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throw-back appears, and they will appear for a number of 

 years. Contrary to expectation, the higher graded animals 

 from the original cows, with strong Shorthorn foundation, of 

 which there are now four generations represented on the ranch, 

 do not show any tendency to lack of vigour and hardiness, 

 being quite as robust, if not more so, than the original cattle. 

 This robustness of constitution, with the consequent ability to 



Zebu Heifef from Southern India. Nellore Variety 



make the utmost use of the veld, has been secured by a fairly 

 strict selection of breeding females and a very strict adherence 

 to substance, strength, and vigour of constitution in the sires 

 used. 



"In addition, taking seasons into consideration, the suc- 

 ceeding generations show progressively greater tendency to 

 early maturity, thus demonstrating that the finer bred cattle 

 can make as good or better use of the veld than their presum- 

 ably more hardy forbears. The same also holds for the lower 



