Wool becomes the district staple

1850 · regional

By mid-century stock farming is the chief industry of the Prince Albert district and WOOL is its chief product. A good shepherd was "goud werd" and earned a pound a month with rations. In 1885 heavy snow around Beaufort West killed at least twenty shepherds.

Sources

• 'n Tak van die Swanepoel-familie in Suid-Afrika, 1699 tot 1999: 'n genealogiese en kultuurhistoriese studie MA thesis, Departement Geskiedenis; studieleier Dr M Burden; April 2003; handle 10019.1/53526

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• mentioned Eighty-one thousand morgen