O’ Shea, T.J. (ed.)

Farming and Planting in British East Africa – A Description of the Leading Agricultural Centres and an Account of Agricultural Conditions and Prospects.

Nairobi, Newland, Tarlton & Co, 1917. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVII, 162 pages. A large Fold-out map at the rear shows the East Africa Protectorate (excluding northern territory & country east of Tana River). Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth]. Illustrated front board. Pastedowns and endpapers with adverts targeting Colonial Settlers, Farmers and Investors. Good+ condition with minor signs of external wear. Spine is faded and boards carry minor smudges and rubs. Cracked gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Very small tear to front endpaper. Binding still firm and strong. Interior clean and bright.

Includes, for example, information on the following: Cattle breeding / Coffee / Kapok or Silk Cotton / Planting in Uganda / Sugar Cane / Tea / Tobacco / The Principal Commercial Centres/ Government Stock Farm, Naivasha etc.

Promotional publication for Newland, Tarlton and Co., land and estate agents based in Nairobi advertising the “equable climate, soil of wonderful quality, abundant water, regular rainfall, magnificent scenery” of British East Africa to the “enterprising settler.”
Published in the midst of the Great War, the publication stressed that “although land is cheap to-day, its phenomenal richness, combined with the fact that the country is limited in area, indicate a rapid rise in values immediately after the war.″

• Keywords: Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British East · Africa, East · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Agricultural ecology · Agriculture · Botany – Rare · British · British Colonial History · British East Africa · British Empire · British Imperial · Brochure · Colonial History · Colonial History – Rare · Colonialism · Colonies · Dendrology · Farming · Farming – Rare · Kenya · Kenya Colony and Protectorate · Nairobi, Kenya · Settler · Settler life · Travel Africa – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120189AB

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