. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . g. The height above sea level is 2,841 feet. The settlement is surrounded byhills, and is consequently much hotter than other parts of the Province at the same altitude.The thermometer often registers 100 degrees in the shade. The soil varies, and is partlyvolcanic and partly alluvial, with some bands of shale, but on the whole it is very fertile. Theaggregate area of the lots, which are all irrigable, is 2.043 acres, on which there are fortysettlers. In winter all the surrounding Thorn Country is very dry without a green thing to b
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. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . g. The height above sea level is 2, 841 feet. The settlement is surrounded byhills, and is consequently much hotter than other parts of the Province at the same altitude.The thermometer often registers 100 degrees in the shade. The soil varies, and is partlyvolcanic and partly alluvial, with some bands of shale, but on the whole it is very fertile. Theaggregate area of the lots, which are all irrigable, is 2.043 acres, on which there are fortysettlers. In winter all the surrounding Thorn Country is very dry without a green thing to beseen, and the Weenen Irrigation Settlement at such times from the shoulder of the hill nearTigers Kloof, or from any other commanding point, is very striking, waving fields of greencrops of various shades forming a strong contrast to the brown grass and trees of thefunereal black of the country where it has been burnt off ; and on nearer approach and ondriving through the blocks to the village, an object lesson is presented as to the benefits ofirrigation.. 0f* Breaking the Soil In a recent report the Superintendent of Settlements gives an idea of the progresswhich has been made and the reasons therefor. He states that previous to the year whenWeenen came before the public in a new light, it was known as an oasis where forage couldalways be relied upon to give a heavy crop, and certainly up to 1904 gave a fair return, butwith the increased importation from the Cape and the loss of military contracts, the pricehas dwindled so much that in most places it no longer pays. Mealies, too. used to pay well, the advantage of getting an early crop, which sold readily at the time when stocks in theOrange Free State and the Transvaal were exhausted, being of importance to the settlers, butnow with lower prices it does not pay to plant with maize such small areas, which must, byreason of their position and their size, be worked on intensive lines. Lucerne has taken theplace of these product