A Rainless Wheat 



grow two blades of grass where but one grew 

 before, in the person of Mr Walter Richter, the 

 Agricultural Adviser to German South-West 

 Africa. He spent several months in British 

 South Africa investigating our soils and crops 

 with the skill, the patience, and the industry 

 for which his race is so justly renowned. To our 

 question, " What do you consider the most 

 instructive part of your tour ? " Mr Richter 

 replied without hesitation : " The Dry Land 

 Experiment Station at Lichtenburg. There I 

 saw durum wheat being harvested which not 

 only had been grown on a poor shallow soil, but 

 actually never had a drop of rain upon it from 

 seed-time until harvest. There, also, I saw dry 

 land which is never dry the whole year round. 

 I go back to German South-West Africa filled 

 with a new hope, for now I am convinced that 

 dry-farming is destined to revolutionise our 

 agricultural industry. Truly, as the motto of 

 your Congress puts it : ■ The destiny of South 

 Africa is on the dry lands.' " 



Every great movement is indissolubly linked 

 up with the personality of a few earnest workers. 

 So it is with dry-farming in South Africa. The 

 signal success which we have achieved is due in 

 large measure to Captain Heinrich du Toit, a 



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