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part is unavailable, we have all the stock on. the high sand ridges, 

 where Guinea grass grows luxuriantly and the stock do splen- 

 didly. We have a fair amount of both classes of country about 

 equally divided in this one block of land. 



'" Owing to the presence of large herds of game it is impos- 

 sible to fence in large areas, the game being so destructive. 

 Lions chase the game about at night, and a herd of several 

 hundreds of zebra or large buck will charge into the fences. No 

 fence can stop them. Under the circumstances we are com- 

 pelled to herd the cattle by day ; at night they are yarded into 

 barbed -wire yards. This necessitates a rather bigger staff than 

 that on an Australian station. The herdsmen are natives, 

 t luce or four to each mob of 500 or 600 head of cattle. It would 

 amuse an Australian pastoralist to see a mob of 600 cattle 

 handled by three men on foot. From this you will see that the 

 cattle are particularly quiet. 



" The market for Northern Rhodesia is the Congo, where it 

 is fully expected very big developments will take place in the 

 near future. There are enormous copper deposits in that terri- 

 tory. At present, Congo buyers pay 35/- to 40/- per 100 lbs. 

 dead weight for slaughter stock, the buyer paying railage. 

 The cattle are taken away by rail alive, and the dead weight is 

 estimated before they leave Rhodesia. This price is likely to 

 be maintained (if not improved upon) for some years to come. 

 The presence of tsetse fly in the Congo prevents stock from 

 bring bred there in a big way. 



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

 ►South Rhodesia, and I hear on very 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 ranch 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 





