Arnold, David (Author)
Photography, also an innovative technology at the time, engaged with two interconnected bovine technologies in late nineteenth and early twentieth century India: cattle as the animal power behind other agrarian technologies and cattle breeding. The Ongole cattle of Nellore district in south India, ancestors of the internationally renowned zebu cattle, were famed for their beauty, their strength as haulage and tillage animals, and their milk yields. Along with other Indian breeds, they were systematically photographed, beginning with the 1865 Addanki cattle show. This article examines the role of bovine photography as an agent of technological change in relation to the transition from a local cattle-raising culture through provincial "improvement" schemes to a pantropical market for Ongoles. It reflects on the racial discourse of animal breeds and its intersection with colonial-era ideas of bovine "degeneration" and "improvement," while highlighting the importance of cattle fairs and experimental farms.
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