BOOKSHELF
A host of books of use to smallholders
T
hink of these as belated
Christmas presents, if
you like, and treat
yourself to these smallholderfriendly books, published
recently.
K Veld Management –
Principles and Practices is by
Frits van Oudtshoorn and is
the companion book to his
Guide to Grasses of Southern
Africa.
Veld Management – Principles
and Practices, attempts to
simplify a rather technical
subject by including more
than 380 photographs and
illustrations and using easy,
understandable
language.
Topics include important legislation, the
natural resources we
are managing during
veld and land management, such as soil,
vegetation and water,
ecological principles
processes, the role of
plants and animals, and
land degradation,
important practices
such as property
planning, grazing
systems, fire management, the control of
unwanted plants and
many more.
The lists include declared
weeds and invader plants, as
well as the herbicides
commonly used to control
unwanted plants during veld
and environmental management.
The publisher is Briza
Publications and the recom-
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mended retail price is R295.
Call 012 329-3896 for the
nearest stockist.
Struik has two useful new
additions to its series of
pocket guides.
K Pocket Guide: Insects of
South Africa is written by
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