74 LUCERNE CULTURE. 



ORANGE RIVER COLONY. 



ORANGTA IMPORTS 



of lucerne are reported as under : 



From 1907 1906. 



Australia ... ... - 130 



Argentine 3 101 



Other Countries 



South African Produce ... 9,068 7,910 



Total ... 9,071 8,141 



It thus appears that the imported article has practically no 

 chance in the inland markets. 



THE EXPORTS of lucerne from Orangia are not separately speci- 

 fied, but the total Fodder and Forage exported "other than hay" 

 (the returns do not state oat hay) was, for 1907 2,404, and 

 1906 4,834. 



TRANSVAAL. 



The Transvaal's dealings in lucerne are thus stated : 

 IMPORTS. 



Prom 1907. 190P. 



United Kingdom 28 



Australia 3 5 



New Zealand 2 



France 239 



Argentine... 29 1,037 



271 1,072 

 South African Produce ... 15,749 14,183 



16,020 15,255 



Here again the figures show the import trade of lucerne from 

 oversea has been killed, for the chief item figuring last year 

 (France 239) is evidently lucerne seed as, calculating from the 

 weights given, the value works out at just over 7d. per Ib. 



The value per 100 Ibs. of the Argentine article imported in 

 1906 works out at just over 2s. per 100 Ibs., and that for the South 

 African product at 4s. 8d. per 100 Ibs. 



Be it also noted that the Transvaal exported lucerne last year 

 to the United Kingdom weighing 837 Ibs. valued at 4, or rather 

 over a penny per Ib. ; she also exported to other States in the 

 Union 11,944 Ibs. valued at 43, or nearly 7s. 4d. per 100 Ibs. We 

 can only assume that these figures included lucerne seed. 



