NEWS
Township teachers seek farming help
F
ive township maths
teachers calling
themselves the
GreenAge Team are asking for
help from Gauteng's farmers:
they want advice and a
helping hand to make their
small farming venture
successful.
Says group spokeswoman
Mapaseka Vryman, “We are
five young black ladies who
are interested in farming on a
small scale. We have a plot.
We are undecided between
animals and planting.
“Would you consider inviting
us to help on your farm for a
full day, say from 06:00 to the
afternoon, for free so we can
get a picture of reality?
“We are interested in
chickens, pigs, goats, cows
and horses.
On the planting side, we are
interested in vegetables,
wheat, maize, root crops such
No shortage of AHS vaccine this year
V
accine for African
Horse Sickness is
readily available this
season and from now on is
the time to be administering
it.
Horse owners can buy the
AHS vaccine kit from their
local veterinarian or ask for
them to be ordered if they are
not kept in stock.
The Smallholder's August
edition gave details on how
the vaccine should be used
and the information is also
available on
www.sasmallholder.co.za.
It is important to note that
foals born of unvaccinated
dams can be inoculated at
any age but foals of immune
dams should not be vaccinated until they are at least six
to seven months old.
Immunisation of mares should
be avoided during the first
three months of pregnancy.
Annual immunisation is
strongly recommended.
According to Onderstepoort
Biological Products, the
vaccine's sole South African
manufacturer, it takes two to
three vaccinations for horses
to become immune to all the
serotypes in the vaccine.
It is therefore important to
combine vaccination with the
control of the Culicoides
midges which transmit the
disease. Horses can be
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www.sasmallholder.co.za
as beetroot and potatoes, and
greens such as spinach etc.
“We do not know if this
qualifies but we are interested
in flowers, too.
“We would like to visit your
farm on public holidays or on
Sundays.
“We cannot visit on Saturdays
because the five of us teach
Maths in a township on
Saturdays.”
The group can be contacted
through Vryman via her email
address [email protected]