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''Liebig's Company has lately secured a large area of land in 

 South Rhodesia, and I hear on ver\^ good authority that that 

 company purpose erecting a big factory there within two or three 

 years. I understand that this company is particularly pleased 

 with the land it has secured and with the appearance of the 

 stock. 



"My company has also a rancli of 150,000 acres of freehold 

 land in South Rhodesia. This has only lately been purchased, 

 and not much has yet been done there in the way of stocking it. 



"I am very disappointed that up to the present I have not 

 been permitted to import Hereford bulls from Australia. The 

 Rhodesian Government have not yet decided to permit this, the 

 matter being still under consideration. My contention is that, 

 as the climate of Rhodesia is almost identically the same as 

 Queensland, stock from Queensland (or any part of Australia) 

 would require less acclimatising than stock from England. I 

 also contend that equally as good blood could be introduced from 

 Australia, and at a lesser cost. Stock in Australia are not so 

 'forced,' and are, therefore, more hardy and more suitable for 

 the veldt in this country. 



''From an agricultural point of view, the possibilities here are 

 also good. I have known from fifteen to twenty bags of mealies 

 to be the return per acre from various farms on the Kafue ; ten 

 bags, however, is more general — 200 lbs. to the bag. Many parts 

 of the Kafue should grow excellent sugar-cane, the soil being 

 particularly rich. Thousands of acres could be irrigated by 

 lifting water from Kafue River 15 ft., and fed from one main 

 furrow. Thousands of acres could be ploughed without any 

 expense in the way of clearing. Not a stump, or a tree, or a 

 stone to be moved. Many parts closely resemble the best lands 

 on the lower Burdekin country in North Queensland, where 

 sugar-cane grows so wonderfully well." 



Mr. Richard Walsh, the British South Africa Company's 

 expert in ranching, gave some interesting information when 

 interviewed in London recently. Mr. Walsh selected the big 

 areas, between 3 and 4 million acres, in Rhodesia, which the 

 company is now devoting to cattle ranching. The million-acre 

 ranch known as Rhodesdale, is now in a fairly advanced con- 

 dition, is partly in Mashonaland and partly in Matabeleland, 

 and the railway runs through it. A bigger scheme, but one 

 much less advanced, is rejiresented in the Nuenetsi territory of 

 three million acres, lying to the south of Victoria. There is also 

 a ranch of 100.000 acres about 60 miles south of Victoria. 



