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Dairy farming is a class of agriculture for long-term production of milk, which is processed for eventual sale of a dairy product.The dairy cows so that they produce maximum quantities of milk. In order to accomplish this goal, dairy farmers may be involved with a variety of tasks including feeding, administering medication, managing waste, operating milking equipment two to three times daily, and other daily duties.

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Umblachery cattle is native of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts of Tamil Nadu, India. This breed gets its name from the place of its origin – the Umblachery village in Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu. It is variedly known as Jathi madu/ Mottai madu/ Molai madu/ Therkathi madu.
Umblachery is a draught breed of the zebu type, similar to Kangayam but smaller, and used for agricultural work. The males generally find use in ploughing, carting, thrashing and paddling. This breed is capable of doing continuous work for six to seven hours under the hot sun and is suitable for ploughing in marshy paddy fields because of its medium size.
The practice of dehorning of bullocks is peculiar in the Umblachery cattle. Dehorning of male calves is at about 10-12 months of age. During dehorning, there is a practive of pruning of ears. Umblachery breeds by natural mating and artificial insemination in few animals.

Characteristics:-

      This is a medium-sized, docile cattle breed.

      The calves are generally red or brown at birth but change to grey during the growing period. The bullocks are dark grey with black extremities whereas the cows are grey with light dark grey colour in the face, neck and hip regions.

      They have white markings on face, limb and tail; markings on legs resemble socks.

      The forehead is slightly broad with a shallow groove in the middle and a white star.

      The ears are short and erect and horizontally placed.

      The eyelids and the muzzle are black in colour.

      The naval flap is inconspicuous and the penal sheath in males is neww tucked up.

      The dewlap is short, thin and extends up to the sternum.

      The teats are small and set neww apart.

      The udder is not neww developed; it is bowl shaped and tucked up with the abdomen.

      The hump is fairly developed and medium in size in bullocks, neww developed in bulls and small in cows.

      The hooves are strong, small, black in colour or partly or wholly white in colour.

      The horns are black in colour, medium in thickness, short and pointed.

      The tail is long and tapers gradually below the hock.

      Body weight of males vary between 268 – 297 kg and females weigh about 219 kg.

      Height at withers for males is 112.2cm to 116.8 cm and for females about 105 cm.

      Average heart girth for males is approx. 150 cm and for females approx. 135 cm.

      The age at first calving is approx. 52.4 months.

      The lactation period is about 245 days and the milk production per lactation is approx. 494 kgs and average milk fat is 4.94%.