The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Uncle Sam on the Farms.

I find Uncle Sam in evidence on the Ar rican farms. His agricultural implements are in use from Zambesi to Cape Agulhas, and his farm wagons are to be seen on the highlands of British East Africa and Uganda The first wagons were brought into that region from Wisconsin by an American millionaire named McMillan. who has a 20,0O acre ranch near Nairobi. They worked so well that other planters have imported them, and they are now the most common wagon of that part of the world
 In Rhodesia many Illinois blows are used, and in Cape Colony I saw our threshing machines and mowers and reapers. The Canadians are competing with us as to harvesting machinery, and small farm tools are being now shipped to South Africa from England and Ger many.
 The American windmill is in use al most everywhere. The most of southern Africa is high and dry, and pumps are needed for irrigation and other things. Many of the mills come from Chicago, but some are from Indiana and else where.
 Cape Colony is rapidly becoming a fru. growing country, and 1t needs machinery for spraying and handling it's crops. Some of the orchards are large enough to have narrow gauge electric lines in them and on many the fruit is moved to the sta- tions by means of cars drawn by mules.
 Bicycles and Automobiles.
 South Africa Is a lanu of the bicycle, and 1t is fast becoming a land of auto mobiles. Every town of Rhodesia and central Africa which I have visited has it's bicycle riders. l saw women on bi- cycles in Kampala, above Victoria Ny anza; the government clerks use them in Nairobi, and they are to be seen every where in and about Zanzibar and Darles Salaam. There are 3U. bicycles in Kim berley and several times that number in Johannesburg. Many of the machines are American. They sell for s5out the same price as in the United States, with the freight and duty added.
 As to automobiles there are quite number in Rulawayo, Kimberley, Johan- nesburg. Durban, Cape Town and Lou renco Marquez. The French have Import ed them into Madagascar and you can get public automobiles there to take you over the new roads which have been cut through into the interior. There is great demand for them in and about Jo- Eannesburg. The gold mines run Tor about GO miles east and west of that city and the managers need cars Co give quick access to the various properties.
 
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 The most common automobile is run- about suitable for climbing heavy hills. The roads are rough, but few high-speed cars are used. The prices average something Ike 5000. rpAging from $150 upward. am told that there are about 800 cars in and about Johannesburg, and that some thing like Sie0c000 worth of automobiles are operated in the city alone. There are oyer 200 ea1s in Cape Town. Tne governor of Cape Colony owns a White steamer and several light makes of American cars are well known. There are many English and Bremen machines in use. found public garage at Bulawayo which was equipped with French vehicles, and during my tour through Algeria was able to hire such automobiles for all sorts of excnr- sions. The average price per day of- fered was s25. but found that the rate could be greatly reduced by Judiciary bar gaining
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