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14. If the flooding- of oicliaids caniiot be done on account of lack 

 of water, the thoroug'h cultivation of the soil, especially during July 

 and August, is recommended as an alternative measure. 



15. Infested fallen fruit should be collected and buried in deep 

 I)its and covered with packed soil to prevent the emergence of moths. 



16. By marketing citrus fruit before the end of August much 

 damage to ripe fruit will be avoided. 



17. Suitable spraying machinery should be provided for the 

 orchard. If a hand-power spray pump is used it should be fitted with 

 a pressure gauge, and at least one hundred pounds pressure should be 

 maintained when spraying. 



18. In order to control the spring infestation of rii)e oranges it is 

 recommended that the trees should be sprayed twice, viz., about the 

 middle of September and the middle of October. 



19. For the control of the early infestation of the crop the first 

 spraying of citrus trees should be made before the middle of January; 

 the second three weeks later (or the first week of February) ; and the 

 third during the last week of February. If native food plants are 

 growing nearby, the orchard should be sprayed for the fourtli time 

 about the middle of March. 



Cotton Growing: Great Possibilities for the Union. 



Cotton is an article classed among the primary necessities of civili- 

 zation, and South Africa is fortunate in possessing vast areas suitable 

 for the cultivation of the crop. Tlie Avorld demand for cotton is far 

 in excess of the supply, and the prospects are that it will so continue 

 for many years to come. There are several factors which justify 

 this view. The needs of the increasing population of the world must 

 be met, and requirements of European countries are growing owing 

 to woollen articles largely being substituted by cotton mixtures on 

 account of the cotton manufactured article being more suitable for 

 wear in warm climates. Civilization and settlement of the remote 

 areas of the world proceed apace, and with the forward movement 

 comes the demand for clothing: when one considers the millions of 

 natives of Central Africa alone it is borne upon one that the market 

 for the product of the cotton plant is an ever-widening one, stretching 

 far ahead into the future. It can be understood that the manufac- 

 turers of the world are clamouring for the raw material, and South 

 Africa is faced with an opportunity of becoming a recognized producer 

 of no mean portion of the world's cotton output. Our position is most 

 favourable. In America, where the great bulk of the world's yield 

 is now obtained, the cultivation of the crop is becoming increasingly 

 dependent upon white labour, bringing in its train a mounting cost 

 of production. In the areas of our country destined to be the future 

 cotton fields of the Union there is a teeming native population, 

 eminently suited for the labour requirements of cotton growing, 

 M'hich could be profitably enlisted and employed. Indeed, there is 

 every reason to anticipate that the Union will favourably compete 

 with the present great supplier of the world's cotton. 



Looking further ahead it is to be expected that in the course of 

 time, as is now happening in America, the Union will cease to be a 

 producer of raw material only, for wider industry will follow and 



