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now and then. Maize, too, is to some extent 

 grown, but the crops are not strikingly luxuriant 

 in general. The Kaffirs also grow a little millet, 

 but the needful supplies of these cereals are mostly 

 imported from Basutoland. 



The staple industry is therefore that of the 

 grazier, and considerable quantities of wool and 

 angora hair are exported. Upon the whole, as a 

 stockbreeding country, the Free State is second to 

 none, and superior to most of the pasture fields 

 of South Africa. Horses, too, are successfully 

 reared here, as the fatal African distemper, rightly 

 termed " horse-sickness," if not unknown, is at least 

 rarely destructive, and as its annual ravages in the 

 Transvaal cause a considerable demand for 

 remounts, a thriving business in horseflesh is a 

 considerable element of profit to breeders. 



