MARKET Market prices are at present so affected by the 



VAi^UES. war that it is difficult to give present values. In 



" Planting in Uganda " actual sale prices are given 

 in detail. Since war broke out our coffee has sold as 

 low as 50/- per cwt., whilst in a recent sale 90/- was 

 realised. To get the true market figures we must 

 take pre-war figures or wait till markets are again 

 normal. 



It will have been gleaned that we are not yet in 

 the position to give very definite figures of yields, 

 costs of marketing and prices of cocoa. The areas 

 we have which are nearing maturity are very mixed 

 in the kinds of cocoa planted. In recent years we 

 have been able to practise very rigorous selection of 

 the varieties we have sown, and consequently we 

 look for much better results when these areas come 

 into bearing. With the growth of cocoa in this 

 country we have reason to be satisfied. It has yet 

 to prove its cropping capabilities. 



QUALITY OF Some of our cocoa has sold in London at 80/- 



COCOA. per cwt. It has been classed equal to good Ceylon. 



Of the quality of the cocoa there is thus no doubt. 



With rubber considerable progress has been 

 made in recent years. We now have accurate figiu"es 

 of yields and costs extending over three years and I 

 cannot do better than give in full a short paper 

 which I read before the Conference of the Uganda 

 Planters' Association in January, 191 7, and in which 

 these figures are embodied. 



Kivuvu go's. "This is the third year of the Kivuvu tapping 



EXPERIMENTS, experiment and the third occasion on which I have 

 given the results obtained. The experiment com- 

 menced in 1914 with 6,000 trees and was extended 

 yearly until in this paper I am giving the results of 

 tapping 12,000 trees. The first year's results were 

 comparatively poor as far as yields went, and, 

 naturally, those considering the planting of rubber 

 were not convinced, although it was shown that a 

 good profit was obtained on the rubber collected. 

 Last year's results were sufficiently good to induce 

 many planters to look upon rubber with renewed 

 interest, but there are still some who have their 

 doubts as to the future of the crop. The figures 



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