Pneumonia has also been responsible for 

 occasional losses, no doubt as the result of damp sleep- 

 ing accommodation during the heavy rains, but 

 measles which is so prevalent in South Africa does 

 not exist here. 



With the exception of the above named, which 

 it is in the power of the breeder to take precautions 

 against, pigs are singularly free from disease, and the 

 breed is subject to no greater risks than in the home 

 countries. 



THE BEST After numerous experiments with different breeds 



LREEDS. on the part of the Government Experimental Farms 



and individual settlers, the Berkshire, Long Black, 

 and Tamworth have asserted themselves as the most 

 satisfactory, preference being given as a rule to the 

 first two. 



The White Yorkshire was for a time considered 

 by many to offer advantages not possessed by other 

 breeds, but it has been found that it does not fatten 

 as quickly as the others, possibly because of its pink 

 skin being so readily scorched by the sun. 



Too much emphasis cannot be laid on the im- 

 portance of starting with really good stock. Every- 

 thing depends on this and on maintaining the quality 

 of the breeding stock by the frequent introduction of 

 fresh blood. 



A Long Black Sow (being a good roomy piother) 

 mated with a Berkshire boar, should produce the 

 desired result. 



FACTORIES -^s far back as 1908 a factory, replete with modern 



AND AVAIL- equipment, was erected at Uplands, about mid- way 



ABLE MARKETS. between Nairobi and Naivasha, for the purpose of 



stimulating interest in the industry, in addition 



to which other factories on a less ambitious scale have 



been established in different parts of the country. 



The smaller factories at present concern them- 

 selves solely with supplying the local markets, but 

 the Uplands factory is more particularly interested 

 in the establishment of an export trade, and has 

 already opened up relations with England, South 

 Africa and India. 



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