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THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 



"Taking a rough and rapid survey of the position, it means 

 that the country even yet has not settled into its stride. Some 

 few, probably thirty in British East Africa, are doing well out 

 of cotfee. Some few — probably a dozen — are doing well out 

 of sisal hemp. Others make returns from l)utter, the sale of 

 surplus cattle and sheep or produce. 



"At the time of my former visit the country for British East 

 Africa was very dry, but the quantity of grass that clothed the 

 pastures at this visit made the country very attractive, but it 

 would require a long sojourn in the country before one could 

 say which were the grasses most suitable for stock, as settlers 

 in different districts have widely different ideas as to the feeding 

 virtues of the different grasses, herbs, and shrubs, and also as 

 to the carrying capacity of the land. An Australian used to 

 the carrying capacity in Australia naturally forms his own 

 idea, but that is best kept to oneself ; but, taking it on the whole, 

 British East Africa is more a cattle country than at any rate 

 Merino sheep. 



"There are some small areas near Naivasha, and to a much 

 larger extent the country in the Southern Guaso Nyiro, now 

 held bv the Masai tribe, which an Australian would consider 



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Mb. McGkku 



Tjie Naivasha Stud Farm, B.E.A., and 

 Sekval Tat. 



