CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION I 



I. GENERAL 3 



Geographical Features, 3 ; Climate and Rainfall, 4 ; 

 Administration, 5 ; Weights, Measures and Cur- 

 rency, 5 



II. AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS .... 6 



General, 6 ; Land Tenure and Labour, 6 ; Tithes and 

 Taxation, 7 ; Credit and Agricultural Societies, 8 ; 

 Irrigation, 8 ; Agricultural Implements, 10 ; The 

 Agricultural Department, 12 ; Fungoid Diseases and 

 Insect Pests, 14 



m. LIVE STOCK . . . . . 16 



Cattle, 16 ; Sheep, 17 ; Goats, 18 ; Pigs, 19 ; Camels, 

 20 ; Horses, 20 ; Donkeys, 20 ; Jennets and Mules, 

 21 ; Poultry, 22 ; Preserved Meats, etc., 23 



IV. DAIRY PRODUCE .23 



Milk, 23; Cheese, 24; Butter, 27; Xynogala or 

 Yaourti, 27 ; Trachanas, 28 ; Kaimaki or Tsippa, 28 



V. CROPS AND OTHER PRODUCE OF THE LAND . 28 



CEREALS .28 



Wheat, 31 ; Barley, 32 ; Oats, 34 ; Rye, 35 ; Maize 

 (Indian Corn), 35 ; Dari or Millet (Sorghum 

 vulgar e), 35 



FRUITS 35 



Vines and Wines, 36 ; Citrus fruits, 43 ; Fig (Ficus 

 Carica), 44 ; Cherries, 45 ; Banana, 46 ; Azarol 

 Hawthorn, 46 ; Melons, 47 ; Date Palm, 47 



NUTS 48 



Hazelnuts and Cobnuts or Filberts, 48 ; Walnuts, 

 49; Almonds, 49 ; Spanish Chestnut, 50 ; Pistacia 

 spp., 50 



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