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breed from Madagascar cows and Indian bulls, 

 as I feel sure the cross would be an excellent 

 one. It would have the advantage of being a 

 cheap way of improving the quality of our cattle. 



" If an animal meeting the requirements of 

 the country can be obtained in this way I do 

 not see the necessity of importing expensive 

 pure-bred animals from home. When Indian 

 cattle were imported into this territory the 

 losses were practically nil, but that has not 

 been our experience with pure and half-bred 

 Shorthorn bulls imported from Natal and 

 Rhodesia. Whether the progeny of these Indian 

 bulls have a higher degree of immunity than 

 the local animal I do not know ; but the fact 

 that they keep themselves in such good con- 

 dition must help them to resist many of the 

 common diseases." 



In a leaflet (No. 3) issued on March 1, 1912, 

 by the Zanzibar Government on the researches 

 of Dr. W. M. Aders into cattle diseases, the 

 following paragraph may be quoted as confirming 

 Mr. Jones's opinion : — 



'* Nearly all the dairy cows of Zanzibar town 

 are of Indian parentage. These cows are good 

 milkers and well suited to the climate. Many 

 diseases which are common to Africa and would 

 be injurious to European stock they resist. The 



