Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-22

F, the antelope species. There are also
rhinos and hippos unnumbered' Tho
hlppopotamusses lnfcst the tnds alo1g
The rivers. and these streams are als)
inhabited BY crocodies The other day
Mrs. MacMillan's favorite terrier at
tempted 60 swim n creek not far from
tho house and was gobblcd up by
crocodile a day or two before that
rhinocoros attacked one of the negroes
who was hoelng the lettuce In the gar
den and damaged him considerably,
and every now and then hirporota-
mus from tie swamps OF the Athi river
breaks in and has meal OF the pea
nuts or sweet potatoes The amount
that these animals ent Is not 80 great.
but they tramp over the garden, crush
ing the vegetables into mush with their
giant feet and they are apt u wallow
in The flowers.
a PALACE IN a WILDERNESS.
don't suppose ought to call Mr..
MacMillan's country home a palace. 1t
would not be one in London. Paris,
Washington or Berlin. but y is GER
tainly paIatinl In this land. where, un-
I'll within dozen years ago there were
nothing but mud huts thatched with
straw, and where the natives arc stu
conspicuous By their nudity The homo
Is low bungalow palntcd IN q cool
green and white. with wide halls. spa
-cious verandas and long, easy chairs
all whispering comfort to the saddle
tired hunter who may have just come
IN. chased by a lion, or from g long
hunt on the plains. The house Itself
was imported from England IN sections.
the material being brought 80 miles by
oxen over flooded rivers through al
most impossible swamps and through
Il country flied with wild beasts This
Is SO also Of the furniture. the wall
rapcrs ana the beautiful engraving
aud books and also o. che modern
farm implements OF various kinds
which are now used on the estate.
TIE same is true OF the machinery
ri the pumping station and electric
light plant. which arc down near the
river and carry light and water to all
fhe buildings on the homestead Tho
structures include an engine house and
rooms for dyn1mos, storage cells and
an ice chamber.
DAIRY or A HUNDRED COWS.
In talking with me Mir. Macmillan
said he had now 100 mich cows in his
dairy. Each gives only n gallon OF
milk day, but the milk Is almost pure
cream, and far richer than that of oul
American cows. Mr.. Macmillan tells
me that he is now making a great deal
Of butter and that the most Of 1t finds
ready market in Nairobi He speaks
confidently CT the future Of British
East iefricn as dairying country. say
ing toat the grass is rich in its butter
producing qualities, and prophesying
that this colony win some day export
butter to India. South Africa and Lon
don.
Mr. MacMilan's dairy on the Juja
ranch is a wonder to the people here.
II is equipped ag we'll as any OF the
cowhouses belonging to our million
aires of the United States. Its fit
tings are OF white enamel: 1t has n
boiler for sterllizing the utensils, n
steam separator with white enamel fit
tings and everything Is managed in the
most sanitary way On one side of the
dairy Is a bacon room containing fitch
es and hams. and down on a marshy
bend of the river nearby are piggeries,
| IN which are swine of all sizes fattened
on the refuse milk.
| STABLES AND THEIR ABYSSINIAN
PONIES.
! The Juja stables have quarters fol-