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THE WORLDS MEAT FUTURE 



is badly needed. On the coast lands and in the interior well- 

 watered valleys, or where irrigation is practicable, permanent 

 fenced pastures are the rule. These are planted with Para, and 

 Guinea grass, which make plentiful and succulent forage. 



The average rainfall of the whole country annually is about 

 18 inches. 



The cattle of the country are descended from importations 



Half-Blood Honduras Shoethoen Hill, Showing Marked Improvement 

 Over Native Type 



from Spain soon after the conquest. These naturally have 

 much degenerated, the native stock being small ; though 

 fleshed and slow to reach maturity, they generally kill at about 

 400 lbs. weight. 



So far little has been done to improve them, but the advent 

 of men from the United States, as I said before, is making itself 

 felt. Cuba, which possesses itself no less than 4,000,000 head 

 of cattle, used to get a lot of cattle from Honduras, but that 

 island is now fully stocked up. The worst disease in Honduras 



