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Show ; 1TIIK1 f E. Scaife of Cape Town, ; Here to Study Irrigation Irriga-tion Methods. rre diamond fields of Kimberley, , ,."h Africa, which were closed for a tor time durinc the war, are now emiiiiK' morc oi ,he P1''0113 3,on0s 0 J United States than ever before, T. , Sc.,if0 of the irrigation department ihi- t'nion of South Africa, whose 'offie is in Care Town, said yesterday. , Scaife, with his wife, is making tour of Canada and the United States, uiviD2 irrigation methods, t The gold fields of Johannesbers are eing worked more than ever, and business busi-ness is universally increasing. Mr. caifc says South Africa has no labor roubles, because the natives perform he hard labor, and as they are Kaffirs a Zulus, they have been under strict onirol for years. Jlr Scaife, in commenting on farm-iji farm-iji and irrigation systems in South frica. said: "Mthough there are vast stretches hind not yet under cultivation, -much this area'is being given to returning ildiers, who have the right to settle lit, and the government assists them I making a start. After the chief morts of" gold, diamonds, and ostrich others, general farming takes its Ijoe The farmers are using modern jfhinerv and have much of their land ider irrigation. The government dur-( dur-( the last twenty years has built jnv large reservoirs and established uial systems, and is aiming to still in-tase in-tase irrigation. :tah Methods Famed. "Iam visiting America to study agTi-tttural agTi-tttural methods. After a trip through inada I went down the coast from iKouver, Seattle, San Francisco and js Angeles, and I must say I am de-jhted de-jhted with the western irrigation stems. Though I have not yet had "me to study irrigation methods in "tan, I have heard much about this rritory being the founder of irriga-)n, irriga-)n, and what wonders it has accom-""isheil. accom-""isheil. Our country is too warm for farming. The people of South Af ia are importing large quantities of merican farm machinery and. motor is. The high cost of living has not riously affected us." jr. Scaife said that the mandate of jrman South Africa had been given leat Britain and this territory would obably be further developed. Two campaigns took place in South rica during the war which many peo-J peo-J not know, Mr. Scaife declared. He Id General Botha, who died recently, euted a wonderful piece of war dip-iiacv dip-iiacv when he sent columns of troops iund German South Africa and took 8 Hun possessions with but little (Ming, in the other campaign Genii Gen-ii Smuts took German East South jrica. jrope Demands League. it the present, Mr. Scaife says, there considerable discussion over the feae of nations. He stated that ""irope is going to have the league jcther the United States accepts it " not. rJh. Scaife came to America direct :m England, where he was forced to nain four months, owing to the dif-: dif-: mlty in getting passports to Amer-: Amer-: L He says during his stay in London . noted the effects of the coal strike, ' d while in Liverpool the evil results the shipping strike which delayed nineteen days. The spirit of gloom : passing from Great Britain. J :iilr. Scaife lost his only son, who -.led the British air service, and was : .it with a fellow aviator during a J.Rht in 1916. |