Askari With Hoes. - "By the left, quick march" - off to the fields. 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).