As with cattle, buffalo is an important animal in the cultural, economic, and food for the people. Buffalo also require extensive land area and a lot of feed and water are adequate, but the buffalo is more suitable for wet and muddy land. The greatest benefit of the buffalo is a strength, they are best used to till the soil.
BUFFALO NEEDS: water, food, cage, umbrella, health, water puddles, fences or ropes.
PRODUCTS BUFFALO meat, fertilizer, milk, money, power: (plowing the soil and control weeds), horn, the need for ceremonies, skin
A. Buffalo Needs
1. Feed, feed water buffalo with cattle, see the cows for the type of food.
2. Water, Buffalo needs water every day, provide enough water.
3. Health, Buffalo, like cows and goats, requiring salt ut for his health. Provide salt is always in the ah for buffalo can lick it. The most important for the health of the buffalo is shade and water puddle. Keep the place clean water buffalo. Treat any wounds quickly to prevent infection, especially after plowing scar. Use a cloth or any layer to prevent scratches during plowing. Give mulberry leaves on a regular basis to feed buffalo worm problem.
4. Cage and Shade, Buffalo does not need shade at night, but need it in the daytime. Make a fenced enclosure in a location that is dry to help maintain health and facilitate the gathering buffalo buffalo dung, but do not forget to make pools of water elsewhere, the buffalo really need it. Live fences can be used as a cage at the same time provide fodder for buffalo. Make the location of cages under the trees because these trees can serve as shade.
5. Water puddle, puddle of Buffalo need to keep the body stay cool during the day. If there are no pools of water, the buffalo will suffer because of the heat.
B. Buffalo Products
1. Power
Buffalo can be trained to plow the land. Buffalo is very suitable for this job because:- Once the buffalo have been trained will be used constantly.- Buffalo plow the cost is much cheaper than a tractor.- Buffalo is much less maintenance than a tractor.- Easy to train.- Buffalo to plow a steep land that is inaccessible by tractor.
How to train buffalo
Taken from LikLik Buk, a handbook of Papua New Guinea, which contains a simple guide to train the buffalo who need a coach and a buffalo hijackers who had trained and experienced. Which should be considered in train buffalo are as follows:
- The first lesson for this animal is he willing to release the rope. It usually takes 1-2 weeks. You tie a rope around the horns or neck first, then through his nose.- We recommend that each workout buffalo accompanied by people who handle day-to-day. Preferably the same person, who became?? Best friend? buffalo.- There should not train with someone leading the Buffaloes in front of him. Buffalo must learn to work with the people behind it. Be patient and do it slowly.- To train the turn (to right or left), coaches should be near the rear left of the buffalo. The usual sign is a strong pull on the rope to turn left and a pounding slow to turn right.- After training in several directions, buffalo can learn to carry people on his back.- Buffalo can also be tethered to a wagon / small cart, and then can be used for plowing, and then be able to attract larger wagons. Get used water buffalo to pull the load, this will make the skin gets tougher.- Give a gift to the buffalo, buffalo train in conditions such as half-starved, then
after training bathe and give the salt and fresh grass. Let the buffalo that have not or are difficult to be trained, trained others in the vicinity of the family water buffalo, especially for determining the direction of training.- Buffalo will always try to rebel at the beginning of the training. This is not unusual. Treat with a firm but fair, do not use violence unless it is deemed appropriate. Bali cattle can be used and sometimes gives better results. before training after training. Sequel can be seen in cattle System Buffalo (part 2)
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