Xll INTRODUCTION 



The great possibilities of agriculture in Uganda, 

 referred to in Sir Harry Johnston's standard 

 work, are being rapidly realised. The subject is 

 of exceptional interest, since most of the agricul- 

 tural districts are at an altitude of 3,000 feet or 

 more. 



The remarkable progress shown in Cotton 

 cultivation, which is largely in native hands, 

 owes much to the careful preliminary investiga- 

 tion and guidance of Mr. P. H. Lamb, now 

 of Northern Nigeria, who was the first head 

 of the new Agricultural Department, and his 

 staff, whose efforts were chiefly directed to the 

 establishment of an acclimatised type of Cotton. 

 The Cotton of Uganda is now being grown of 

 a definite grade, and from small beginnings has 

 taken its place among the standard cottons of 

 British commerce. Cotton, however, is so far 

 almost entirely the subject of cultivation by 

 natives, with whom the British Cotton Growing 

 Association have established satisfactory relations. 



