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<div>Could the friendly botanist or field teams be consulted to ask about the purpose of the <span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">line along the long axis of each "oval"is- there seems to be trees/ bushes growing in a line through the middle of each "oval"?</span>
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<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px;">Regards,</div>
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<div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px;">Mike Caister</div>
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<div id="divRpF281022" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Africa [africa-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Kate Snaddon [katesnaddon@telkomsa.net]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 November 2016 13:36<br>
<b>To:</b> africa@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo Africa] "crop ovals"<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I have consulted my friendly botanist Dr Phil, and these ovals are indicative of dryland wheat farming in the Sandveld (i.e. wheat farming at the extreme limit of production). The aim is to minimise wind-blown
sand, by retaining areas of natural veg between strips of wheat. Suppose it could also be rye.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">So, they are due to aliens … edible ones.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kate</span></p>
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