Ursachen der Amerikanischen Concurrenz

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

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Identifikator:: 82998979X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-86655

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Ursachen der Amerikanischen Concurrenz

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: Bahr

Year of publication:: 1883

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Collection:: Economics Books

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PARTI. was the main means of transport and any developments which would tend to bring down the costs were of great interest to them. They would be able to grow the raw material for industrial alcohol very easily in Uganda, and he was of opinion that sugar cane would be hard to beat. 4 Mr. KIRBY said that there was one material which had not been mentioned, and which might be of value in East Africa, and that was the Nipa palm, which grows in the east. Investigation to find out whether this would grow in Tanganyika in the mangrove swamps was being undertaken. In Nigeria the possibilities of the use of elephant grass were investigated, but the cost of transport of the raw material was found to render the scheme prohibitive. Mr. WORTLEY said that in Nyasaland, the matter had been under consideration for some time, but nothing definite had yet materialised. Mr. FOX said that there was the possibility that aleohol could be produced economically from cassava. The other starch producing crops were of greater value as foods. In Kenya, it was possible that Cassava could be produced cheaply enough for alcohol manufacture near Sultan Hamud. Mr. KIRKHAM said that cassava could be grown there but the yields would probably be too low to make the scheme a success. THE CHAIRMAN (Mr. Holm) said that it was not clear why molasses should be supplemented by cassava. Mr. FOX said that although the largest sugar factory operating in Kenya produced sufficient molasses for the economic production of alcohol, the output fell short of that required for the most economical working. Therefore, it would be sound to increase the daily produc- tion of aleohol to 900—1,000 gallons by supplementing the molasses with a small quantity of cassava. The possibility of using other agricultural products as fuels in internal combustion engines was then discussed. The possibility of vegetable oils being more economical in remote areas than alcohol was considered. CHAPTER IV—COFFEE. (For discussions on coffee pests see Part IV., Chapter 111.) (Discussed at Joint Meeting of Agricultural, Entomological and Mycological Sections.) SOME ASPECTS OF COFFEE PRODUCTION IN KENYA. Mr. TRENCH read the following paper (referred to in the Agenda as T.C.(C)Ag.4): In approaching the subject of Coffee growing in this Territory, there are a great number of points to consider. Firstly, the crop is one which demands the closest study, in order that due advantage may be taken of every favourable variation and condition. Secondly, the system under which coffee is produced in Kenya, namely, small plantations dependent on native labour from reserves, gives the crop an element of uncertainty, which every effort should be made to remove, as much from the country and Empire point of view, as well as that of the grower. Thirdly, the problems ‘° What is the best 48

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