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ALLAHABAD: Rendered redundant by the free availability of packed pasteurised milk, the 129-year-old military dairy farm situated in Chauphatka area of the city—the oldest in the country—will soon be closed down.Established in 1889, the dairy farm is one of the 25 military dairy farms to be closed by the Union ministry of defence. No cooperative has yet shown interest in the military dairy farm at Jhansi. The co-operative of Uttrakhand government would be buying cows from the other four military farms in the state, including those in Lucknow , Meerut, Agra and Bareilly . The final orders for the closure of the dairy farms came in May, 2017 and the orders are being implemented now.The farm is home to many cows, including 550 cows of the Frieswal breed. These animals would be handed over to Sudha, a milk co-operative unit of the Bihar state government, at a nominal cost of Rs 1,000 per cow.Sudha, owned by Bihar State Milk Co-operative Federation Ltd has, also shown interest in buying the cattle at military dairy farms in Ranchi..