Browsing by Author "Purvis, J.T."

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Maize Silage in East Africa: Its Preparation, Quality and Feeding Value
(1935/1936) Purvis, J.T.; French, M.H.
Maize has proved itself throughout the world as the crop best suited for silage production. Therefore, when this Department first decided to make silage,some twelve years ago, maize was naturally chosen as the crop to be ensiled.The method of ensilage adopted was to stack the maize into rectangular pits,ten feet square and twelve feet deep. It was assumed that the best results would be obtained if the methods used in other countries were adopted.
Wasted rainfall in relation to Crop Production
(1945) Purvis, J.T.; Tanganyika Territory
The majority of articles on erosion deal with the losses of soil caused by uncontrolled water funning off cultivated lands. Whilst these soil losses are of the utmost importance little attention appears to have been paid to water losses, is such; more particularly with regard to the relation between rainfall and crop yields. Semi-arid cultivation steppes of Tanganyika.