GUIDE TO 

 DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA 



CHAPTER I 



DEVELOPMENT OF DAIRYING IN SOUTH AFRICA 



" And joy to him, who o'er his task 



Remembers toil is Nature's plan ; 

 Who, working, thinks and never sinks 

 His independence as a man." 



MACK AY. 



THE remarkable increase in the agricultural produc- 

 tion of South Africa since the Boer War is not at 

 once apparent to the man who is not engaged in 

 agricultural work ; yet a brief survey of the many 

 lucrative business propositions in the implement 

 and fertiliser lines forces one to the conclusion that 

 production must be increasing at a great rate. 



The four provinces of the Union were at one 

 time described as " a land of samples " because the 

 bulk was never forthcoming ; but this slur is rapidly 

 being removed agriculturally and industrially to the 

 material benefit of the country. The fruit export 

 trade of the Cape is also rapidly expanding, and the 

 quality of the produce placed on the London markets 



