Agricultural Statistics Regulations (Cap. 229)

Government Notices 197 of 1953 497 of 1964 Act No.13 of 1994 SECTION 11-THE AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Statistics Regulations. Title 2. Statistics relating to crops, areas of cultivation and stock shall be collected by Provincial Agricultural Officers on behalf of the Director of Agriculture. Statistics relating to crops and stock 3. (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. Return to be rendered (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. Statistics relating to costs of agricultural production and agricultural prices shall be collected by the agricultural economist. Costs of production 5. 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. Information to be supplied 6. 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 thirty penalty units for every day during which the default continues. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994) Penalty 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 (c) Leased from Others ..................... 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 . . . . . . . . . . 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: 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: Total acreage under crops . . . . . . . . Acres lying fallow . . . . . . . . . . Veld grass cut for hay . . . . . . . . ORCHARDS AND OTHER PERENNIAL CHOPS No. of Tre No. of Tree Kind of Trees Bearing Not Bearing Oranges . . . . . . . . . . . . Other citrus . . . . . . . . . . Other fruit trees-Specify: Other perennial crops-Specify: WOODLAND During Year Acres Planted Total Acreage Natural. . . . . . Artificially established-Specify: 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, 19........ 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: ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................ I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge the foregoing particulars of my farm or farms are correct and complete. ........................................................................ Owner/Occupier/Manager Date. ........................................................... ANNUAL LIVESTOCK SUMMARY For the Year Ending ................................... 19 ........ Farm ....................................................... Owner .............................................................. Postal Address ............................................................ Bulls in Service Bulls under 2 years old BreedingCow and Heifers Heifers over 1 year old net yet served Culled Cows and Queens Oxen over 3 years old Steers and Tollies over 1 year old and under 3 year old Bull Calves under 1 year old Heifer Calves under 1 year old Total Cattle On Hand Beginning of Year . . Born . . . . . . Purchased . . . . Died . . . . . . Sold . . . . . . Slaughtered . . . . On Hand End of Year . . No. of Dipping Tanks ................................................................. Kind of Dip Used .................. CATTLE: CAUSES OF DEATHS: (a) C (b) Mortality pe (a) Cattle: (c) General Bree (b) Other Stock: Date .