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THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 



THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. 

 There are several large areas in the Pacific Ocean where cattle 

 raising has been for years a successful industry, and at times 

 of scarcity in Australia some very fine cattle have been mar- 

 keted from Fiji and New Caledonia. On one island in the 

 Fiji Group there has been for many years a veiy large herd of 



Zebu Bull from Southern- Ixdia and Sdw 



ON THE MaLAGTA PLANTATION. 



Hereford cattle, and every year stud bulls of that breed have 

 been purchased in Australia. 



The cattle fatten rapidly on the sensitive plant, and obtain 

 quick maturity. The drawback has been always the want of 

 markets for the disposal of the bullocks. The peninsula, of about 

 100,000 acres, with rich pasture on the French island of Tahiti, 



