INDEX 



Page. 



Part One: The Land and Its Inhabitants 3 



Area, Surface Configuration, Temperature, Rain, 

 Dew, Winds, Lakes and Streams, Health Conditions, 

 Administrative Divisions, Population, Religion, Lan- 

 guage, Cultural Status of the Population, Fluctuation 

 of the Population. 



Part Two: The Economic Structure of Syria and the Value of its 



Products 11 



Part Three: Husbandry 13 



I. A Statistical Summary of the Products of Husbandry. 

 A. The Area on Which Husbandry is Practised. 

 B. Composition of the Soil. 



C. Dangers and Obstacles to Husbandry. 

 1. Natural dangers. 

 2. Legal obstacles to husbandry. 



D. Kind, Quality, and Value of Produce 

 1. Annual food and fodder crops. 

 2. Commercial crops. 

 3. Fruit trees. 

 4. Wild fruits. 

 5. Animal husbandry. 

 6. Poultry raising and apiculture. 

 7. Agricultural by-industries. 



II. Unit Farming: Scope, Method and Returns. 

 A. Forms of Land Possession. 

 B. Methods. 



1. The season program of farm work; crop 



rotations. 



2. Agricultural implements. 

 3. Draft and breeding animals. 

 4. Land improvement and fertility. 

 6. Irrigation. 



C. European Influences in Syrian Agriculture. 



1. The German agricultural colonies of Pales- 

 tine. 



2. The Jewish agricultural colonies of Pales- 

 tine. 



3. The Muhadji settlements. 



4. The influence of monks and missionaries. 



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