Askari With Hoes. - New lands for next season. First dig your main for ***** canals. Northern Rhodesia is still not self-supporting in foodstuffs, but every effort is being made to attain not only self sufficiency, but a surplus for export, Increased and guaranteed prices for agricultural produces are having their effect both on the African peasant and the European producer, but with the latter, labor is a limiting factor. Farmers the world over head a good deal of extra labor for short period at different seasons, and need it quickly, for harvesting, clearing new land or draining after unusually heavy rains. In a sparsely populated country like Northern Rhodesia this presents a difficult problem. January 1, 1947. (Photo by British Official Photograph).