CHAPTER XIV 



PIGS, CATTLE, OSTRICHES 



Pigs. — For the genuine settler, whether he be farm- 

 ing either on a small or large scale, the pig is almost 

 a necessity ; provided of course that he, the farmer, 

 be within reasonable access of the railway. The great 

 attractions of pigs to farmers in the Protectorate are 

 afforded by three facts. He requires little labour. He 

 eats food much of which is useless for any other 

 purpose, and all of which is cheap. He is always 

 readily marketable, and produces a profit at an early 

 date. These qualities are, of course, the same 

 essential ones which render the pig popular wherever 

 he is bred ; but they are especially commendable in a 

 country where labour tends to be uncertain both in 

 quantity and quality, where food stuffs either grow 

 wild or are produced at a minimum of cost, and where 

 a quick return of cash profits is continually required 

 during the period of development. While some 

 farmers, then, will keep swine as their principal pro- 

 ducts and will grow feeding stuffs to this end alone, 

 many others will keep a sow or two more as a by- 

 product and to help defray the cost of living. 



At the present time the Protectorate is equipped 



with an up-to-date bacon curing factory. To-day the 



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