Note 463 — VIII

[The Catholic Fathers at Tshendam in Muri Province are trying to teach the natives the use of the plough, and some men and oxen have been sent from British Bornu to learn. Men who have had practical experience of farming in the Tropics have grave doubts of the success of ploughing. Land in the Tropics must be frequently allowed to lie fallow, and the labour expended in stumping the land would more than outweigh the labour saved by the use of the plough. Only experience can show whether this opinion is correct.]