ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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 Plate I. Fig. 1. — A modern Spanish fanning mill. Fig. 2. — A modern 

 Spanish threshing machine. Fig. 3. — A modern Spanish subsoil 



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II. Fig. 1. — Homes of natives on the bank of the Tigris River. 



Fig. 2. — Scene in a date garden, Bagdad 40 



III. Fig. 1. — Sind cow from Karachi, India. Fig. 2. — Delhi carabao 



from Delhi, India. Fig. 3.— Rump view of Delhi carabao 40 



IV. Fig. 1. — Surti milch carabao from Gujarat, India. Fig. 2. — Rump 



view of Surti milch carabao 40 



V. Fig. 1. — Laboratory of Professor Hirase at Hikone, Japan. Fig. 2. — 

 Experiment station buildings at Shizuoka, Japan. Fig. 3. — The 



plum market of Ikeda, Japan .-. 40 



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