South African Railways and Harbours Administration & Dept of Agriculture, Johnnesburg. Farming Opportunities in the Union of South Africa , Johannesburg and London: South African Railways and Harbours, 1919.

Sm. 8vo., 255pp., with copious illustrations and charts; original pictorial wrappers with green linen backing. (a tad mellowed) Loosely inserted is a one page typed letter from the South African High Commission , Trafalgar Square, addressed to A.C. Painter of Bournemouth, dated 2nd October 1922.accompanying the book and giving general advice. "The minimum capital required for even a modest start is about £ 2,000. …On Government training farms, as explained in the leaflet sent you, the charge is £ 50 a year for board, residence and tuition. Together with two rare pieces of ephemera. A) Kanthack (F.E.) Lecture on Land Settlement Conditions in the Union of South Africa and the Settler from Overseas. Deliveredd at the Central Hall, Westminster, on Thursday, 16th October, 1919. HMSO (1919). 8vo., 28pp inc title page, staples a little rusty o/w good. B.) [Department of Agriculture, Union of South Africa] A Twelve Months' Course of Training in Practical Farming at A Government Training Farm in South Africa., Objects, Conditions of Admission, Etc. (Union of South Africa, High Commission, London c. 1919). 8vo., 4pp. in good condition. " (10) Students will not be permitted to have in their possession or to bring to the farm alcoholic liquors or fire-arms". (Book ref. 03417)  £55.00

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