Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

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Identifikator:: 1738588467

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-115043

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

Place of publication:: Nairobi

Publisher:: East African Standard

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: VI, 337 Seiten; Ill.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. Cotton

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PART III. CHAPTER III. THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN UGANDA, (This item was discussed by the Cotton and Agricultural Sections jointly.) Mr. SIMPSON made the following statement : — The Cotton Industry of Uganda is unique in many respects and holds a leading position amongst the new Cotton-growing fields within the Empire. Cotton exports for 1925 equalled 196,038 bales of 400lbs. each, valued at over four and a half millions sterling, or practically 929, of Uganda’s total exports... 22,000 tons of cotton seed were exported, valued at £128,000, so cotton and cotton seed were responsible for 94.859, of Uganda’s exports during 1925. The industry is entirely one of native production, and is the result of the cultivation of hundreds of thousands of small cotton plots in all parts of the Protectorate. It is estimated that 617,324 acres were planted with cotton in 1925, compared with 572,814 acres in 1924. The cotton acreage is distributed amongst the four Provinces, as follows : — Eastern Province ... ye nA 383,613 acres Buganda Province ... ho i 200,000 ,, Northern Province ... oh ep 26.829 ,, Western Province ... =, a 6.852% Total ... Eis 617,324 acres The Cotton is of good quality from 1 1-8 inches to 1 8-16 inches in length, strong and fairly regular. Uganda Cotton commands a ready sale on the world’s markets at prices ranging from 250 to 300 points on American ** middling,” i.e., from 24d. to 3d. per lb. above American ‘‘ middling,”’ and the demand for this type of Cotton is practically unlimited. Owing to the position: of Uganda and its distance from the sea, in development work it has been necessary to concentrate on highly priced products. Government has therefore given every possible assistance to the extension of the Cotton industry, and to-day’s results are due to propaganda work carried on during a period of nearly twenty years. The development of the industry has been retarded owing to the absence of a complete and efficient system of cheap transportation, which railways only can provide, but the Railway system is now being steadily improved and extended. The Uganda Government has throughout taken a practical interest in the industry and its development has been guided along certain well-defined lines. Fortunately, Uganda possesses a good system of main roads which have been gradually extended and developed, with the result that the increasing crops of cotton have been moved with little difficulty to the inadequate railway system. When all the cotton had to be carried by head loads, the production of cotton was strictly limited. Seed cotton is very bulky, easily damaged by adverse weather conditions, and 709, of its weight is cotton seed—a low priced produet. It was 130)

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