THE GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTAL 

 FARM, KIBOS. 



FOUNDATION. Although the agricultural possibilities of the 



Kavirondo country have always engaged the close 

 attention of the local administration, it was not until 

 the year 1905, when the Kibos Farm was established, 

 that any definite steps were taken to inquire into and 

 systematically develop the agricultural resources of 

 the Kavirondo or Nyanza Province. 



POLICY OF It was soon recognised that if such an institution 



THE FARM. as the above were to produce lasting benefits to both 

 the European agricultural community and the native 

 peasants and Indian cultivators of the Province, the 

 improvement of existing agricultural industries and 

 the introduction of new ones, should be made the 

 basis of operations. 



Accordiujgly improved varieties of seed of the 

 more important of the exportable crops grown in the 

 Province, such as beans, cotton, maize, groundnuts 

 and sim-sim, were specially imported and distributed 

 free for cultivation. 



In the meantime experiments were conducted on 

 the Farm with these and other crops, with a view to 



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