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goats and swine. The Philippine Agricul- 

 tural Revieiv, published monthly, and costing 

 $2 (8s. 4d.) a year, is worth studying even by 

 those outside the Philippines on account of 

 the information it contains on the subject of 

 cattle and hogs, as well as on the cultivation 

 of forage plants generally. 



Before going off the subject altogether 

 we would like to add that anyone, say in 

 London, who wants to take up cattle-rearing 

 in connection with coco-nut planting will 

 find that the wholesale carcase butchers at 

 Smithfield know many other things besides 

 how to make the public pay 50 per cent, 

 more for their meat than they ought to be 

 doing. As we were known to be interested 

 in the matter, some West Indian and 

 Venezuelan friends, in 1908-9, just about the 

 time that the Philippine planter was drawing 

 up the estimates that we have made use of 

 elsewhere, asked us, knowing that we had a 

 good knowledge of the llano cattle of that 

 Republic on the one hand, and of the London 

 requirements on the other, to make some 

 inquiries as to the possibilities of opening up 

 a trade with London in Venezuelan cattle. 

 Thanks to the courtesy of the London 

 Chamber of Commerce, we got directly into 

 touch with several leading butchers, and 

 after (with some trouble) ascertaining who 

 were " ring men " and putting them aside, 

 we hit upon one firm as likely to be 



