farm and to some extent on the inclinations of the 

 individual. It can be reckoned that 50 bullocks will 

 do for 100 acres of wheat within five miles of the 

 railway. Outside that radius the number required 

 will increase, other things being equal, according to 

 the distance. 



MACHINERY It is general in East Africa at present to use the 



AND TOOLS. Australian combined harvester and stripper. With a 

 good store of spares on hand, and given anything 

 like a good season, two of these machines will harvest 

 150 to 200 acres. One grader and one winnower if 

 of good size will answer for the grain off 500 to 

 600 acres. Newcomers should co-operate with each 

 other when possible in buying harvesting machinery. 

 The wheat farmer would be well advised to keep 

 himself fully supplied with tools, spares, treck tackle 

 and the hundred and one odds and ends necessary 

 to efficient management. 



BUILDINGS. A store 100 feet by 30 will hold 500 to 750 bags 



of wheat. The floor should be well made and be 

 very smooth and free from cracks. Ventilation 

 should be provided in the sides and roof. Corrugated 

 iron is not the most suitable material for the sides and 

 roof : its strong attraction for the heat keeps the 

 temperature of the store at a point that favours the 

 spread of weevils and causes the wheat to heat 

 quicker if it should happen to be a little on the wet 

 side and in need of turning. 



The farm house will be built to suit the purse 

 and taste of the owner. Pig stys should be of 

 thatched roofs and post sides, dry and well drained. 

 The cattle bomas should be well drained and of 

 ample size to prevent their getting into a boggy con- 

 dition during the rains. They should be built next 

 the lands where the cattle are needed for work. A 

 cheap and efficient method of providing shelter 

 during wet cold nights and dry feed when required, 

 is to erect in the middle of the boma a shed with 

 walls of posts just as high above the ground as an ox 

 can comfortably reach. On these dried grasses are 

 stacked, to serve the double purpose of providing 

 shelter and food. 



It will be seen from the foregoing that the first 

 costs of wheat farming on anything like a large scale 



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