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Abstract

Twenty years of cotton Research in Egypt:Locking over these twenty years,one cannot but feel regret that more was not done with the results obtained.Lack of concentration and sustained attention was due in part to the over weighting of the technical sections with accessory staff.which in turn involved distracting administrative responsibilities with accessary staff,which in turn involved distracting administrative responsibilities for the seni- or scientific officials,conducted within the limitations of rigid governmental rulles and regulations.Promotion for good service was hard to obtain.The scientific worker devoted to his subject was too fully occupied to have the time for acquiring the necessary influence.Publication of results was very uneven and the war mad matters hopelss :brevity usually a sure indication of clear thinking and scientific value.but the tradition of the East put a premium on prolixity and the emphasis is onwards rather than on work.The acquisition of status and ppower over fellow officials is too often valued far above scientific reputation and experimental ability and it is yet to be realised that for real progress in science it is essential to have a stiffening frame of professional scientists as distinct from in science it is essential to have a stiffening frame of professional scientists as district from professional officials (W.L.Balls(1948)Emp.Cotton Growing Review 25,{T.R.N.}.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.194967

Pages

338 - 339

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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