130 PLANTING IN UGANDA 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Estate Management 



FOR the success of a plantation, efficient and 

 intelligent management are an absolute necessity. 

 Any attempt to reduce management expenses by 

 allowing only ill-paid or insufficient supervision 

 is false economy, which will result in more or less 

 pronounced failure. 



The minimum size of a plantation for European 

 supervision should be 250 acres. With less than 

 this the management expenses, with a highly- 

 trained manager, will be unduly high. Beyond 

 this, we consider that an assistant is required for 

 every additional 250 acres of cultivation. Where 

 the estate is of 1,000 acres in extent, the staff 

 should be not less than one assistant for every 250 

 acres, with a manager in addition. 



Organisation of Staff. It will be found best to 

 portion out the fields on the estate amongst the 

 assistants so that each shall always have the same 



