Beef-Cattle Project
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THE Colonial Development and Welfare Fund which has helped many of the British Colonies with capital improvements, will re-estab lish cattle herds on Guadalcanal, BSI.
The cattle that existed on the is land before the war were all eaten in 1941-45, and a start has now been made to re-establish the potential meat supply. . f. The Government vessel Kun marau, left Suva in August with suffi cient cattle to start the scheme. Two Hereford bulls have been obtained from New Zealand and a Zebu bull is being sent from Fjii. Over 40 Hereford heifers have been bought from the CSR Company’s estate at Yaqara, Fiji.
The cost of establishing cattle in the Pacific Islands is enormous these days—transport costs alone from Australia or New Zealand usually are around £lOO per head without the cost of the beast.
As far as Guadalcanal is con cerned, it is hoped to establish a Hereford-Zebu cross which will do well under tropical conditions and which will have good beef-produc ing qualities.