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FW REITZ (Snr), STIGTER VAN SWELLENDAM LANDBOU GENOOTSKAP

Posted by Thys on Tue February 19, 2013 in HISTORY.

FW Reitz (snr.), Vader van wetenskaplike landbou in die Kaap kolonie, stigter van Swellendam Landbou Genootskap 1832. "Organized agriculture was a revolutionary concept to the nineteenth century Cape. Competitive exhibition is perhaps the final test of a farmer's affinity with his soil and his stock, for it demands a pride of ownership and achievement that is a sensitive gauge of a farming community's virility. For the first quarter-century of its existence, F.W. Reitz was-in the guise of Secretary - the sine qua non of the SwellendamAgricutural Society, the only body apart from the Cape of Good Hope Agricultural Society in the Western Cape. Single-handed, through the force of his vigorous pen, he induced other Overberg towns to stage agricultural shows...."

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