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Title: South Africa and its future
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Argyll, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of, 1845-1914 Creswicke, Louis
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Publisher: London : T.C. & E.C. Jack
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e legumins and roots for the country, and the bestmanures. Once initiated, the intelligent Basutos would rapidlyimprove upon their limited experiences ; but whether they wouldacquire a taste for a diet of pulses, on the cultivation of which thefuture development of the country depends, is another matter. Patriotically, it seems reasonable to demand the education of theappetite of a people in accordance with the output of their nativeland. The young of a nation should be taught to acquire a tastefor healthy home-grown fare, and the women-folk should be in-structed in the art of manipulating it to the profit of the household.What is applicable in Basutoland is applicable all over South Africa.The urban population must assist agriculture or it cannot be madeto pay. The produce of the farms must find a market at its elbow,so to say ; for there can be no profits if enormous charges for railhave to be met and the farmers are thrust into competition with theAmerican and European markets. 128
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oo K J<O u,5 - 2 •H y. -< J i ^ :^ J The Agricultural Outlook THE CONQUERED TERRITORY The south-eastern corner of the Orange River Colony, In theregion of Harrismith, Ficksburg, Ladybrand, and Wepener, isconsidered the best suited for European settlers. Springs arenumerous. Wheat and Indian corn are the principal crops. TheHour-mills on the Caledon can be worked for nine months yearly,and the land on both sides of it is full of promise to the agriculturist.Improvements in the form of weirs, &c., are suggested, by whichone-fourth of the area would be insured in nine years out often. It would be possible to put some 50,000 acres underlucerne ; 12,000 acres, or, if necessary, the whole 24,000 acres underbeetroot, for which soil, climate, and seasons are most favourable.Thus would be introduced an important sugar industry into thecountry. In the north-eastern half of the Orange River Colony perennialirrigation would ensure as good crops, but at a greater expenditureof water. H

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