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A) That in cases where it is found impracticable for the
inspector to perform the grading the onus should be placed
upon the owner or shipper to grade or prepare the product,
in accordance with the standards laid down; in such cases,
the service may take the form of inspection only of the whole
or a prescribed proportion of the shipment.
That in the case of grading and/or inspection under such
legislation, official certificates as to grade or standard of
quality should be issued where expedient.
~~ That the legislation should take the form of a general
enabling Ordinance, following the examples of South Africa
and Kenya, with provision for the application of the
Ordinance to any particular product, and the framing of
rules dealing specifically with the grades or standards, and
the services of grading or inspection or both.
6. TRANSPORT.
That, having regard to the difficulties of transporting agricultural
produce to the railway systems and the heavy cost thereof, it is
desired to invite the attention of the Governments of the East
African Territories to the importance of reducing the capital and
running costs of motor vehicles, in particular, by every means within
their power.
7 NATIVE AGRICULTURE.
‘\ It is desired to impress upon the Governments of Hast Africa
the great importance of a pronounced agricultural bias being
given to the education of Africans in these territories, where
agriculture is almost the sole industry upon which the
sustenance and advancement of the African peoples depend
—a principle which has already been emphasized by the
Phelps-Stokes Commission.
‘1 It is further considered that, for the development of native
agriculture, a staff of Africans trained in agriculture and
capable of performing the duties of agricultural instructors
is essential; and it is urged that the necessary provision
should also be made for the systematic training of African
teachers in agriculture for schools in native areas.
COTTON.
1. TecHNIQUE oF FiELD 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,
e.g., uniformity of spacing for large and small types is obviously
unsound.
2. Tue Keeping 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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