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 II. Agriculture

Collection:: Economics Books

PART 1I. must be broken off and a more useful attitude engendered. The curriculum we have adopted in training at our large farm schools includes both general and agricultural subjects treated in an elementary way. These are Agricultural Botany, Agricultural Zoology, Plant husbandry, Animal husbandry, Dairying, Poultry, Horticulture, Elementary Veterinary Science, Elementary Forestry, English, Swahili, Arithmetic, Geography, and Hygiene. All teaching is done in Swahili. Each pupil has his own school garden and all implements used on the farm are of a type suitable for native use. Tae Nreps or tHE Corony: The country undoubtedly lends itself to Agriculture, and, to-day, the production of edible crops is carried on on a large scale. The spectre of famine ought to have been banished by now and the population should increase with the reduction in the loss of lives from preventable causes. The weakness of the position in some native areas is that should there be any shortage of foodstuffs, it is the women and children who suffer, as the men may go out for work and be fed at any time. It is our endeavour to overcome this difficulty by increasing food production in all agricultural reserves. The variety of the dietary should be improved and with increase in wealth the consumption of meat will become greater. The Colony requires that its fertile areas should all produce a surplus for sale in order that development be paid for and continued. We need to see that effort is not wasted. The amount of energy wasted in native areas is very great. In one imstance the laborious and poor construction of diversion weirs upon which one population mainly depends for its existence, is unsound and wasteful. One well directed and well designed effort would free people for more valuable work in their area or outside it. The growing of mixed and poor value crops is a waste which may be eliminated slowly by concerted action in specific areas. The idle standing of oxen, whilst by human power land is dug, for the production of the nourishment of a tribe, is a serious waste. There would be a greater leisure in reserves if many of the laborious operations such as ploughing, and grinding, were carried out by mechanical aid. There is a colossal waste of time in the marketing of produce on the heads of porters, women mainly, transport within reserves is rapidly being augmented, and more collecting centres served by railways or good roads are needed. The commercial uselessness of the cattle of natives indicates in what manner the time of people could be saved, and finally the ingrained laziness of many natives might be found to be due to the onset of debilitating disease as much as to a natural detestation of work. The necessity for them being so evident, how are we to effect the desired changes? These will be achieved mainly through the following : — A. With Crops : (1) The use of better and labour saving implements, (?* The control of pests and diseases where feasible. (® The issue and planting of better seed, distributed from seed farms, as mass issues, after the value of the better sced has been demonstrated in location plots. By the co-operation of buyers where discrimination acainst the poorer and preference for the better qualities of produce 1s shewn. 1

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