Prominent Chinese officials and business men in Chengtu are keenly' interested in the scheme to produce dairy stock and have willingly contributed capital to carry on the experiment. Good stock brought in from outside is expensive but very necessary to the success of the venture. The pedigree bull from Kaifeng, of Holstein stock, cost Mex. $300 which figure was doubled by the time transportation charges to Chengtu were paid. The improved heifer which came with the bull from Kaifeng cost a similar amount.
Stock imported direct from abroad would be doubly costly, but the success of the enterprise calls for it, and an attempt will be made by Mr. Dickenson, who is now on his way to Canada, to bring back more pedigree stockton his return. He also hopes to extend operations s0 as to include goats, which offer great scope for development and improvement. Work along these lines should be of interest to those seven years, Four years ago a pedigree bull] was purchased from the Baptist College, Kaifeng, Honan, and taken Chengtu; also an improved heifer from' Holstein and Jersey stock. The pedigree bull was used fon the available improved stock previous breeding with "Pio-and selected Chinese stock, with the re-ult that by the autumn of 1926 a mixed herd of fifty head had been built up, showing considerable promise.
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