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valuable to the farmer. We have at Stellingen done much 
business in importing Indian zebus for crossing purposes ; 
and we export many of the animals to Argentina and Brazil. 
The draught capacity of cattle is very often immensely improved 
by the infusion of the zebu blood. The possibility of making 
such crosses is of the first importance in all the colonies, 
where a correct selection of 
suitable races of domestic 
animals is one of the most 
urgent problems that the 
people are called upon to 
solve. 
I have already related the 
failure of my attempts at 
bringing home some of the 
giant wild sheep of Central 
Asia. It was suggested to 
me by Professor Kiihn of 
Halle that I should endeavour 
to cross these with domestic 
sheep; but unfortunately the 
experiment has not yet proved 
practicable. I succeeded in 
bringing home some of the 
animals and also representa- 
tives of smaller races for the 
Royal Agricultural Institute, but it was only in the case of 
the smaller varieties that the crossing experiments were suc- 
cessful, for the giant sheep died very soon. 
I do not despair, however, of succeeding ultimately in 
bringing home some of these giant wild sheep. I had the 
same difficulty at first with wild horses, stags, roes, ibexes, 
etc., but in all these cases experience showed me how I could 
overcome the obstacles and carry out the importation success- 
fully. The Siberian stag crossed with the ordinary red deer 
gives very good results, and before long deer-stalkers may ex- 
Fic. 70,—Young argali. 
