bulls they should bring in a further ;£i5o, increasing 

 as the head of stock grew. Then when the farm 

 is stocked up, which should be in about six or 

 seven years from the start, and supposing only one 

 beast could be run to two acres, there will also 

 be the female increase to sell off. If the land is 

 of reasonable quality, when the farm is stocked up 

 with decent milk producers, giving say a gallon of 

 milk a day besides rearing the calf, and the cattle 

 graded, then the return from it should be in the 

 neighbourhood of ;£3,ooo a year, out of which run- 

 ning expenses must be paid. This is based on 

 pre-war prices. 



On the whole I think one may safely say that (lOOD pros- 

 tliere is a good prospect Qut here for any man who I'ECTS. 

 is keen cm dairy work and does not object to 

 working hard and living plainly at first and who 

 has a cajjital of at least £1,500 when he lands in 

 the country. 



R. B. CURWEN. 



DECIDUOUS FRUITS. 



TN B.E.A., where the soil in many places is equal b.e.a. as a 



to any in the world, the apple, pear, peach and fruit 

 plum, can be grown par excellence from an altitude country. 

 of four to eight or nine thousand feet above sea level. 



A number of orchards, principally in the Macha- 

 kos and Limuru districts, are already supplying the 

 local markets with fruit; numerous others have been 

 laid down in different parts of the Protectorate, and 

 the volume of production likely to be available in 

 the near future is such that several schemes for 

 canning factories are imder consideration. 



Because of its commanding popularity among 

 the European settlers, the apple is receiving first 

 consideration from deciduous fruit growers, and 

 a large range of varieties has been experimented 

 with. 



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