Canadian Wonder varieties. Whilst each gave fairly 

 satisfactory results, the Canadian Wonder proved the 

 most prolific, with yields ranjging from goo to r,ooo 

 pounds per acre. There are large stretches of country 

 in the Maragoli, Bunoyri and adjacent districts 

 specially suited to the growing of this crop. The 

 planting season at Kibos is August to September : 

 duration of crop, 12 weeks. 



COFFEE. Although the flat lands at Kibos are not con- 



sidered ideal for coffee growing, the trials so far 

 carried out have on the whole produced fairly satis- 

 factory results. Under the conditions existing at the 

 Fann the plant has a tendancy to become bushy. 

 The beans, too, are smaller than those produced in 

 the neighbouring districts of Songhor and Koru, and 

 though the trees bear heavily the percentage of light 

 beans is higher. Further up toward the Nandi Hills, 

 however, the conditions are more favourable, and with 

 due attention paid to such matters as pruning, drain- 

 ing and spraying, cofifee growing should be a profit- 

 able commercial proposition. 



RICE. 



UPLANDS AM 

 SWAMP 

 VARIETIES. 



Trials conducted at the Farm with the Upland 

 variety of rice, as well as with the Swamp varieties 

 in suitable parts of the Province, have given most 

 encouraging results. As a native crop the prospects 

 of rice largely depend upon the natives learning to 

 appreciate it as food, whilst as a European crop there 

 are enormous possibilities for Swamp varieties await- 

 ing realisaton by the development of the very large 

 swamps in the district, as well as in other parts of 

 the Province. The yields obtained with these crops 

 are:— Swamp Rice grown by natives, 1,050 pounds; 

 Upland Rice grown on the Farm, 1,200 pounds per 

 acre. Duration of crop, six months. 



UPLANDS This crop has been grown with great success on 



COTTON. the Black Cotton soils of the Farm. Although the 



average yield for the past five years may be considered 

 fair — 700 lbs. of seed cotton per acre; the duration of 

 the crop — 9 months— and the low price offered locally 

 for the .seed cotton — 6 to 9 cents per lb. — have been 

 advanced as arguments against its suitability for 

 European cultivation. The foundation of a fairly 

 substantial Native cotton industry has already been 

 laid down in the Province. 



138 



