skilled white man can look after all the work. It 

 would deal with 900 tons of straw per annum, repre- 

 senting at the above rate an area under flax of 600 

 acres. This would probably prove a convenient 

 arrangement for a group of 3 or 4 neighbouring farms 

 and the factory would naturally be situated in the 

 position that best suited the group. 



The cost of such a factory erected and complete COST, 

 but exclusive of motive power should not exceed 

 Rs. 10,000. The working costs of such a factory 

 from the entrance of the raw material to the delivery 

 of the finished article at a London wharf — including 

 management, labour, depreciation, stores, freight, 

 insurance and brokerage, should not exceed Rs. 20,000 

 per month. 



Taking London prices of flax at £iSo and tow at returns. 

 ;£75 per ton — prices which have already been greatly 

 exceeded by the local article — the income of the 

 factory would run to Rs. 34,000 per month. 



Showing a factory profit of Rs. 14,000 per month, profit. 

 or say Rs. 276 per acre per aniuun. If therefore the 

 farmer has his own mill his combined profits work 

 out at Rs. 470 per acre per annum. 



These results can be attained only by thoroughly 

 good farming and thoroughly skilled factory super- 

 vision. 



THE NYANZA FLAX COMPANY. 



SHEEP FARMING. 



T^HE area suitable for sheep farming in B.E.A. 

 is limited. The country is hardly big enough to 

 run very large herds as in Australia, but small 

 herds can be very well and profitably farmed. 



While cattle can be said to do well in nearly 

 every part of the country, the same cannot be said ™^„^Tp!I 

 of sheep. So far they have been found profitable ^^^irilts. 

 only in the Rift Valley (that is from Kijabe to 

 Nakuru), the Loita Plains and Laikipia, Molo and 

 some parts of the Uasin Gishu. 



