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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Title:: Part III. Cotton

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! PART IIL. been erected. In the Union alone 22 (twenty-two) registered ginneries have been established, and in Swaziland one. The cost of production and profit naturally depend largely on the value of lint, the yield, and the distance from the ginneries. Even if these should be quite favourable sufficient labour must be available at reasonable wages. Without an ample supply of labour it is almost hopeless to grow cotton profitably. Fortunately, most parts of the Union suitable for the growing of cotton are well supplied with cheap native labour. The cotton plant, however, is subject to the attacks of numerous insect pests. But in South Africa the only two really serious pests are boll-worms and jassid, insects which in some areas are threatening the very existence of this most promising industry. The work on breeding jassid resistant varieties by the Cotton Division has been handed over to Mr. Parnell of the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation, and a solution now seems in sight. The boll-worm trouble is being investigated very seriously by the Department. In connection with Cotton pests also it is a great pleasure to record the readiness with which the Corporation has come forward to assist in every way possible. ~~ With further assistance and co-operation from the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation it is confidently expected that some solution will be found out of the very serious boll-worm menace. Once this difficulty is overcome there will be no limit to the development of cotton growing in South Africa. TABLE A. SUMMARY OF COTTON INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA 1. AnxnvuaL PropuctioN oF Corton Lint IN THE UNION. Annual Percentage of jp production increase over in pounds. previous vear. 1910-11 via = 13,623 i 1911-12 be WE 32,025 on 135.1 1912-13 ye gr 32,471 iy 1.4 1913-14 Hd 71,654 2 120.4 1914-15 2 i 215,990 ps 201.4 1915-16 hi Ie 227,562 5.3 1916-17 Bus Js 243,885 2 7.2 1917-18 a ok 283,128 7; 11.9 1918-19 0 Pa 764,584 hE 170.1 1919-20 Sf ... 1,094,763 43.2 1920-21 ce. 1,169,298 = 6.8 1921-22 os ... 1,096,182 ou (decrease) 1922-23 i Lo 2,749,109 A 150.8 1923-24 5 i 3,824,442 i) 39.5 1924-25 4 6,774,423 i» 77.1 1925-26 th .12.000,000 (estimate.® 134 Vaap

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