Rs 1400 to 2200
20 Kg of dry fodder and 7 Kg of oil cake for buffalos
each day
Benefits of Cow Serving
Spiritual
 It releases from past sinful reaction
 Protection from both moral and spiritual degradation.
Humanity
 Cow protection brings peace, happiness and perfection in life.
 Cow protection is the most important business of human society.
 Perfect way to serve the humanity shown by God.
Ecological
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Allows us to lead a simple & pollution free life.
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Cow Panchgavya & Organic Products offers natural & healthy
living.
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Helps in maintaining the quality of underground water
COW Panch-gavya Products for Natural & Healthy Living
PERSONAL CARE
• Panchgavya Soap
• Hair Sampoo
• After Shave
• Face Cream
• Liquid Soap
• Tooth Powder
NUTRITION & HEALTH
• Cow Ark
• Panchgavya Ghritam
•Gomutra Asava
• Arjun Herbal Tea
•Chavan Parash
HOME CARE
• Phenyl
• Mosquito Coil
• Utensil Cleaner
• Cloth Whitener
• Glass Cleaner
• Toilet Cleaner
POOJAN
• Dhoop Sticks
• Samidha
• Hawan Samigri
• Pure Ghee
• Cow Urine
•Poojan Lep
MEDICINE-1
MEDICINE-2
• Ghanvati - Piles
• Skin Ointment
•Medhor- Obesity
•Madhumeh Churan
•Nari Priyadarshini
•Rasamrita
• Pain Reliever Oil
• Pachanamrita
• Balm
• Massage Oil
• Netra Jyoti
• Nasal/ Ear Drop
Cow-The Ideal Chemical Plant
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Converts abundantly available, renewable resources
into valuable products such as milk, urine and dung
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Smaller than a car, mobile so that it could search out its
own inputs
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Capable of maintaining the temperature necessary for
its reactions within narrow bounds
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Able to automatically heal most system failures
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Capable to do all of these with little human supervision
Robert Anderson (Conference of Chemical Engineers, New Delhi, 1997)
Backup Slides
Role of cow in farming - Qualitative
Bullock pulls the plough and helps in irrigation
• Manures the land by its dung and ensures high fertility of
our soil.
• Feeds itself on the left over stalks of the cereal crops
• Save Interest of small Farmers from Monopolist groups.
• Helps transport the yield to its final customers.
• Food grains produced with manure are superior in quality
and also are more resistant to rotting. (Source: 1)
• Food storage: Cow dung ash,.
• Pesticides from cow urine
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NOURISHMENT - Qualitatives
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Panchagavya : five cow products viz. milk, curd, ghee, urine
and dung.
pure ghee is socialism, while, vegetable ghee is
capitalism
Cow milk has amino acids which makes its protein easily
digestible and is good for kidney
rich source of Vitamins like B2, B3 and A which help
increasing immunity
help in reducing acidity, chances of peptic ulcer, breast and
skin cancer, formation of serum cholesterol, check obesity
Control diabetes but has good sugar for diabetic patients
one of the best natural anti-oxidants.
Health: Cow Urine
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Pungent, bitter, astringent, sweet and salty. It has five tastes (rasas).
PROPERTIES:
 Pure, toxin destroyer, germicide, balances bile, mucous and
air (kapha, vata, pitta),
 It is divine drink of yogis providing divine powers.
 Ganga always resides in cow urine. It is destroyer of all
sins (diseases)
 enhances brain power
 Controls evil spirits,
 Destroyer of all diseases
 It cures all bodily and mental illnesses.
 It is in the mode of goodness. It brings goodness in thoughts.
 By drinking it regularly for six months, man’s nature comes in
the mode of goodness.
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Source: Dr. Amita Gupta, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandary, Mathura : Paper presented for MVSc in 2003.
Antigen toxic| Ameliorative effect of Ark in
human polymorphonuclear leukocytes
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The Ark and Redistilled ark is found to possess total
antioxidant status of around 2.6mmol contributed mainly by
volatile fatty acids (1500mg|litre). These fatty acids and other
antioxidants might be responsible for the observed
ameliorative effect. The chromosomal aberration caused by
chemicals could be ameliorated by redistilled Ark
(1,50,100ul) Antioxidant status in distillates0.8mmol.Redistillate-2.6mmol.(ammonicalnitrogen-
15mg|litre).
Source : National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur.
Effect of Cow Urine on Wounds
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Cow Urine is having antiseptic properties. The urine
implicated Wounds were found less infected and healing
time is also less when compared to antiseptic cream.
Administration of fresh urine orally has added effect on
wound healing due to immunological properties.
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Source: A.K. Maheshwari, A.K.Gupta, AK Das, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B.Pant
University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. 263145.
Cow urine
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It is the most effective secretion of animal origin with
innumerable therapeutic values
Cow urine-8.90m’Aura Energy -by consuming it even
cancer can be cured
It contains sulphur, nitrogen, phosphorus,
iron, sodium, potassium, copper,
manganese , carbolic acid and 24 types of salts
It contains 95 % water, 2.5% urea, 2.5% minerals,
hormones ,enzymes, amino acids, cytokines etc
Cow urine is Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antiviral, still
non toxic
It has medicinal and disinfectant properties.
It serves as an effective insecticide and helps in
keeping the plant evergreen
Cows Urine as an Antimicrobial Agent
Gram Negative, Gram Positive bacteria, Fungi
were significantly inhibited by concentrated cows
urine
Source: Dessertation for MSc Microbiology 2006, Shri Shivaji Education Society / Amravti’s Science College, Nagpur
Health: Benefits of Cow Urine
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Cow urine corrects functioning of liver. So, liver makes
healthy pure blood. It gives disease resistance power to
the body.
