136 PLANTING IN UGANDA 



month can be worked out. A specimen page of 

 this book suitable for an estate in Uganda is given 

 (page 135). 



Planting Records. All planting operations 

 should be recorded here. The entry should give 

 the date and the number and the kind of plant 

 put out, with a note to locate the field in which the 

 work was done. 



Crop-book. Daily entries should be made dur- 

 ing the crop season in this book. The weight of 

 Coffee berries and wet Rubber should be entered up 

 in pounds. The number of Cocoa pods gathered 

 should be recorded. From these figures, fairly 

 accurate estimates of the month's crops can be 

 obtained for the monthly returns, without need of 

 waiting until the crop is fully prepared. It is 

 also possible to discover any leakage by theft or 

 loss from the factory, if check is kept of the raw 

 material which is gathered, and the amount of 

 finished product is compared with it. 



Estate Returns. Where returns have to be 

 submitted to a head office, or on any estate where 

 work, costs and returns are properly checked, it is 

 necessary to make out a monthly return on a 

 special form. Such a form containing columns to 



