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

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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 III. 141 Mr. MILLIGAN said from the grower’s point of view the system was an advantage in that it gave him an independent opinion of the grade of his product and at the same time he was able to make a fair estimate of the price he might expect for his cotton. Mr. SIMPSON considered Mr. Koch's statement of great interest. Cotton grading had not developed far in Uganda; the grower generally separated his cotton into two or three classes himself. Most of the ginners had no experience of cotton before, which made the subject of grading difficult. The buyers in Liverpool would always buy on their own sampling, disregarding any previous grading marks. Experienced graders were scarce and therefore commanded high salaries—too high for a department to pay. The development of grading in Uganda must be along the lines adopted in America and Egypt. It was hoped to establish a branch of the Liverpool Cotton Association in Uganda. All contracts of sale would be registered and have an arbitration clause to cover disputes. All the bales would be marked so that each bale could be traced back to the ginner. In addition there was much seliing of cotton to large buyers in Uganda from the ginners who abrogate all responsibility at the conclusion of the sale. In the course of discussion it was pointed out that South African cotton was not sold on the grade mark but on the sample submitted to the grader. Against this system must be placed the possibility of false sampling and the difficulty of obtaining true samples. Tt was demonstrated that in Uganda it was impossible to apply the South African system of grading. A question by Mr. Cameron regarding the possibiity of the grader’s certificate being used as a negotiable document as in the case of maize, gave rise to a discussion, in which it was pointed out that the sale of a product such as cotton, having many grades of different value, must be more complicated than the sale of a commodity like maize. There were so many legal points involved that it was impossible for such certificates to be used as negotiable documents. CHAPTER VIII. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS IN COTTON SECTION. LI. TrcuNiQue oF FreLp EXPERIMENTS. That whatever method of field experiment was used it should be so designed as to permit the degree of accuracy being determined. Attention was also called to the inaccuracy which may be involved In comparing varieties which are different in habit and which may, therefore, be differently affected by the cultural conditions adopted, ¢.9., uniformity of spacing for large and small types is obviously unsound. 2. Tur KeepriNG AND UTILISATION OF RECORDS. That the keeping and utilisation of records with regard to the Cotton plant and its yield necessitates Experimental Stations being adequately equipped.

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