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THE WORLD'S MEAT FVrVRE 



excepting a few owned l)y Frenchmen. Cattle are still cheap 

 here ; bullocks fattened on manioc, and giving about 660 lbs. of 

 meat nett, are selling at £6, while those fattened on grass, and 

 giving about 440 lbs. of meat, sell at al)out £4."" 



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YouxG Madagascar Bi i,i,. 

 between 3 ami 4 years of age and one of the principal herd boys on Mr.. 

 Sutherland 's property. The hump is a good one for a ithree-year-old bull. 



Other French colonies from which supplies of cattle can be- 

 procured, and where they are only awaiting good modern 

 methods to increase in numbers and quality, are Algeria, CaiiK 

 boja, West Africa, and Morocco. 



