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Cotton-growing in the British Empire

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IN NATURE of February 26 Sir George Watt reviews in a critical spirit the report to the Board of Trade of the Empire Cotton-Growing Committee. Much of his criticism is based on an expressed aversion to committees, which has misled him into stating that we propose our central (cotton-growing) research institution should be staffed by a “committee of voluntary workers.” This is quite erroneous. The report itself describes in some detail the permanent staff which is suggested.

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BALLS, W. Cotton-growing in the British Empire. Nature 105, 103–104 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105103c0

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