INDEX. 



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MONEY, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 



PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 5 



1. EGYPT , 7 ^ 



Historical . . " 7 



The Cultivated Land and Its Inhabitants 12 



Climate 15 



Irrigation and Land Reclamation _ . . . . . . . . . . 17 



EGYPTIAN FARMING : 



Ray and Sharaki Lands. Rotation of crops. Draught Animals. 

 Agricultural Tools. Agricultural Companies. State Assistance. 



Crop Estimates 26 



Improvement of the Soil and Manuring . . . . . . . . 35 



TYPES OF AGRICULTURE : 

 Landed Property. Distribution of the Land. Small Holdings. 



Land Companies. State Domains. Selling of Government Land. 



Price of Land. Leasing. Hired Labour. Taxes. Agricultural Credit. 



Land Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 



Geographical Distribution of Cotton in the Nile Country . . . . 50 



The Egyptian Kinds of Cotton 52 * 



Selection and Breeding of Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 



Cultivation of Cotton 62 j A, 



Cotton Pests of Egypt 68 J 



Yield of the Crop ' . . . . 73 



Cost of Production and Rentability . . . . . . . . . . 78 



Marketing of Cotton 83 



Ginning and Pressing of the Cotton . . . . . . . . . . 87 



Cotton Seed 93 



Cotton Seed Oil 95 



Cotton Use in Egypt . . 97 



Native Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 



Import of Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 



EXPORT OF COTTON : 



Export Firms. Commercial Exchange at Minet el Bassal. The 

 Bourse Khediviale. General Produce Association. Business of 

 the Future. Arbitration. Commercial Banks. Damp in Cotton. 



Customers. Statistics 100 



Future of Egyptian Cotton .. .. .. .. .. ..114 



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