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Stock-Breeding.—For diverting the savage mind from its warlike pleasure in hunting and from the bloody practices induced by the use of guns, into a peaceful as well as productive life, nothing is more efficatious than stock-breeding. Also the shortage of food stuffs resulting from restricted hunting will be supplied by this means.

Since 1921, several stock farms have been established in different parts of the savage districts, where official guidance and encouragement have obtained very gratifying results.

There are now many animals employed by the aborigines as beasts of burden or in ploughing and efforts are being made to breed them to meet the demands even from the people of the plains.

Animals on Stock Farms (Aboriginal)

Taihoku Shinchiku Taichu Tainan Takao Taito Kareako Total
Water Buffaloes (Carabaos) 18 203 1,333 1,993 31 404 3,982
Humped Cattle (Zebus) 16 513 762 45 50 98 40 1,524
Cross-Bred Cattle 58 6 61
Cattle of Foreign Breed 1 23 1 25
Goats 3 40 159 1 1,516 352 2,071
Swine 649 1,674 5237 411 13,516 3,805 5,141 30,463
Rabbits 180 30 35 8 8 253 514
Deer 2 2
Domestic Fowls 4,731 12,180 13,198 1,367 5,910 5,687 9,415 52,518
Ducks 173 5 178
Geese 2 2
Total 5,597 14,814 20,805 1,853 21,522 11,147 15,605 91,343

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