NEWS
How-to-do-it agri
booklets from Gdard
A
series of 18 highquality A5 booklets
covering various
aspects of farming have been
produced by the Gauteng
Dept of Agriculture & Rural
Development (Gdard).
The booklets cover cattle
(dairy and meat), poultry
(broilers and layers), pigs and
vegetables, with individual
booklets for the most commonly grown vegetables.
There are also two general
guides on crop and animal
production.
They are written in an easy
style, from the point of view of
production in Gauteng (eg
highveld conditions).
The thickest and most
comprehensive booklet is the
Concise Guide to Vegetable
Pests in Gauteng, with colour
identification pictures of each
pest, its feeding habits and
how to control it.
No specific ordering information is given in any of the
booklets, but they are being
handed out by Gdard staff at
trade and agricultural shows
and can probably be ordered
from the department in
Johannesburg or its regional
office on the East and West
Rand.
Gdard, 11 Diagonal St,
Newtown, Johannesburg, tel
011 240 2500 email
[email protected]
The full set of 18 booklets from Gauteng’s Dept of Agriculture
Monica and Bill have ceased sucking
T
he happy tale of
Monica, the suckytruck-turned-watertanker in Benoni's Marister
plotland (Smallholder March
and April), has an unhappy
ending, we're sad to report.
For Monica's owner, the tenyear-old septic tank emptying
firm Suckwell (which also
operated a bigger
honeysucker vehicle named
Bill) has closed up shop.
Business had become quiet
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and cut rates for septic tank
emptying services from fly-bynight operators, as well as
financially punitive licensing
fees and restrictions, meant
that Suckwell's business model
had become unsustainable.