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Show 1916 Africa 35 the children the youngest was a year old, and of the adults the oldest was ninety-one-the widest range in years that I ever saw included in such a service. The oldest candidate was a dear old white-haired lady, who has lived for years with a daughter who is a Christian, and whose sweet, helpful ways in the home finally broke down all the opposition in the mother's heart. It was a very happy family union." * AFRICA Business Matters at Chikore Mr. Columbus C. Fuller has sent an interesting summary of the year's growth and problems along the medical, evangelistic, and educational lines at Chikore, in the Rhodesia Branch of the South Africa Mission. His statement of some of the business matters and questions of material development throw such a strong light on the variety of knowledge the modern missionary needs to have, that we quote several paragraphs herewith. The report says:- "The most important matter at this station, at the present, is the outbreak of 'East Coast Fever' in the district, its steady approach to the farm, and the relation of the mission to it. There are on this farm more than six hundred head of cattle, of which about five hundred belong to the natives. Experience has shown that the only preventive of the disease is 'spraying' or 'dipping' the cattle in an arsenical solution at intervals of three to seven days, for the destruction of the disease-bearing 'ticks.' Even though the disease may break out among cattle so treated, it is usually suppressed without much loss. "Their cattle and their daughters constitute the wealth of the native people. The missionaries require cattle for the supply of milk, butter, and labor. The school is dependent THE HEAD ZULU TEACHER AT CHIKORE SCHOOL, WITH WIFE AND CHILDREN |