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

Collection:: Economics Books

| ENCLOSURE TO PART III. obtained, it might be sent round to all other territories to be tried out. He thought a resolution to this effect might be of value. On his return to South Africa he himself proposed to send samples of, say, up to 10 lbs. to the different representatives attending the Con‘erence for experimental purposes. THE CHAIRMAN (Mr. Milligan) thought it would possibly be better that such seed should be sent round on request. If a new type were produced, information could be circulated with regard to it to the various Governments, or, possibly, through the East African Journal, if the proposal materialised, giving its special characteristics, 80 that everybody concerned would have the necessary information and, if he desired to give it a trial, he would know where to apply. There was another point, there was a danger of a new strain being scrapped, because no one happened to want it at the time, while, at a later date, such a strain might be useful. Such strains, however, could be stored in sealed vessels. As the cotton industry developed possibly a special station for keeping special strains alive might come into being. It was agreed That the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation be asked to prepare and publish a list, which should be kept up to date by the issue of supplements, of all varieties and strains of cotton in cuitivation throughout the world, with a description of the characteristics of each variety and the conditions under which it was grown. It was recommended that cotton breeders in their reports should give details of such strains as they were themselves rejecting, but which, owing to special characteristics, might be of value to others; small stocks of such seed should be stored locally against further requirements. 7. Mgernops oF PranTiNG FOR Economica MULTIPLICATION OF SEED. Mr. PARNELL raised the question of planting small plots by hand and asked for information and the results of other workers. He had tried dibbling single seeds in a hole 1 in. to 1} ins. and filling the hole up with sand, but was now planting in the ordinary way with a handful of kraal manure on the top; the latter prevents the formation of crust. Mr. CAMERON said he was at present experimenting with several varieties of beans, in order to ascertain which variety will germinate at the same time as the cotton. He said he would communicate the results. Mr. NYE had also tried planting with beans, but had not got increased germination. Mr. PARNELL said that a tarmer in the Barberton area, in order to assist in the propagation of a jassid resisting strain, offered to use the single seed method, along with manure, on a field of 50 acres (this works out at 3lbs. per acre at 1 foot apart and 3 ft. 6ins. between the rows). Turning then to the question of the planting of large areas thinly, he said that he knew of no machine which was able to do this properly. In order to obviate the labour difficulty it was desirable to find a drill capable of dropping seeds two or three at a time at any spacing up to two feet. A

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