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The different types of sheep-raising in Cape Province 31 % of the South African sheep are bred in Cape Province. The three lands I am studying there : Eastern Karroo, Swartland and South West Districts, are among those which have the highest density of sheep. This density dwindles towards Kalahari Desert. This repartition is explained by rainfall, vegetation and the proximity of the big markets. The Karroo gives a good example of an extensive sheepbreeding, with its merino flocks bred for wool ; although the climate is dry, the biogeographic conditions are good. The agricultural economy of the Karroo will be soon modified by the extent of large irrigated areas. The Swartland and the South West Districts, with their mediterranean climate, have a more intensive breeding, connected with a wheat-leguminous rotation, and more and more aimed to meat production. The battery-farming represents the maximum state of intensive breeding-system. 80 % of the sale of wool and meat are managed by the cooperatives, the big harbours and the Transvaal are the main markets. These two products are roughly challenged, but the Bantu and Coloured people offer a broad market.

The World-wide activities of the Coca-Cola Co. «Coca-Cola», created in Atlanta (Georgia), in 1886, is today the leader in the World Soft-Drink Market. The development of the Company first took place in the United States, and on the outbreak of World War II, «Coca-Cola» was bottled in more than one thousand Plants located throughout North America. «Coca-Cola» started to be world-wide known before 1939, but its important rise occurred after World War II. Nowadays, 868 Bottling Plants are operating outside of the United States. In 1954, the Coca-Cola Company decided to diversify its activities, first in the Soft-Drink field, by launching new products such as «Fanta» and «Sprite», and later on, after having acquired two Companies, namely Minute-Maid and Duncan Foods, the Company became one of the most important World producer of citrus fruit soft-drinks as well as of instant coffees and teas.

An industrial port of Morocco : Mohammedia On the Moroccan Atlantic coast, situated 20 kilometers north of Casablanca, Mohammedia (the former Fédala) is an oil port and a large industrial center. In it resides a population of 60,000, and the city continues to grow. The well-sheltered bay of the port was improved early. Basins and special piers were constructed, and the port is equipped with two «sea lines» for the unloading of oil tankers. Petroleum products, in fact, constitute the principle port traffic which, in 1968, totaled 1,382,700 tons. The industrialization of Mohammedia commenced round 1930. The first industries built are linked with fishing and the crops grown in the surrounding region. The food industry, for many years of considerable importance, expanded until the crisis of 1953. Other industries were founded after the war : textile, metallurgy, chemical. After going through a period of depression between 1953 and 1960, the Fedalian industries were consolidated. The companies ICOMA, Ets GOURVENNEC and STRAFOR-MAROC are among the most representative of the new industrial quarter. Other companies have been founded since 1960 : Moroccan Aluminium Manufacturing and, among the largest of all, SAMIR, whose refinery provides petroleum products for the Moroccan economy. The worker population of Mohammedia approximates 3,600 persons, housed, in the main, in the vicinity of the various industrial plants. More and more, this industrial port is becoming a true annex of the large industrial area of Casablanca.

The Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands Covering an area of 2,898 square kilometers, with a population of 476,000 inhabitants, the Lesser British Antilles* acceded to the status of Associated States of Great Britain in 1967. Population density is extremely high and the productive land surface is quite small. In addition, population growth is rapid and many islanders are forced to emigrate. Agriculture, except for Antigua, constitutes the principal activity. Sugar cane is important only in Saint Kitts. Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenada are experiencing a banana revolution although arrowroot is still vital to the economy of Saint Vincent. But food production and animal raising is insufficiant and the islands, which are obliged to import all of their industrial products as well as a portion of their food, incur a serious deficit balance in their commercial payments. Tourism, which constitutes the major part of the resources of Antigua, is capable of providing additional revenu for the Windwards (which are not equally blessed for this activity) and for Saint Kitts. These islands require external aid — from Great Britain, Canada — in order to subsist. * Note : With the exception of Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago.