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Nakuru, and cattle do very well indeed there, but as many 

 parts will become valuable as coffee lands probably cattle 

 will not be raised in large numbers. The rainfall at 

 Naivasha averages 25 inches, and at Nakuru 35 inches, so the 

 grasses are generally very green and look beautiful, but they 

 are watery, and hard condition on stock cannot be expected 

 without artificial aid. The carrying capacity is high here also. 

 Dry countries are always better cattle countries than wet 

 countries. Grasses always contain more nutriment in the 

 former. 



There are many parts of British East Africa spoken of a»s 

 being good cattle country that he to the north of the line after 

 passing Nairobi. 



The best fattening country in British East Africa is around 

 Mouyuni and Maktua, and to the north of this part. The 

 country there is very dry, but the grasses are full of nutriment. 

 Water is very scarce in these parts. As regards " German " 

 East Africa, the good cattle country seems limited to a small 

 area comparatively. The country around Iringa is really good 

 cattle country. There are no tsetse flies there, and it is sup- 

 posed that horse sickness is unknown. 



Now the war is over there will be a great demand for stud 

 cattle for British East Africa. The first thing that impresses 

 the newcomers is the varied character of the plains and the 

 quality of the herbage growing thereon. As one gazes from 

 the window of the spacious coaches of the Uganda railway, 

 which traverses the whole length of the Protectorate, one sees 

 vast expanses of veld equal, if not superior, to any in South 

 Africa, teeming with game of all description, giraffe, zebra, 

 and a dozen varieties of antelope, all " fat as butter," and all 

 apparently in excellent health. Here and there, at certain 

 seasons, may also be seen vast mobs of cattle and sheep belong- 

 ing to the Masai, a very wealthy pastoral community. The 

 best cattle country in the Naivasha district is to be found on 

 the Kinangop Plateau, a tableland lying between the Lake and 

 the Aberdare Mountains, at an elevation ranging from 7000 to 

 9000 ft. above sea-level. The farms on this plateau average 

 5000 or more acres each, and excellent work has been done 

 during recent years by use of purebred bulls upon the native 



