The fiscal problem in Missouri

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

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Identifikator:: 1833271335

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-230042

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The fiscal problem in Missouri

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc.

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: xvi, 359 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter XII. Other aspects of the Missouri fiscal problem

Collection:: Economics Books

APPENDIX. 315 With regard to the former, the situation would be very much cleared if suitable arrangements could be made to put into effect the suggestions put forward in T.C.(C)Cot. 3. At the present time information about the presence and distribution of insect aud fungoid pests is so scanty that the several countries have to protect themselves by enforcing stringent regulations to prevent the possible introduction of unknown pests. This action may seriously hinder fhe development of the cotton industry in many parts of East Africa, where the natural outlet for inland transport passes through territory controlled by another Administration. The boundaries between these different Administrations are often purely artificial and may run through the centre of a well-defined cotton tract where the same variety of cotton is grown and the same pests occur. Another question which appears to need attention is the necessity of obtaining information as to what pests, whether insect or fungoid, can be carried in seed, seed cotton, or lint. It is possible that sufficient is known of the life histories of many such pests to be able to state deflnitely in what cases such danger exists. The question of keeping seed stocks pure is ome which needs consideration in the event of cotton being allowed to pass from one territory to another, as is frequently the case when tentative cultivation is started and there are no means of ginning the crop without transporting it elsewhere. This seems to imply that there should be closer co-operation between the Agricultural Departments of different administrations. If it is intended to attempt cotton cultivation in an area where the cotton harvested must be transported through another territory before finally being baled for export, then it seems clear that the variety of cotton used for such tentative cultivation should be the same as that grown in the country where it is to be handled. This would obviate any danger of contaminating the seed supply with seed of other varieties. There is one aspect of the question which seems to need examination. In reports on cotton growing in some of these countries the seed from certain tracts has been condemned for sowing because the area where this has been grown does not produce the same length of staple as is produced in other tracts or climate where the same seed is used. This means that the soil in which the cotton is grown influences the quality and length of the staple. It does not, however, prove that the variety has deteriorated, and it seems that this is a matter for experiment. The experience of the writer of this note is that if such seed is again used in soils which are known to produce stanle of good quality no deterioration is evident. (7) NOTIFICATION REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION, EXISTENCE AND OCCURRENCE OF INSECT AND FUNGOID PESTS. {Note by Mr. H. C. Sampson of the British Empire Cotton Growing Corporation.—T.C.(C)Cot.3.) At the present time there appears to be very little co-ordination between the different countries comprising East and South Africa in the matter of giving information regarding insect and fungoid diseases and a perusal of the various annual reports of the different countries shows that these do not give such information in sufficient detail. In a new cotton country, such as East and South Africa is, there are possibly many pests which attack cotton, which are

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