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the weather is warm, and bright, and sunny, though the nights 

 are cool. 



The rain falls in the summer, from the end of October until 

 the beginning of April, but during the rest of the year it 

 is dry, and one can live entirely out of doors. All kinds of 









FIELD OF MAIZE, SOUTH AFRICA 



cereals can be grown in Southern Rhodesia, but maize, both 

 on the plateaux and in the lowlands, forms the most luxuriant 

 crop. 



Before the war we bought less than 1 million cwt. from 

 British possessions, and over 48 millions from foreign countries, 

 mainly from the Argentine, though the United States, 

 Roumania, and Russia sent us considerable amounts. During 

 the war the imports from the Argentine decreased, while 



