16 BREEDING SECTION.

The usual Horse Shows were held during the year in Darfur, in Kordofan, and in the Nuba Mountains Provinces.

It is now a recognised procedure that the Army units in Darfur shall be supplied with horses from the Darfur tribes, and as it is proposed to replace a considerable number of the mules of this District by horses, there should be a good demand for horses in Darfur Province.

Of the* Kordofan tribes, the llomr horses are too small for Army requirements, but provide useful police horses. The Messeria tribe provides an excellent Army remount, and this tribe supplies the Army East of Darfur with horses.

The Hawazma tribe of Nuba Mountains Province have an indifferent type of horse, and a somewhat false opinion as to its value, Horses.

f regret to report the death of the Egyptian Country-bred horse “Jobber”, which occurred shortly after its return from Kordofan, as the result of Horse-sickness contracted in that Province.

Considerable progress has taken place as regards services by the indigenous sites standing in Kordofan, in the Messeria and llomr countries, and it is rather on these lines that improvement in the breed of these horses will be continued, than by the importation of European stock to this Province. Arab blood will still be available;-as the Arab is probably the most suitable animal for mixing with the local horses «>1 Kordofan.

Horses have stood during the year in Khartoum, Berber and Kordofan 1 Vox inces.

The horse “Malek” stood at Shendi in, Berber Province, 6 mares were served by this horse.

The three horses “Jobber", “Sowari" and “Sultan” were at Abu Zabbad in Kordofan Province from July to the end ot September. They served 1OD mares.

In Khartoum 38 mares were seined by the horses “Jobber", “Sowari”, “Sultan” and “Melek' .

The District Commissioner, Western Kordofan reports that the indigenous sires belonging to the Nazir of the llomr tribe served 178 mares at Muglad. This is very satisfactory, as these sires are selected Messeria horses.

Sheep.

A start has been made to introduce Meiais blood into the sheep inhabiting the Gezirah irrigation area,. and by continued crossing to.