GRAZING. Though the formation of the country renders it 



more suitable for agriculture, stock raising can be 

 pursued with success, the excellent pasture on the 

 hills maintaining cattle in first class condition all the 

 year round. Cattle do extremely well, but sheep 

 have not proved a success, the heavy rainfall and the 

 rapid growth of the grazing being against them. 

 Dairying has proved a good paying proposition, the 

 Lumbwa Co-operative Creamery affording a ready 

 market at remunerative prices for milk and cream. 

 The Walunibwa are good herds, and prefer looking 

 after stock to most other useful occupations. 



STAPLE So far the two principal crops that have been 



PRODUCTS : thoroughly proved in the district are coffee and maize. 

 COFFEE. The prices realised on the London market for Fort 



Ternan coffee are as high as the average for East 

 Africa, and the planter can reckon on half a ton to 

 the acre after the third year. There are now about 

 700 acres under coffee in the district, and the area 

 is being steadily increased. 



MAIZE On an area of particularly good and well culti- 



vated land as much as twenty six bags of maize to 

 the acre has been reaped. This is exceptional, and is 

 mentioned as testimony to the productivity of the soil 

 rather than as illustrating what the maize grower may 

 expect. With ordinary good farming, fifteen bags 

 to the acre may be expected, which is still high, and 

 well above the average for even good maize growing 

 districts. 



CITRUS AND 



FLAX. 



Experimental patches of citrus fruits are common, 

 and are doing so well that further development in 

 this direction is likely. Flax of excellent quality has 

 been grown in the adjoining district under similar con^ 

 ditions to those existing at Fort Ternan. 



GAME. The farmer has nothing to fear from the presence 



of game and suffers very few losses from wild animals. 

 As a precaution against stray leopards, small calves 

 are housed at night, but with the exception of a few 

 wild pigs and monkeys, the only game are small 

 antelope, which do no harm, while providing a wel- 

 come addition to the larder when opportunity offers 

 to procure one. 



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