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our mutton, which is sold at such a prohibitive price, viz. 

 28c. and 32c, per lb. Because sheep will flourish so well 

 here, I mention them now. The means whereby we 

 can improve the flesh is already mentioned, viz : good 

 fodder. No other West Indian country has ever sent us 

 a shipment of sheep, but if we could rear them here in 

 large numbers we might also be able to export. Again, 

 having sele6led high lands, sheep farming would be most 

 successful and a quicker return would be derived. 



Next in order come hogs. It is a well-known fa6l 

 that the present breed of hogs can be improved, and 

 greater care should be paid to pen-fed stock in general. 

 It is not a pleasant sight when passing through our 

 villages to see hogs burrowing in the cess-pits and to 

 think that the next day you might eat the flesh of those 

 very same animals, A quick return can also be obtained 

 from them, and, as we can make our own ice, I don't see 

 why we can't pickle our own pork and place it in the 

 market to compete with American pork, so large a 

 quantity of which is used in the Gold-fields and bought at a 

 high price. The sele6lion of a centre for supplying the 

 different gold distri6ls with this commodity would be of 

 importance. 



Poultry should next be reared on a large scale and the 

 means could be easily provided. Turkeys and fowls 

 thrive excellently on Guinea corn, the grains of which, 

 being small, are easily eaten by the chickens. I believe 

 that is one of the reasons why Barbados can supply us 

 with turkeys, while we cannot rear them here because 

 we cannot give the chickens the proper sort of food that 

 is required before they can fight for themselves. The 

 excellent flesh of the turkey is very desirable but 



