The Agricultural Journal of the Union of South Africa, Volume 6Government Print. and Stationery Office, 1914 |
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Page 110
... inches fell at New Hanover , against 13 , 8 , 6. and 11 odd inches for the same period of the four preceding years , 25. ( Wartburg . ) We cannot instance the case 22 SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL . CARBARNS, A S Irrigation in ...
... inches fell at New Hanover , against 13 , 8 , 6. and 11 odd inches for the same period of the four preceding years , 25. ( Wartburg . ) We cannot instance the case 22 SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL . CARBARNS, A S Irrigation in ...
Page 131
... inches deep , with 8 feet of greyish friable sub - soil below . Water from the Pauls River had been used for irrigation , and white alkali spots are said to have been noticed on the soil at times . The analyses resulted as follows . No ...
... inches deep , with 8 feet of greyish friable sub - soil below . Water from the Pauls River had been used for irrigation , and white alkali spots are said to have been noticed on the soil at times . The analyses resulted as follows . No ...
Page 132
... inches to three feet from the surface . The usual agri- cultural chemical analyses yielded the figures shown in the following table : Per- centage of Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm . Sieve . Percentage of Soil sifted through mm ...
... inches to three feet from the surface . The usual agri- cultural chemical analyses yielded the figures shown in the following table : Per- centage of Percentage of Soil sifted through 1 mm . Sieve . Percentage of Soil sifted through mm ...
Page 134
... inches at a point three - quarters of a mile from the river . Nos . 136 , 137 , and 138 were taken at a distance of 500 yards from the river , also from the three successive twelve - inch layers in depth . Nos . 139 and 140 , from the ...
... inches at a point three - quarters of a mile from the river . Nos . 136 , 137 , and 138 were taken at a distance of 500 yards from the river , also from the three successive twelve - inch layers in depth . Nos . 139 and 140 , from the ...
Page 135
... inches in 250 yards ; neverthe- less the crop failed to make progress . The upper surface of the soil was apt to dry out very rapidly under the action of the burning sun and the drying winds . No. 141 represents a reddish - brown soil ...
... inches in 250 yards ; neverthe- less the crop failed to make progress . The upper surface of the soil was apt to dry out very rapidly under the action of the burning sun and the drying winds . No. 141 represents a reddish - brown soil ...
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Page 812 - Nursery stock, including all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots...
Page 360 - ... pounds or, in default of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding six months...
Page 812 - That for the purpose of this act the term " nursery stock " shall include all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots.
Page 812 - Field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs; also field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots, and other plants and plant products for, or capable of, propagation.
Page 562 - ... the colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Transvaal, and the Orange River Colony, hereinafter called the colonies, shall be united in a legislative union under one government under the name of the Union of South Africa.
Page 275 - ... 1. Keep the nests clean; provide one nest for every four hens. 2. Gather the eggs twice daily. 3. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room or cellar. 4. Market the eggs at least twice a week. 5. Sell, kill, or confine all male birds as soon as the hatching season is over. 528 Issued May 17, 1913. US DEPARTMENT OF AGRlCULTURE. FARMERS
Page 425 - Fresh evidence is adduced that bacteria are not the only inhabitants of the soil, but that another group of organisms occurs, detrimental to bacteria, multiplying more slowly under soil conditions and possessing lower power of resistance to heat and to antiseptics.
Page 102 - Minister" shall mean the Minister of Native Affairs; "farm labourer" shall mean a native who resides on a farm and is bona fide, but not necessarily continuously employed by the owner or lessee thereof in domestic service or in farming operations: Provided that — (a) if such native reside on one farm and is employed on another farm of the same owner or lessee he shall be deemed to have resided, and to have been employed, on one and the same farm; (b) such native shall not be deemed to be bona fide...
Page 722 - I know not what epithet to give this soil ; sterility falls short of the idea ; a hungry vitriolic gravel — I occupied for nine years the jaws of a wolf. A nabob's fortune would sink in the attempt to raise good arable crops in such a country...
Page 812 - Field-grown florists' stock" is all florists' stock which is usually grown outside of greenhouses for all or part of the year. "Herbaceous plants" are plants which perish annually down to (sometimes including) the root; that is, soft, succulent plants.