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Economic Survey 



D. Crop Yields and the Price of Land. 

 1. Grain Yields. 



On the unfertilized soil of the fellaheen an average wheat 

 crop is eight- or ten-fold ; barley, beans, lentils, and peas from ten- 

 to fifteen-fold, and durrha from sixty- to eighty-fold. A dunam of 

 the best soil in Judaea yields 308 pounds of wheat or 352 pounds 

 of barley. The return is much higher for fertilized or unusually 

 rich soil, especially in the Palestinian colonies, where the yield in 

 good years has been estimated as follows: 



Seeding 



per hectar 



In kilograms. 



Clover 135kg. 



Lentils 180 



Karsenne 144 



Barley 192 



Wheat 180 



Chickpeas 90 



Durrha 18 



Sesame 



Gross Proceeds. 



Yield in 

 comparison 

 with seeding. 

 8-15 times 

 8-10 " 

 15-20 

 15 



10-12 



20 



100 



40 



Maximum 



Quantity. 



2,025 



1,800 



2,880 



2,880 



2,000 



1,800 



1,800 



540 



Price per 

 100 kg. 

 (infra.) 



18 



13 



15 



16 



21 



16 



12 



44 



Value in 

 franca. 



364.50 



234. 



432. 



460.80 



420. 



280. 



216. 



237.60 



Synopsis of Average Yields per Dunam in the Vicinity of Jaffa. 



I, superior quality of soil ; II, middling quality ; III, inferior quality, 

 t One kele = about 35 liters, i. e., about 25 kilograms of wheat, 20 kilograms 

 of barley, or 23 kilograms of beans, vetches, etc. 



J Without subtracting the osher and the wergho. 



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