Introduction:
Farm situated on N9 plus minus 130 kilometers from city of George with airport.
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Size:
916 hectares
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Development:
Development to introduce game has been done in the best of ways. 2.4
Height new game fence, wiring material fully galvanized.
Existing veld earthen dams spread over farm repaired.
± 30 Km network of roads over farm.
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Water Supply:
Earthen veld dams spread over farm for game drinking water.
Borehole fitted with solar pump supplying drinking troughs.
Well planned distribution system for water. 2 X 10,000 liter PVC storage tanks.
Permanent water in streamlet near old homestead.
Another solar pump and borehole supplying stock water
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Topography natural veld
Typical klein karoo veld varies from plains, ridges to depressions. Karoobossies like ankerkaroo, vaalkaroo, kapokbos despressions with thorn trees. Kraakbos, Fynbos, Gwarrie on ridges.
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Game Farming:
Natural game like Kudu, Steenbuck and Duiker occur.
Numbers can vary due to normal farming practices.
Game:
- 50 kudu
- 5 red hartebees
- 60 springbuck
- duiker
- steenbuck
“Certificate Of Adequate Enclosure” from Cape Nature exist.
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Building – Shed:
Large shed. Steps being taken to create potential, for portion with concrete floor for accommodation.
French drain installed.
Water supplied.
Toilet and shower already installed
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Pressured Grazing
Means shorter and faster moving of livestock with rotational grazing in series of camps
On the farm developing of the above system is in progress
A Larger camp of +- 100ha has been implemented and camped in by quality 1.5m fence in 12 inner camps.
Varying from 8-13 ha (see photos and aerial photo)
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Combination of Farming
Farming with Game - Boer goats – sheep
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Features:
Lifestyle Game and small livestock farming.
Quality development done to introduce game farming.
Well situated from Cape Southern Coast.
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