It has all elements, which compensate for deficiency of
nutrients in our body. Thus stops ageing process. So it is
called an elixir and also life giving.
Cow urine contains many minerals especially Copper,
gold salts, etc. It compensates for bodily mineral
deficiency.
Cow urine is called medhya and hradya, which means it,
gives strength to brain and heart.
protects heart and brain from damages caused by mental
tension and protects these organs from disorders and
diseases.
Health: Benefits of Cow Urine
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Cow urine destroys the poisonous effects of medicine
residues and makes body disease free.
Cow urine provides mode of goodness. Thus helps us to
perform correct activities by mind.
Ganga resides in cow urine. Ganga is destroyer of sins,
thus cow urine destroys such previous sins and so diseases
are cured.
By regularly taking cow urine before sickness, we get so
much immunity that any attack of diseases is repulsed.
"Sarve rogaah hi mandagnau" All diseases begin with
mandagni (Low fire i.e. digestive capacity). If fire is strong,
diseases won't occur. Cow urine keeps the fire strong.
Importance of “Go Mutra” (Cow Ark)
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Cow Ark provides mode of goodness.
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Cow urine has amazing germicidal power to kill varieties of germs.
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Cow urine balances the disease creating tri-dosas.
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Cow urine corrects functioning of liver.
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It compensates for bodily mineral deficiency.
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Cow urine gives strength to brain and heart.
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Cow urine destroys the poisonous effects of residues and makes body disease
free.
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The diseases caused by entrance of ghosts in body are cured by intake of cow
urine.
Source: Chandrashekhar Kundle, Bharat chauragade, Ajith Rawal, Nagpur: Paper presented in World Ayurveda
Congress-2002. : Physical and Chemical composition of Urine and Arka and its effects on human beings is detailed.
Prevention of Pathogenic Free Radicals through Cow Urine
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Source: A.K. Singh, P.K. Singh, L.K. Singhal, D.K.Agarwal, College
of Veterinary and Animal Science, Pantnagar, IVRI Izatnagar
Free radicals are molecules, which have lost electron. These free
radicals attack the nearest stable molecule and steal the electron.
This is a chain reaction of destruction. They can attack enzymes, fat,
proteins, etc and causes DNA to mutate.
The Oxygen Free radicals (Reactive oxygen species) are produced
due to – Phagocytes, Mitochondria function, Inflammation, Heavy
Exercise,Cigarettes,Smoking,Pollution, adiation, Chemicals, Drugs,
Altered Ozone level, Moulds, Burned Meat.
They cause mutation of cells. This in turn may predispose for –
Parkinson’s Disease, Alzhimor’s Disease, Cancer, Sclerosis, Stroke,
Stress, Fibrosis, Cataract, Macular Degeneration, Aging
Cows’ urine prevents the free radicals formation.
Anti Cancer properties of cow Urine
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Source: K Darma, R.S. Chauhan L. Singhal, IVRI, Izatnagar
The cow Urine Therapy is suggested to poses potent Anti Cancer abilities. The following properties
are in listed as responsible for Anti Cancer Results.
DNA repairing potential : Cow urine efficiently repairs the damaged DNA. Damage of DNA by
chemicals is the major cause for Cancer. This property reduces the spread of malignant cancers and
helps fighting tumor.
Apoptosis inhibition : Lymphocytes under go suicidal tendency due to chemicals. Lymphocytes are
major cells, which fights against cancer cells. Cow urine reduces an apoptosis of Lymphocytes.
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Antioxidant Property : The volatile fatty acids show antioxidant properties which controls damage
in DNA.
Antimicrobial Activity : Many viruses are causing cancer. These microbes are killed by cow urine.
Bioenhancing Property : Bioenhancing are substances which promote and augment the bioactivity
or bioavailabilty or uptake of drugs. This will reduce the dosage & duration of antibiotic therepy and
anticancer drugs like Taxol.Taxol is used in MCF-7 (breast cancer cells).
Anti free radicals : The free radicals cause cell damage thereby inducing tumour cell growth or
causes aging. Cows’ urine prevents free radicals.
Cow Dung
cow dung-6m’-by wiping the ground floor it protects from
bacteria while the top floor it protects from atomic
emissions.
 When we burn cow dung, it balances atmospheric
temperature and kills germs in the air.
 The dried cow dung contains menthol, indol, salammoniac,
phenol and formalin.
 Cow dung has Antiseptic, Anti radioactive and Anti thermal
properties.
 It is believed that the smell of fresh cow dung repels viruses
& Bacteria.
 At CISH Lucknow, number of Microbes have been isolated
from dung and its preparation.(Pathak et al;2005)
 An Actinomycete found in cow dung is effective of
management of dieback , gummosis and fruit rots.
Cow Dung Ash
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Water purifying, washing vessels, on wounds, as pesticide,
grain preservation
cow dung is called gold mine or rather why the scriptures
say that Laxmiji (goddess of fortune/wealth) resides in cow
dung
Cow Milk Analysis
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17% Protein
29% Calcium
23% Phsphorus
23% Riboflavin
25% Vitamin D
15% Vitamin B-12
Milk fat is the richest natural dietary source of conjugated
linoic acid (CLA), which has been shown in animal and cell
culture studies to have potent anti-carcinogenic (anti-cancer)
properties.The experiments have shown that dietary
supplementation with CLA reduced the incidence of
chemically induced tumors in the epidermis, stomach and
mammary glands.
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