Look at the return of bullocks that went into the markets last year.
According to their decision the bullocks were sold at a certain price.
The farmer who sold the bullock did not get very much profit.
Friesian bullocks are fetching only £6 and £7 a hundredweight because no one can afford to feed them.
This was impossible for the bullock carts, since the nightsoil would completely putrefy during the journey and it would seriously injure both the driver and the people enroute.
Diesel pump sets were mounted on bullock carts to serve several bamboo tubewells.
Since animal traction is a third important input besides labour and fertilisers, we incorporate bullock hiring prices and a dummy for bullock ownership to account for possible hiring restrictions.
Today, matters are very different since the cattle are butchered on the spot, loaded onto bullock carts and sent off to market.
