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the shoulders of the zel)u largely disappears in the hybrid. The 

 bones are unusually small and of a delicate nature. The meat is said 

 to be of o-ood quality. The milk of the zebu or of the hybrid is 

 claimed to be richer than that of the ordinary Arabian cow. The zebu 

 gives from 6 to 8 quarts per day, while h3"brids yield from 15 to 16 

 quarts. Three different races of zebus have been introduced into 

 Algeria, one from Madagascar, one from Cochin China, and a third 

 from India. The third, or Brahmin race, is the only one which proved 

 to be of economic importance and is the one from which the present 

 zel)us and hybrids of Algeria have descended. 



These results with the zebu are borne out b}' the experience in 

 Jamaica. Texas fever is very prevalent in that country, but it has 

 long been known that cattle which contain a strain of zebu blood are 

 immune to the disease. This zebu blood was introduced years ago for 

 another purpose. It is now proposed to import a number of zebu 

 bulls from India for the specific purpose of securing immunity to 

 the fever. These are to be used in connection with the improvement 

 of the couimon cattle in Jamaica, which are said to be degenerating to 

 some extent. 



