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Note: Vermutlich Reproduktion eines älteren Photopositivs. - "Europäer Wohnungen. Kuti, die landwirtschftliche Versuchsstation, liegt etwa 12 km südwestlich von Fumban und ist im Jahre 1911 von deutschen Regierungsbeamten angelegt worden. Klein und beinahe dürftig waren die Anfänge, aber schnell entwickelte sicih die Ansiedlung zu ungeahnter Grösse und schönster Blüte. Haus um Haus entstand in rascher Folge auf dem grossen Komplex und zwischen den weissgetünchten Häusern liegen schön angelegte, grosse Farmen. Zweck dieser Station ist, zu versuchen, was von Feldfrüchten und anderen Nutzpflanzen im Grasland von Kamerun am besten gedeiht und am ertragreichsten sich ausreift. Nach langem Studieren und Probieren ist dem Mais und der Baumwolle der Preis zugefallen und diese beiden Pflanzen sind nun in Kuti besonders gehegt und gepflegt und auf unabsehbaren Äckern zu finden." (Wuhrmann, A., 1917. Beschreibung zu den Lichtbildern aus Bamum. E-30-0,6). Note translation: Probably reproduction of older vintage print. - "European houses. Kuti is an Agricultural Research Station about 12 Km south-west of Fumban which was started by Government officials in 1911. It began small but quickly developed into an unexpectedly large settlement, a fine place. House by house it was quickly built up into a large complex, and between each whitewashed building there are large well-organised agricultural plots. The object of the station is to experiment to see which useful plants grow best in the Grasslands of Cameroon and ripen to produce the best results. After a long period of study [sic] maize and cotton have been declared 'the winners'. In Kuti you now find these two crops being especially carefully cultivated in huge fields." (A. Wuhrmann, 1917, "Commentaries on Slides from Bamum", K.388).
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image
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b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 5.7 x 8.1 cm.
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