WHEAT-GROWING IN SOUTH AFRICA
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:' ''''Cape'Towni February* : 2'G. '■ ■ -The Departmental- Committee's report : on wheat in the Union stat.es that thei average'annual, deficit' is.'K) per cent.; Owing to climatic conditions and l:a-i bility of rust, wheat cannot 1)3 success-' fully, grown as a summer, crop.. In ,cer-; tain parts production.has almost''reached; the limit. The cost of production is • higher ton 'ite other wheat-growing' countries. Wheat-growing. ; wi11,., never. occupy a .primary, place .inVagnculture : in South Africa. Nevertheless the coun-i try is capable of prdducing sufficient for the. needs of tho population, even'thbugh < ,thb dcinantfsttee greater than 'they are. '■ T-rAus.-N,!!..Cable issii. .'':'■ . ! .'': ■ ' :: .! ;
..- -.•■■...,;.,• Pretoria, 'Fpbruiafy.'V'Sfi'.,,' .There,is ; a: great, scarcity ijf-seed-.wheat in the Union. Quantities ordered'from Australia- by the'-'Government are ex-pected-to arrive., too .late for .sowing — Aus.-NIZ. 'Cable Assn':',' : :i:i , ' v '.' : " l --
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 7
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127WHEAT-GROWING IN SOUTH AFRICA Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 7
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