Mysore :

Bangalore may be the Silicon city but it does not lag behind in dairy skills which came to fore yesterday when a cow from the State capital yielded 46 litres of milk to win the prize of Rs. 1 lakh at the three-day State-level milking contest held at J.K. Grounds in city in memory of Late actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas by Mysore Nagara Gopalakara Sangha (MNGS).

Dairy farmers from Bangalore also outclassed their counterparts from Mysore by winning top three positions in the contest which had been a tradition of Mysore.

Cows belonging to Pradeep Devegowda, a resident of Adugodi, Venkatesh Sommanna, residing near Nettakallapa Circle and Lakshman Hogebandi of Bangalore yielded 46.75 litres, 40.75 litres and 40.40 litres winning the first three places respectively as a cow belonging to Aishwarya, a relative of former Mysore Mayor Dhruvakumar, which yilded 39.95 litres finished fourth.

Pradeep Devegowda won Rs. 1 lakh and a pair of silver lamp weighing 2 kg. Venkatesh Somanna won Rs. 75,000 and a silver crown weighing 1 kg. Lakshman Hogebandi won Rs. 50,000 and a silver crown weighing 1 kg. as First, Second and Third prizes respectively while Aishwarya of Mysore got Rs. 25,000 as the Fourth prize.

A total of 17 cattle from different parts of State particularly from in and around Bangalore participated in the competition and the prizes were presented to the winners by actor Darshan Toogudeepa at a function organised at Srikanta Datta Narasimharaja Wadiyar stage at J.K. Grounds yesterday.

District in-Charge Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad, MP A.H. Vishwanath, Mayor N.M. Rajeshwari, MLA Vasu, Mysore Nagara Gopalakara Sangha President D. Nagabhushan and others were present.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 20th, 2014