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exceeds anything exported by other countries, 

 whilst the quantity is increasing year by year. The 

 methods being employed are such that the Cape is 

 now in the proud position of having them copied by 

 other countries of repute which- have been held up 

 to us for example. Such is the considered view of 

 men who handle the goods on the other side, and 

 they are in the position of knowing the truth. Our 

 wools are coming forward in greater quantities, 

 while the quality of the bulk is ten times better 

 than it was ten years ago. Then again, the 

 quantity of maize produced is rapidly assuming large 

 proportions, while the quality exported rivals the 

 best La Plata maize, and compares more than 

 favourably with that produced in the United States. 

 The Natal resident is acquainted with the lucrative 

 sugar industry which has been built up, while the 

 quantity produced will in a few years more than 

 meet the requirements of the Union. 



These are but a few instances, and not the least 

 among the agricultural industries is the remarkable 

 and rapid rise of the butter industry. This has, 

 in a large measure, been due to private enterprise 

 and to the awakening of those farmers who realise 

 that their salvation lies in their own hands. The 

 fact that there are, approximately, seventy-three 

 creameries in the Union to-day, compared with 

 scarcely ten existing fifteen years ago, may come 

 as a surprise to many ; while the quantity of butter 



