::: LOK BHARTI - A Rural Revolution :::

w	Lok Bharti Goshala - Cattle Breeding Farm Four Aims: (1) To project it as laboratory of education for the vocation of milk-production. (2) To continue breeding work with protecting Gir Cows and to provide better progeny to village people (3) As an extension center for the surrounding areas. (4) To supply milk to the student and the families of the workers.
w	Laboratory of Education : In B.R.S. & M.R.S. courses animal husbandry is taught as a general as well as a special subject. For them this goshala serves as a laboratory because students are supposed to have expertise in the vocation of dairying. The student of this special subject each learns for 215 days every process in the Goshala. This enables them to test their knowledge of theory in terms of practical use. They study in detail the treatment of cattle diseases, fodder cultivation, dairy science, animal management, cattle-rearing etc.
w	Experiments in dairy farming : Experiment are carried out in order that cows give milk for more days than the dry days. In year 2002-03, 42 cows were milking out of 45. The non-milking days were just 45. The milking days were 300 to 320.
w	Fodder Cultivation and pasture Improvement : Experiments are made and demonstration is held for new and better fodder crops. The experiments are conducted by the students. 400 acres of pasture land is reclaimed and the cattle graze there for 4 to 6 months. From 200 acres of stony land 100 metric tones of dry hay we get in 1994-95. Attempts were made at water conservation by making contour bunds.
w	Cross - breeding Programme : Experiments are carried out in order that pure Gir cows are properly cared, milked three times a day, animal feed and green fodder are given so that milk yielding capacity is increased. in 1971, 'Sevika" a Gir cow yielded 21.300 Kgs of milk in a single day and stood first in All India Milk Competition. In 1986, Mena-79 crossbred jersey cow yielded 36.800 Kgs. of milk in a single day and stood first in the State of Gujarat. It gave 56542 Kgs of milk during its life span. In 2001 Mena-87 crossbred H.F. cow generated 33.600 Kgs of Milk in a single day and stood third in State of Gujarat. it gave 45000 Kgs. of milk during its life span. It has been our experience that a crossbred bull is efficient enough for cultivation and farming. From fodder cultivation alone annual production of green fodder comes to 25 to 30 thousand maunds. Silage experiment has proved a boon to the drought-stricken Saurashtra. The goshala has two silopits each of the capacity of 60 tones.