On Pineapples
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Cattle Thrive On Pineapples
THE closing down of the pineapple canning industry in Fiji, and talk of establishing a pineapple cannery in the Cooks, give interest to a Brisbane report in early August.
The despatch stated that an 18month-old steer, fed principally on pineapple waste, had a dressed weight of 720 lb.
The animal’s development on this diet was considered phenomenal by cattle experts.
The steer was by a Santa Gertrudis bull from a Shorthorn cow. The carcase was described as “almost perfect in conformation, colour, and finish” and was the piece-de-resistance of a Santa Gertrudis Dinner given at Brisbane by Sir Rupert Clarke, managing director of the King Ranch (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., which has fostered the breed in the South Pacific region. t The next meeting of Fiji’s Legis lative Council will be opened at Suva on September 2.