From the archive record
At the Maharishi Dayanand Gaushala in Delhi, milk is retailed to consumers, after being strained into a large container to avoid solid particles admixing with the milk. Once taken home, the milk is boiled and strained once again before consumption. Maharshi Dayanand Gosamwardhan Kendra has more than 800 cows in a 12 acre land in Ghazipur on Delhi-UP border. It is not for profit organization, dedicated to developing and maintaining Indian breeds of cows. It has a hydroponics plant for producing fodder and practices natural breeding of cows. Cows are fed an optimal mix of green fodder. It produces high yield of milk even as it follows natural practices only. Various experiments have been carried out on this farm and the learnings have been incorporated over past 15 years when it has grown fr