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According to an account in the Agricultural Journal of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, February, 1908, the use of arsenite of soda 

 has been found satisfactory for the destruction of dodder in 

 lucerne in the Cape Colony. The solution recommended 

 is \ lb. arsenite of soda to 5 gallons of water. It is stated that 

 there is no fear of killing the lucerne, and if sprayed properly one 

 application will suffice. 



The Small Holdings and Allotments Act of last session 

 authorises local authorities, with the consent of the Board, 

 to let small holdings and allotments 

 Associations for the to any association formed for the pur- 

 Formation of Small poses of creating or promoting the 

 Holdings. creation of small holdings or allotments, 



and so constituted that the division of 

 profits amongst the members of the association is prohibited 

 or restricted (see sections 9 and 21 (3) of the Act). 



With the view of facilitating the formation of such associa- 

 tions, and of enabling existing societies to alter their rules 

 in order to bring them within the requirements of the Act, 

 the Board have, in consultation with the Registrar of Friendly 

 Societies, drawn up the following rules which must be adopted 

 by any association or society desiring to hire land from a 

 local authority under the Act : — 



Small Holdings and Allotments. 



(1) The objects of the Society shall include the business 

 of creating, or promoting the creation of, small holdings or 

 allotments, and encouraging their proper cultivation, with 

 power to acquire land from local authorities acting under the 

 provisions of any Act for the time being in force relating to 

 small holdings or allotments, or from any other person or body, 

 to adapt any land so acquired for small holdings or allotments 

 by the erection of dwelling-houses or other buildings or the 

 execution of any other improvement, and to let the land to 

 members of the Society to be cultivated by them as small 

 holdings or allotments. 



