AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION(CHAPTER 229 )

Statistics relating to crops, areas of cultivation and stock shall be collected by Provincial Agricultural Officers on behalf of the Director of Agriculture.

3. Return to be rendered

(1) All persons in charge of farms or estates, whether owners, lessees, managers, servants or occupiers, or any persons acting on behalf of such persons, shall render a return in the form set out in the Schedule to the Provincial Agricultural Officer of the Province in which the farm or estate is situate.

(2) Returns under this regulation shall be made in respect of every twelve-month period ending on the 30th September in each year and shall reach the Provincial Agricultural Officer not later than the 31st October in the same year.

4. Costs of production

Statistics relating to costs of agricultural production and agricultural prices shall be collected by the agricultural economist.

5. Information to be supplied

Any person who, in the opinion of the agricultural economist, is able to furnish information which the agricultural economist desires to obtain for the purposes of determining the costs of agricultural production or agricultural prices shall, when required so to do by the agricultural economist, furnish such information.

6. Penalty

Any person who, without reasonable cause, makes default in complying with the requirements of regulations 3 and 5 shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred penalty units or, in case of a continuing default, to a fine not exceeding 30 penalty units for every day during which the default continues.

[Am by Act 13 of 1994.]

SCHEDULE

[Regulation 3]

RETURN OF CROPS

Full Name of Owner .............................................................................................................

Full Name of Manager ..........................................................................................................

Postal Address of Owner/Manager ...................................................................................

Name(s) of Farm(s) ............................................................................................................

Land Survey Number(s) of Farm(s)

District..............................................

Area: (a) Freehold.............................................................. acres

(b) Leased from State............................................. acres

(d) Managed.............................................................. acres

TOTAL ........................................................................................ acres

NOTE.-In this return the gross weight of bags is taken to be 90 kg., excepting groundnuts (shelled 81 kg.) and potatoes 67 kg. The ton is the short ton of 1000 kg.

ANNUAL CROPS

Kind of crop	Acres Planted	Total Crop Reaped	Acreage to be Planted Next Year
Maize (mealies) for grain . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Maize (mealies) for silage . . . .	...................	.................. tons	.........................
Wheat . . . . . . . . . ..	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Oats for grainz . . . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Oats for fodder . . . . . .	...................	.................. tons	.........................
Barley for grain . . . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Barley for fodder . . . . . .	...................	.................. tons	.........................
Rice (unhusked) . . . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Groundnuts (shelled) . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Potatoes (main crop) . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Potatoes (irrigated . . . . . . {mprestriction ids="2,3,5"}	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Sunnhemp seed . . . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Sunnhemp hay . . . . . .	...................	.................. tons	.........................
Sunflower seed . . . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Cowpeas and Beans seed . . . .	...................	.................. bags	.........................
Cowpeas and Beans hay . . . .	...................	.................. tons	.........................
Green manure crops ploughed in-
Specify kinds:
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Tobacco:
Virginia (flue-cured)) . . . .	...................	.................. lb.	.........................
Virginia (air or sun cured). .	...................	.................. lbs.	.........................
Turkish . . . . . . . .	...................	.................. lbs.	.........................
Burley . . . . . . . .	...................	.................. lbs.	.........................
Vegetables (for sale) . . . .	...................	.................. tons	.........................
Cultivated grass fodder crop:
Irrigated . . . . . . . .	...................	.........................	.........................
Unirrigated . . . . . . . .	...................	.........................	.........................
Others-Specify:
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Total acreage under crops . . . .	...................	.........................	.........................
Acres lying fallow . . . . . .	...................	.........................	.........................
Veld grass cut for hay . . . .	...................	.........................	.........................

ORCHARDS AND OTHER PERENNIAL CHOPS

Kind of Trees	No. of Trees Bearing	No. of Trees Not Bearing
Oranges . . . . . . . .	.....................................	.....................................
Other citrus . . . . . . . .	.....................................	.....................................
Other fruit trees-Specify:	.....................................	.....................................
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Other perennial crops-Specify:	.....................................	.....................................
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WOODLAND

During Year	Acres Planted Total Acreage
Natural . . . . . . . .	.......................................	.....................................
Artificially established-Specify:	.......................................	.....................................
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MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR

Management:	Labour:
Owners or Occupies ...................................	On Agriculture ...........................................
Managers ...................................	On livestock ...........................................
Learners ...................................	General work ...........................................
Other employees ...................................
All other persons living on farm .......................

FERTILISERS AND MANURES

Kind and quantity of fertilisers used-Specify:

.......................................................................................	.................................... tons
.......................................................................................	.................................... tons
Acres manured with kraal manure or compost	.................................. acres

SOIL CONSERVATION WORKS

Total area of cultivated land protected by contour ridges or broad base terraces	................................. acres
Total area of cultivated land not protected by contour ridges or broad base terraces	................................. acres

RAINFALL

Total rainfall 1st October, 20........ to 30th September, 19 ....... in inches .............................

IRRIGATION

Source of water (spring, river, well, borehole or dam) .........................................................

Pumping equipment (windmills, engine-driven pumps, etc.) ............................................

Horse-power of pump(s) ...........................................................................................................

Total area irrigated by free flow water......................................................................................

Total area irrigated by borehole water.....................................................................................

Kind of crops irrigated.................................................................................................................

EQUIPMENT

Lorries-number on farm .........................................................................................................

Make, type and year .................................................................................................................

Trailers-number on farm ........................................................................................................

Tractors-number on farm .......................................................................................................

Make, type and year .................................................................................................................

Combine harvesters-number on farm .................................................................................

Make, type and year .................................................................................................................

Maize pickers-number on farm ..............................................................................................

Make, type and year .................................................................................................................

Other heavy equipment (e.g. steam engines) - Specify:

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I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge the foregoing particulars of my farm or farms are correct and complete.

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Owner/Occupier/Manager

Date. ...........................................................

ANNUAL LIVESTOCK SUMMARY

For the Year Ending ................................... 19 ........

Farm ....................................................... Owner .............................................................. Postal Address ............................................................

Bulls in Service

Bulls under 2 years old

Breeding Cow and Heifer s

Heifers over 1 year old net yet served

Culled Cows and Queens

Oxen over 3 year s old

Steers and Tallies over 1 year old and under 3 year old

Bull Calves under 1 year old

Heifer Calves under 1 year old

Total Cattle

Sheep and Goats

Pigs

Horses

Donkeys

Mules

Registered Brand
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On Hand Beginning of Year

No. of Poultry

Born . . . . . .

Purchased . . . .

Died . . . . . .

Sold . . . . . .

No. of Dogs

Slaughtered . . . .

On Hand End of Year . .

No. of Dipping Tanks ................................................................. Kind of Dip Used ............................................................

REMARKS:

CATTLE:CAUSES OF DEATHS:

(a) Cattle	(a) Calving percentage:
	(b) Mortality percentage:
	(c) General Breed and description:
(b) Other Stock:

Date ..........................

Signature .................................................

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