ABSTRACT
During the early stages of the Agricultural Indebtedness Committee's deliberations it was represented that a real danger existed of deserving farmers having implements and stock, necessary to a continuance of farming operations, sold up under distraint by unsecured creditors. From the minutes recording evidence offered the Committee and the discussions thereon, endeavour has been made in the report to produce a reasoned argument leading up to and justifying the conclusions and recommendations contained in the final paragraphs. A number of European farmers in Kenya came to the country without previous agricultural experience. Their knowledge of methods, control of diseases and pests, preservation and improvement of soil fertility and general local farming conditions has been gained at considerable cost, but now represents an asset which the Colony cannot afford to lose. The full beneficial results of this will be more apparent when favourable climatic conditions return and the world's markets recover.
