SOUTH AFRICAN CATTLE
INDUSTRY IN POOR STATE A general review of the South African cattle farming industry is contained in a report just completed by the Union Department of Agriculture. The survey shows that the cattle industry in the Union suffers from: (1) Inferior stock; (2) insufficient feeding; (3) too large a production of beef in areas economically suited for dairying; (4) too small an annual turnover.
Only one-third of the Euro-pean-owned cattle is reported as showing the influence of the improved breeds of cattle. This is probably a high estimate. In the case of native stock the proportion is very much lower. Taking a low winter maintenance ration as the standard, less than one-quarter of the European farmers in the Union make any provision for winter feeding. Only in two limited areas, around Johannesburg and Capetown respectively do the dairy breeds definitely predominate. In other areas, which are generally described as dairy areas, half the improved cattle are of beef types. Only about 5 per cent of the total cattle in the Union are slaughtered annually. The corresponding figure for the United Sjtates is over 18 per cent.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 38, 7 May 1927, Page 20 (Supplement)
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189SOUTH AFRICAN CATTLE Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 38, 7 May 1927, Page 20 (Supplement)
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