Zambia, aerial view of Copeman farm northwest of Lusaka
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- 1937-12-04
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December 4, 1937. The Copeman farm, 3 1/2 miles northwest of Lusaka, N. Rhodesia: This farm was purchased by E. A. Copeman in 1921 from the government at roughly 7s 6d an acre. Of the 4000 original acres of scrub bush, there are now only 500 acres of bush remaining: 300 acres are under cultivation, 100 in paddocks, and the rest in open grazing. Five hundred head of cattle are kept; these are shorthorns bred up through the use of English bulls and native cows, with a sprinkling of South African cows. A maximum output of milk of 75 gallons a day is possible, but at the time of our visit competition had reduced the value of dairying. There were about 200 acres of wheat and 20 to 50 acres of vegetables, these being carrots, turnips, cabbages, tomatoes, beets, spring onions, beans, peas, and lettuce. Between 3 and 10 tons of vegetables were produced weekly, and these, combined with the output of another farm, made a total of 20 to 30 tons shipped weekly to the three main copper mines of the
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Meader, Mary, 1916-2008
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- 1937 Mary (Light) Meader and Dr. Richard Light Photographs of Africa
Richard U. Light and Mary (Light) Meader Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Africa
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Location
- Africa
Zambia
Lusaka (province) - Type
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- Nitrate negatives
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- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
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- Meader, Mary, 1916-2008. Zambia, aerial view of Copeman farm northwest of Lusaka. 1937-12-04. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsafrica/id/200. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Meader, Mary, 1916-2008, (1937-12-04) Zambia, aerial view of Copeman farm northwest of Lusaka. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsafrica/id/200
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- Meader, Mary, 1916-2008. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsafrica/id/200>.