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Item Agricultural Surveys in the Eastern Province, Uganda(1938) Hayes, T.R.; Agricultural Officer UgandaDuring the last five years, agricultural officers have been engaged in conducting detailed surveys of small administrative units called mitala*(singular mutala). The primary object is to ascertain the position in regard to soil deterioration in the various agricultural areas, and to determine the size of small holding required by a family in order to grow all its food and cash crops, support live stock, and yet maintain the fertility of the land. The first surveys were necessarily of a tentative nature, and a short account of the first essays has been published in this Journal.[1] From the experience gained in these, the Agricultural Survey Committee framed a standardized questionnaire, which introduced a large measure of uniformity into• the subsequent reports, and ensured that nothing of importance was omitted. The committee consists of senior members of various technical departments under the chairmanship of the Director of Agriculture, and the scope of the surveys was widened to include a larger field of subjects, such as diet, social organization and crafts, the continued study of which is of vital importance for the wise government of the people. At the same time, the surveying officer was encouraged to investigate any additional subjects that he considered to be of interest or importance, without qualification, with the result that the surveys were not reduced to a dull routine, but individual interest was maintained at a high pitch.Item Some Aspects of Groundnut Production(1937) Hayes, T.R.The groundnut has a remarkable range of soil and climatic conditions under which it will grow. Its cultivation ex, tends from the tropics to the almost temperate regions of Italy. Spain. And South Russia. It will tolerate quite a large range of soil conditions also. In Burma while the yield is better on the sandy loams of the uplands it will grow on heavy soils and even stiff black clay is only considered unsuitable on account of the cost of harvesting and is used for groundnuts where sandy soils are not available.
