Askari With Hoes. - On arrival they take up temporary quarters which the farmer has built for them. Thatching still has to be completed on one or two of the huts. 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, labour is a limiting factor. Farmer the world over need a good deal of extra labour for short periods at different seasons, and need it quickly, for harvesting, clearing new land of draining after unusually heavy rains. In a sparsely populated country such at Northern Rhodesia this presents a difficult problem. January 1, 1947. (Photo by British Official Photograph).