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THE July number of Discovery is devoted, in view of the Ottawa Conference, to the subject of science and the Empire. Sir Stephen Tallents manages to give in a very few pages a vivid picture of the varied scientific activities which, on the confines of the Empire, become particularly associated with agriculture, the mainstay of dominions and colonies alike. The close contact maintained between scientific work at different centres is emphasised in this review and illustrated by specific examples, and this practice is commended to the statesmen now gathered at Ottawa. The Right Hon. Lord Lugard explains the plan of the African Institute, with the financial support of the Rockefeller Foundation, to make a detailed study over a five-year period of the results of the impact of European civilisation upon the tribal system. Dr. H. V. Taylor, Commissioner of Horticulture to the Ministry of Agriculture, writes upon science and Empire fruit growing. The keynote of this article is that variation of climate, in the vast area covered by the Empire, prevents standardisation of methods, so that the grower is thrown into the hands of the research worker. Wool research in New Zealand and Empire air routes are other topics akin to the main theme which are also discussed.
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Science and the Empire. Nature 130, 162–163 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130162d0
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