N.Z. CATTLE IN TAHITI
Herefords Settle Down Well
New Zealand-bred Hereford and Shorthorn beef cattle are doing well in Tahiti. Bought in New Zealand last July, they have adapted themselves well to tropical conditions and are showing a definite improvement in size and quality of carcase. , This is reported by Mr Michel Gug, head of the Department of Livestock and Animal Husbandry in French Polynesia, who last year came to New Zealand and bought 15 Hereford bulls, five heifers and five Shorthorn bulls for breeding to improve Tahitian herds for meat production. He was writing in the “Quarterly Bulletin” of the South Pacific Commission.
“The very first crossbred progeny of a Hereford bull and a local cow shows definite Hereford characteristics,” he wrote. However, the Aberdeen Angus breed imported for fattening has not settled well to island conditions, and has sired badly. Mr Gug also bought from New Zealand owners two HolsteinFriesian bulls, and wrote that the breed gave a good yield in dairy farming.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28524, 1 March 1958, Page 16
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