The Agricultural Journal of the Union of South Africa, Volume 6Government Print. and Stationery Office, 1914 |
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... means of dealing with East Coast fever , but as the necessary means of keeping down the tick , the host of redwater and several other diseases , and the reducer of the condition of cattle . " In the old days we used to feed - not cattle ...
... means of dealing with East Coast fever , but as the necessary means of keeping down the tick , the host of redwater and several other diseases , and the reducer of the condition of cattle . " In the old days we used to feed - not cattle ...
Page 102
... means . Exceptions to this restriction may be allowed by the Governor - General with the approval of Parliament . It is provided in a subsequent sec- tion that natives may be allowed on non - native farms as labourers - a term which is ...
... means . Exceptions to this restriction may be allowed by the Governor - General with the approval of Parliament . It is provided in a subsequent sec- tion that natives may be allowed on non - native farms as labourers - a term which is ...
Page 103
... means of keeping his animals free from insect- borne diseases and of maintaining them in a healthy condition . This Act empowers the Minister of Agriculture to order the owners of holdings carrying live stock to construct dipping tanks ...
... means of keeping his animals free from insect- borne diseases and of maintaining them in a healthy condition . This Act empowers the Minister of Agriculture to order the owners of holdings carrying live stock to construct dipping tanks ...
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... means that a man with 1000 acres is prepared to expend £ 150 a year or £ 850 extended over seven years . This seems a generous enough figure . Knowing what I do of wattle culture I seriously doubt the discovery of a grower who would lay ...
... means that a man with 1000 acres is prepared to expend £ 150 a year or £ 850 extended over seven years . This seems a generous enough figure . Knowing what I do of wattle culture I seriously doubt the discovery of a grower who would lay ...
Page 113
... mean proportions , so that it is impossible to suggest any form of application that would cost less than 1d . per tree ; this , at a 6 by 6 espacement , means £ 5 per acre . This treatment would have to be adopted with the chance ever ...
... mean proportions , so that it is impossible to suggest any form of application that would cost less than 1d . per tree ; this , at a 6 by 6 espacement , means £ 5 per acre . This treatment would have to be adopted with the chance ever ...
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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.