ORGANISED SETTLEMENT.
One of the largest land settlement and irrigation schemes ever proposed in South Africa is nearing completion at Graaff Reinet, The schema will open up an area of 105,000 acres, which is to be devoted to the dairy industry, pig breeding, poultry keeping and fruit-growing. The land is to be subdivided and sold to settlers in small parcels of 30 acres. A central training farm staffed by agricultural experts will be maintained to- assist settlers in tho profitable fanning of the land. The district is near Port Elizabeth and is intersected by the JSlizafcethBozmead railroad.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18939, 10 February 1925, Page 13
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97ORGANISED SETTLEMENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18939, 10 February 1925, Page 13
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