49-8 MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS 



that the Golis Range would be an ideal locality for the 

 growing of coffee. Owing to the scarcity of water 

 however it would be only possible in certain favoured 

 localities. The coffee grown in the Harrar Province 

 of Abyssinia and in the mountains of the Yemen, in 

 Arabia, is the finest in the world, and the conditions are 

 somewhat similar to those existing on the Golis Range in 

 British Somaliland. The difference in altitude should 

 make little or no difference to the growth of the coffee. 

 On the Golis Range it could be grown at an altitude 

 between four and five thousand feet. 



Jowari. Jowari, or Dhurra, as it is sometimes called, 

 is to-day grown on a small scale only for local consump- 

 tion around the tarikas or Mullahs' settlements in 

 places such as Upper Sheikh and Hahi, but owing to the 

 uncertainty of the rainfall it could hardly be grown in 

 paying quantities. In the best of seasons it could only 

 be grown for local needs. 



Tobacco. The tobacco plant grows well both at the 

 coast and in the interior. The locality most suitable 

 for its growth would probably be the foothills of the 

 Golis Range. 



The Levantine tobaccos would probably thrive better 

 that the others but there is no reason why the Virginian 

 should not also be a success. Only experiment can 

 settle the question as to which is the most profitable 

 crop to plant. 



Manure in the shape of guano is not difficult to pro- 

 cure as it can be obtained in fair quantities from the 

 island of Mait, from whence the Arabs have procured it 

 from time immemorial for the fertilization of their 

 tobacco plantations at Makalla. 



Cotton. Cotton could be grown anywhere provided 

 irrigation could be employed, but the rainfall is too 

 erratic as a rule for rain crops to be very successful. 

 No experiments have been made with the different varie- 

 ties, though one variety appears to thrive in the gardens 

 in Berbera and at Upper Sheikh. The present writer 

 is of opinion however that the land might be more pro- 

 fitably used in the planting of more valuable crops than 

 cotton, especially as the latter is now grown to such a 

 large extent in the Sudan and in Uganda. 



