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A study of production and consumption of certain foodstuffs in South Africa during the period 1929-49, in relation to the increase in population and national income

- Baker, G C

Authors: Baker, G C
Date: 1936
Subjects: Food consumption -- South Africa , Food supply -- South Africa
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
Identifier: vital:1109 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013445
Description: From Introduction: South Africa has experienced an almost revolutionary change in her food position in the last 10 years, what was previously a "farm problem" of assisting the primary producer has now become a "food problem" and this is a study of the development of those factors leading up to such a change. It is an empirical study attempting to measure the production and consumption of certain selected foodstuffs and to compare them with changes observed in the population and the National Income.
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Date Issued: 1936

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An anatomical investigation of jointed cactus (Opuntia aurantiaca, Lindley) with germination tests, and observations on the movements of the stomata

- Archibald, E E A

Authors: Archibald, E E A
Date: 1936
Subjects: Cactus -- Anatomy , Opuntia , Stomata , Germination
Language: English
Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
Identifier: vital:4264 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013444
Description: From Introduction: In 1934 the Government started an active campaign on the eradiction of Jointed Cactus. This plant was causing considerable damage to the farms and commonages of the Eastern Province, and was spreading at an alarming rate. The Officer in Charge of eradication, Mr E. du Toit, was stationed at Grahamstown which is fairly centrally situated in the infested area. In 1935 Dr A. Leemann of the Division of Plant Industry made his headquarters at Rhodes University College.
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Date Issued: 1936

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Letters of Charles Butler, 1936

Date: 1936
Subjects: Butler, Charles, 1864-1949 -- Correspondence Butler, Marion Grace, 1899-1979 -- Correspondence
Type: Text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/34856 , vital:24291 , This image is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. , MS 20 064.5
Description: Charles Butler, 1864-1949, wrote letters to family members, mostly his children, between 1932 until his death in 1949. During these years travelling with his wife, visiting family members in Kroonstad, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Vryburg and also went on holiday trips. Their permanent address was 34 Dundas Street, Cradock, where they lived until the death of his wife, Mary Emma Butler, 1862-1947, who died in 1947. He then moved and stayed with his daughter Grace and her family in Kroonstad, 47 Reitz Street. During this time Charles and Grace visited relatives in Vryburg, Cape Province. Towards the end of 1948 when Charles's health deteriorated they stayed with family in Uitenhage to be close to the doctors and hospital. Charles Butler was buried in Cradock with his wife.
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Date Issued: 1936

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Soil erosion in South Africa

- Kitto, P H

Authors: Kitto, P H
Date: 1936
Subjects: Uncatalogued
Language: English
Type: Master's theses , text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/193679 , vital:45385
Description: The development of Soil Science in western Europe, eastern North America, and later in other countries, which, in its modern form only started about the beginning of the last century, might be said to mark the first step in the consideration of Soil Erosion from a scientific aspect, although it was some time before scientists began to concentrate on and study the problem as one which demanded a detailed investigation. Empirically, erosion has been noted and, where the value of the land warranted it, practical methods adopted for its control, in many cases with no small measure of success, for centuries, but the methods adopted were localised to small regions, and the major destruction went on unchecked. The seriousness of this destruction was usually not realised until too late, and striking examples exist of the complete desiccation resulting from this neglect. Those of China, Arabia, Mesopotamia and other countries have often been quoted, and need not be described again here. , Thesis (MSc) -- Faculty of Science, Chemistry, 1936
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Date Issued: 1936

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Standard railway map of South Africa

- Office of the Chief Civil Engineer

Authors: Office of the Chief Civil Engineer
Date: 1936
Subjects: 1:3,500,000 30.5595° S, 22.9375° E , Railroads -- South Africa Maps , South Africa History 1909-1961 Maps
Language: English
Type: maps , digital maps , cartographic
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/108289 , vital:32954 , Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University Library, Grahamstown, South Africa , MPrailway1936
Description: Drawn in the office of the Chief Civil Engineer, SAR, Johannesburg. Compiled on the basis of Bonne's projection (Central Meridian 25 East Longitude.
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Date Issued: 1936

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