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wild cattle on the savannahs, and therefore they recom- 
mended farmers to increase their tame herds and choose 
better locations for the pens. They were of opinion 
that every encouragement should be given to the intro- 
du€tion of cows and heifers from other countries and 
that only bulls and oxen should be liable to import duty. 
It was with much satisfaétion they had seen some fine 
cows and heifers lately introduced from the Orinoque, a 
herd of which had been purchased by a gentleman con- 
neéted with some cattle farms, to improve the breed and 
increase the number, If this were done by others as 
well, as they trusted would be the case, it was possible 
that the markets of the colony might again be well 
supplied by colonial graziers, otherwise it was to be 
feared they would long continue to be dependent on 
foreign supplies. 
The breeding of sheep was another branch of the far- 
mer’s business which had been neglected for some time 
past. The necessity for dry pasturage for this descrip- 
tion of stock, and the difficulty of procuring that since 
the drainage of estates converted into cattle farms had 
been abandoned, had occasioned the almost total negleét 
of sheep breeding, but if the land in the immediate 
neighbourhood of the projeéted new line of road between 
the Mahaica and Mahaicony rivers was cleared and pens 
constru€ted, they, confidently expeéted that the cattle 
farmers. would find it to their interest to recur to this 
once important source of revenue, and Again be able to 
supply the markets with that description of mutton which 
was not surpassed in any other country in the world. 
It was the wish of the Society to hold forth every 
encouragement consistent with its means towards improv- 
