Economic Advisory Council. Committee on Locust Control

Description:

In 1929 the British Government appointed a sub-committee on locust control in London to report on the means of mass destruction of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria in Africa. In 1931 the Committee extended its interest to other African locusts. This extensive collection of almost 2,000 unpublished British Government duplicated typescript reports details the development and management of this large-scale pest control operation. The reports concern the control of Locusts mostly in Kenya, Rhodesia and the Sahara. They include extensive information on the early development of aerial spraying techniques as a method of control. Meetings were attended by Francis Hemming; Sir Guy A.K. Marshall; Prof. Poulton and B.P. Uvarov, etc.

Includes: 2 vols of Kenya Experiments Sub-Committee report nos 1-28 (1932-1933); continues as Aircraft Experiments Sub-Committee report nos 29-50 (1933). 16 vols of Committee on Locust Control reports: 1932-1933 nos 642-900; 1934 nos 1-253; 1935 nos 1-200; 1936 nos 1-154; 1937 nos 1-131; 1938 nos 1-110; 1939 nos 1-103. Plus a volume of E.A.C. meetings 1933-1939

Condition

Uniformly bound in buckram with leather title pieces. Tear to rear joint of one volume.