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occupation of the Zambezi Company, who have 

 estabhshed a farm and plantation at Bompona, 

 opposite Mount Morrumbala, where they are 

 breeding cattle. The herd of the estate numbers 

 some three thousand head, and the stud six pure- 

 bred Hereford bulls, which are put to selected 

 native cows. Grade heifers will also be bred 

 from ; the grade bulls being sold to Nyassaland 

 breeders, who give c£12 and J913 for them. 

 According to the strict ethics of breeding, grade 

 sires are taboo, but the native stock of the 

 country being so weedy these young half-bred 

 Herefords are eagerly sought after by Nyassaland 

 breeders, who rightly consider the main thing 

 for the moment to be the increasing of weight, 

 the breeding-out of impurities being the task 

 of a future day. There is no East Coast fever 

 at Bompona, and trypanosomiasis, if it exists, 

 has not yet been detected. Herefords as a 

 breed are not so heavy as Shorthorns, but they 

 are hardier, and as graziers are unsurpassed. In 

 selecting this breed for improving the Bompona 

 herd the company, it would appear, was well 

 advised, and it has the satisfaction of having 

 established one of the most successful breeding 

 enterprises in the Province. Good herds of 

 native cattle are being reared at Marura and 

 other spots on the Zambezi. 



