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Dunstan Times, Issue 3129, 7 August 1922, Page 7

The locust is not always an unmitigated curse to the South African farmer. The Angora goat farmer this year is congratulating himself on the fact that, thanks to the voetganger, his mohair will bo more valuable than would otherwise be the case. This summarises an outstanding feature of the reports made on the 1922 mohair prospects by the foremost Angora breeders. One farmer writes: “Owing to the blessing in disguise of locusts, farmers will be able to shear fulllength hair free of seed. ’ The explanation of this is that after the heavy rains of the end of the year the veldt became prodigally rich in gras, which seeded abundantly. Long-haired goats would naturally pick up a large quantity of eed, which would have become entangled in the hair and depreciate its value. The grass where the locusts have rested has been eaten off. and the farmer have been able to allow their "■oafs to attain the maximum growth of hair Farmers who, on the other hand have not been visited by locusts, have been obliged to shear their goats while the hair is still comparatively short. To completing a period of a dozen vcars on the throne, King George still falls short of the average reign of our monarch's l since the Norman Conquest, which o'coeds 20 yea rs. There arc now I i of bis predecessors who enjoyed—or suffered, in some eases—sovereignty for a shorter period than his Alajesty, and. although a record' term ris impossible, cverv one of his subjects l will sincerely hope that he lives to beat the reigns of many more kings in the past. Those whose reigns have been exceeded by George V.”are ins father, Edward YIT.. William TV.. George IV.. Queen Anno, James IL. Queen Alary, Edward VI.. Richard HI.. Edward V.. Henry V., and Richard T.