CHOICE OF LAND 4 



railway or steamers have a very great advantage, 

 for although roads exist to many more remote 

 parts of the country, they are totally unfit for the 

 heavy traffic of the planter. Wheeled transport 

 is, of course, necessary, but draught animals in 

 Uganda being weak and subject to many diseases, 

 the only feasible plan of shifting large quantities 

 of produce is by the use of mechanical transport. 

 Probably in time light railways and good roads 

 will be made to connect up the large fertile areas 

 of the country, but until this is done the planter 

 will find transport one of his greatest difficulties,, 

 should he be situated at any distance inland. 



Indications of Natural Vegetation. As a 

 general rule a very accurate idea of the character 

 of a soil, as well as of the rainfall of a district, 

 may be gathered by a careful examination of the 

 wild growth it supports. In a tropical country 

 the vegetation will be naturally luxuriant unless 

 there is some factor such as poor soil or insufficient 

 rainfall operating against it. Where the natural 

 vegetation is scanty the planter should endeavour 

 to discover the cause, for it is almost certain that 

 the crops he plants will also be affected by this 

 cause. 



