[Chopping up maize stalks for compost], 1940 - 1949
Scope and Contents
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Having seen the advantages of manuring many Africans are producing their own compost. This boy is chopping up maize stalks, which will be trampled and rendered into useful compost in the cattle boma [enclosure]. A few years agp[sic] it was the parctic[sic] to burn the stalks or feed them to their cattle'.
Dates
- Creation: 1940 - 1949
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Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Good condition.
Former / Other Reference
K.10464
General
SG.
Date information
DateText: Dated '1940s' in the original typescript catalogue..
Finding aid date
2003-11-13 14:08:21+00:00
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