The world's meat futureAn account of the live stock position and meat prospects of all leading stock countries of the world, with full lists of freezing works . EGYPT and SOUDAN—NIGERIA 197 Shakei, six years old. Then I saw a younger one, three yearsold, called iLn Khalifa, and next a gigantic buffalo bull. A group of very pretty three-year-old cows by Ibn Shakeiquite took my fancy. A buffalo cow of enormous proportionscame next; this cow gives four gallons of milk per day, with 8per cent, butter fat. I finished up the cattle by a view of severalbeautiful young calves, showing what vast improv
The world's meat futureAn account of the live stock position and meat prospects of all leading stock countries of the world, with full lists of freezing works . EGYPT and SOUDAN—NIGERIA 197 Shakei, six years old. Then I saw a younger one, three yearsold, called iLn Khalifa, and next a gigantic buffalo bull. A group of very pretty three-year-old cows by Ibn Shakeiquite took my fancy. A buffalo cow of enormous proportionscame next; this cow gives four gallons of milk per day, with 8per cent, butter fat. I finished up the cattle by a view of severalbeautiful young calves, showing what vast improvement can bemade in the native stock by judicious breeding. The Soudan also promises to be a good country for cattle, anda port now in existence in the Red Sea will give it an outlet forthe exports of live stock and later on for frozen meat. Thereare great opportunities for the cattle industry on the NIGERIA. It is now some three years since the immense cattle reservesexisting in Nigeria began to be discovered and appreciation first came to a man who travelled two and ahalf years in the cattle regions of Nigeria and a short way overthe borders into French, and what was previously German,colonies. This was Mr. Speed, a man of wide experience, whonot only carefully collected data from interviews with residents,district officials, and the more important chiefs, but also put hisobservations to the test in a practical way. He found that therewere not less than five million head of cattle. Besides SirFrederick Lugard, the Governor-General, IMr. Speed saw Mr. 198 THE WORLDS MEAT FUTURE Bouar Law and :\Ir. Steel Maitland on this matter, with a viewto securing adequate reserves of land to allow for collecting andfattening prior to railing to Lagos. This was the first stepnecessary for capital to be put up to secure the erection ofrefrigerators, etc. As .a result of his ene
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