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Profit From Cattle-Raising
THE important part that cattle play nowadays on well-managed coconut plantations throughout the South Seas was emphasised by Mr. E. Duncan, when he read a paper on the Fiji meat industry, at an agricultural con ference held at Suva recently.
Cattle save much hand-weeding on plantations, and in Fiji bring in a cer tain amount of income, through sale to the Fijians, and always provide good beef for estate use. In fact, said Mr.
Duncan, they are a sort of by-product on a coconut estate, and for that rea son alone can be produced profitably in competition with any purely cattle raising venture in the Colony.