the highest price of the day. While the quantity- 

 cropped per acre is fairly high, in a good season the 

 returns fluctuate to such an extent according to local 

 circumstances that, in the absence of properly com- 

 piled statistics, it might be misleading to quote any 

 ligures. In many cases of low yields the cause is 

 traceable to the ravages of the antestia hug and 

 thrips. The fungus Hemeleia testatrix has also been 

 responsible to some extent for yields below the 

 average, but so far as this disease is concerned ex- 

 periments conducted over a number of years have 

 led to the opinion among experienced planters that 

 the prevailing dry climate is against the rapid spread 

 of the fungus, which is kept under control at a low 

 cost by spraying. Insect pests on coffee will be the 

 special research work of an entymologist as soon as 

 one can be procured by the Agricultural Department. 



Wattle is grown mostly at the higher altitudes wattle. 

 of Limuru; sisal receiving attention around Ruiru, 

 (the altitude of which is about 5,000 feet), and in the 

 adjoining Thika and F'ort Hall districts. The citrus 

 industry is still in its infancy, and though the fruit 

 returns from earlier pUnxiings are most favourable, 

 it cannot yet be said that Kyambu citrus products are 

 known outside our local markets. 



Dairy Farming has from the beginning played a dairy 

 prominent part in advancing the material welfare of farming. 

 Kyambu. In July, 1916, the number of cattle owned 

 by Europeans in the administrative district was just 

 under 6,500, while pigs numbered over 2,000. The 

 number of native owned cattle is much in excess of 

 European owned. Although the entire district is 

 admirably suited to dairy farming, with green 

 pasture throughout the year, it is only on the lower 

 slopes and at the higher altitudes that the land is 

 given over to stock, the intermediate area being 

 deemed more valuable when put under sucli high 

 priced products as cofifee. 



The labour supply necessary to carry on the labour. 

 industries briefly described above has been drawn 

 chiefly from the Kikuyu native reserve in the 

 vicinity, augmented by migratory labour from neigh- 

 bouring reserves. But, as has been already stated, 

 the full exploitation of Kyambu's enormous resources 



