. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . nd. A widerange of green foods can be easily grown at very little cost, according to the locality inwhich the farm is situated. There is no part of Natal better situated for pig-farming thanthe Thorns, and especially so where the land can be irrigated. The mbuya grows wildeverywhere in the Thorns, and there is nothing to beat it for feeding pigs. They can live onit alone, but are the better for a little grain in addition, which, while assisting to keep themin good condition, makes any that may stray away from the herd boy go home at
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . nd. A widerange of green foods can be easily grown at very little cost, according to the locality inwhich the farm is situated. There is no part of Natal better situated for pig-farming thanthe Thorns, and especially so where the land can be irrigated. The mbuya grows wildeverywhere in the Thorns, and there is nothing to beat it for feeding pigs. They can live onit alone, but are the better for a little grain in addition, which, while assisting to keep themin good condition, makes any that may stray away from the herd boy go home at sunset bythemselves to look for the grain ration should it be fed at that time. In other places, wherethe land does not grow mbuya so easily, some crop such as rape, oats, turnips, orartichokes, can easily be grown. Mbuya needs no planting. In the Umkomanzi Valley,for instance, all that is required is to plough the ground, and it comes up as thick as it canstand. In other thorn valleys it may need starting, but will grow anywhere where land isnot too In their glory —Scene on a Natal Pig Farm The breed of pigs to adopt is to a large extent a matter of choice. It depends uponwhether it is intended to cater for the pork or bacon trade. As porkers Berkshires areperhaps as good as any. but for a bacon pig the Tamworth, either pure or crossed on theYorkshire White or Berkshire is preferred by many. In Natal pigs do not require the substantial and expensive buildings required inEuropean countries. About all that is needed is a large yard or pig-proof kraal of anymaterials that are handy, wire will do, but a good stone wall is best, and a few small pensin which to place the sows when about to farrow and in which to keep those that are tooyoung to send out to graze. These pens are the better for being partly roofed, so as to 41 afford shelti i Pri im i he rain and Bun, M i hen is n< blisters I heir baol I rouble whioh r;. • I t 111: ■ ■. 111) I > 111 -111 thiii) Ot
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