deal of coffee is- still being planted and fair crops are coffee 

 being secured in districts further from the Lake, ft prospects. 

 is, however, extremely likely that the epidemics 

 which did so much damage to the crop in the Lake 

 area will sooner or later spread to these more remote 

 parts, when prospects there will be less bright. 



The safest and best system of planting seems to Thk best 

 be the planting of rubber, using coffee as a catch- system of 

 crop. This plan was advnsed by the writer in his planting. 

 book " Planting in Uganda " some years ago, and 

 events have proved that had the plan been more 

 generally carried out, many planters would have had 

 reason for rejoicing now. We have found that rubber 

 must be planted at a mininuun distance of 20ft. by 

 2oft. Were no catch-crop grown the upkeep of the 

 areas would be very expensive, and coffee seems to 

 be the best crop to use for the purpose. It nuist all 

 be removed by the sixth year, and with average luck 

 two or three fair crops may be secured in the mean- 

 time to help tide over the period of waiting for the 

 rubber. vShould pests be too prevalent to allow of even 

 fair crops, then the coffee has helped to keep the land 

 clean, and it is comforting to know that one's main 

 crop is not the one that is affected, nor is there the 

 slightest reason to fear that the coffee pests are 

 capable of attacking the rubber. 



Cocoa is not yet mature in the country. Th? coco.\ not 

 Government have a few old trees in Entebbe which yet proven. 

 are said to give very good crops, and had the yields 

 from these been recorded, probably we might have 

 been in a position to say definitely whether the 

 crop was going to be a success or not. Unfortunately, 

 no records of yields were kept, and the planters have 

 to wait until they have proved the point for them- 

 selves, as they have done in the cose of rubber. 



The cost of labour is from Rs. 4-50 to Rs. 5 labour. 

 per month. It may be said to be fairly cheap 

 Most of the estates are in the Buganda Kingdom 

 and here the local labour is very deficient, in spite of 

 a big native population. Most plantations are being 

 run with labour recruited from the more remote parts 

 of the Protectorate. The Baganda are most useful 

 for the more skilled work of a plantation, such as 

 pruning, tapping, etc. Unfortunately they cannot 



