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are underground streams, and these can be tapped by bore- 

 holes generally at a depth of 100 feet or so. 



Once a good supply of water is guaranteed for the animals, 

 the dryness of the climate is an advantage, for it saves 

 them from many diseases which a moist climate is apt to 

 engender. 



The Sudan covers an area of one million square miles and 

 is a great pastoral country, and although at present there is 



MOB OF HEREFORD COWS, QUEENSLAND 



but a small export of cattle, except from Egypt, the possi- 

 bilities of the future are practically limitless. 



MUTTON. Of frozen mutton in 1913 l we bought over 

 5 million cwt., and of this nearly 4 million came from British 

 possessions, i. e. New Zealand and Australia. 



The number of sheep in New Zealand had increased from 

 1J million in 1858 to over 24 million in 1913. No country 

 in the world has richer pastures, but, though wool has always 

 been a valuable article of export, until recently little use could 



1 During the war the amount imported declined from 5 million to 2 

 million cwt. 



