Successful Farming on Government Small Holdings. 55 



the well-being of our live stock, so the life and friiitfiilness of our 

 soil must be maintained by judicious feeding. 



Farming conditions are never uniformly propitious, and the 

 marketable value of farm produce is not constant. There are good 

 and bad seasons, and returns must be averaged. Nevertheless, we 

 give the above example of what can be done in a season which was 

 not exceptionally favourable. It is clear that the very satisfactory 

 result of the year's operations was due not so much to a happy com- 

 bination of circumstances, but to real, honest toil, common sense 

 methods and sufficient though modest capital. It is an example 

 worthy and capable of emulation by all settlers similarly situated. 



Spraying an Orchard. 



Plant Removals to Portuguese East Africa. 



Nurserymen and others who have occasion to dispatch plants, 

 cotton seed, etc., from the Union to Portuguese East Africa, are 

 reminded that the Portuguese regulations prohibit any introduction 

 unless accompanied by a permit which must be obtained from the 

 Entomological Section of the Department of Agriculture, Lourenco 

 Marques. All consignments should be addressed via Lourenco 

 Marques for inspection and any fruit or ornamental trees from a 

 nursery must be fumigated immediately before dispatch. 



