The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

=tings are of white enamel; it has boiler for sterilizing the utensils steam separator with white enamel fittings and everything is managed in the most sanitary way. On one side of the dairy is a bacon room contain ing hitches 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 Abyssinan Ponies
 The Juja stables have quarters for 100 horses and ponies, with box stalls and all other conyeniences. The floors are paved and drained and tine loose boxes are netted against mosquitoes, which during the rainy season are death to horses in this part of the world. Outside the stables are chicken runs and not far from them are large number of farm wagons lately inn ported from Wisconsin for use on the estate. ~ Among the animals used for draft are Bombay mules and East In dian oxen, both of which seem to thrive here Mr. MacMlllan has recently brought in about 100 ponies and mules from Abyssinia. lie has altogether 600 cattle, having just begun to stock the ranch. His cattle have humps on thu cir backs they are descendants of the  importing Hereford and Guernsey bulls to improve the breed.
 The Question of Labor.
 In my talk with MT. MacMillan l asked him as to the African natives as an available abor supply. lie says they do well and that the wages paid average about S1.33 a month per man. lie has about ten white foremen, and something like TOO Hindoos, Somalis, Nasal and other native Africans. The Nasal are stock rearing people and they are valuable upon the ranches and they know how to care for cattle. They will do nothing In the way of cultivation or other hard labor. The Wakil1uyu, on the other hand, are fond of farming and can use the hoe fairly well. Such men as are work ing away from their own country have to be fed: but this costs only about 75 cents a month over their pay. Those who are employed from tine tribes nearby and are allowed to go home every night, feed themselves.
 Most of the farmers here use African or Indian servants. The Somalis are good boys and the Swahilis are in great de- mand. The wages of fairly good house boy are about 10 cents a day and his food. The better class cooks, however, sometimes get as much as S13 month and such wages are rising
 Domesticating the Zebra.
 There are great droves of zebras run ming about over the wilder parts of MT. MacMillan's big farm. He permits no shooting upon it by strangers, and as result these animals are remarkably tame considering their character and To- cality. After the farm is in good run ming order, an attempt will be made to- domesticate the zebra, and experiments in cross breeding will be carried on. ln- deed, this has already been attempted here and there throughout the country and especially at the government agri- cultural farm at NaivaSha lake between here and Uganda. I have gone through Naivasha and the wild zebra about there look fine and healthy 1t is different with the tame ones on the government farm. The experiment was begun in 1904, when 100 head were brought in from the widls. They fell off, one by one, being attacked by parasites and disease, and the experi- ment is now considered failure. The secretary of agriculture says that he has great hopes from the zebra colts born in captivity, and thinks they may event. ually be handled like donlkeys and horses. As to the wild zebras, he says it is impos- sible to take them from the plains and use them for farm animals, and he ad- vses the settlers that oxen and mules are better and cheaper. wild zebra never becomes docle, and the natives cannot possibly handle it. The colts, if treated kindly seem to change their nature, and