294 THE GARDENERS' CHBONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. LMancn 4, 1865. 
thi der tl ble | the seed, and producing the now | during his visit to Egypt, cost 5001. It wil EE 
cl kno own Cotton imt eake. The greatest —" ae that the prize was taken аб e Dod mare 
the proprietors have is the cost of. labour, which i s Highness the Prince of Wales with an м 
nearly as high as in England. Cotton-seed oil is now " given uy P ков the Viceroy during the 
bigis used in the soap trade, and its refined extracts | iis it ыз Egypte he sheep are small and UN 
for lubrification, HL ast y e Engli ish Ed p ag sent out 25 pe 
The Cotton shrub will bear for three years, but а s | sheep, on t raees, bor bought. fo r 4007, to cross Mors 
crops are obt 
conditions. 
What can be done by properly pulverising and dee 
stirring Me à oil in Egypt has been shown by the use of 
the steam-plough; the steam-grown Cot dh of His 
Lue m ness the Viceroy and His Highness Halim Pasha 
her с 
It is worth mention ning that in April last, within sight 1 the roots are very strong, deep searching and exhaust- | native breed, un е superintendence of a member 
Pts st» short và of the Pyramids, there was a | ing for the soil, they are generally pulled up by the | of one of our di; known Norfol sheep-breedi 
peaceful contest betw n Howard's and Fowler's steam end of , December—the wood, whi ch is wonderfully | families ; but when the dh Saw the big Lej d 
ploughs, very near the I € 1 d for fuel, the 1 contrasting so strangely with 
the French troops under | the end i is tben rapidly worked over for рене Сога, | т diminutive race, ** Wullah,? said they, * this i 
Napoleon, known as ihe Battle of the Pyramids. | which is sown and harvested within ткен day | к gi of the Christians to make ч eat pork ; thee 
ра or Egyptian Clover. is Clov т es еер, but pigs with wool on them," These 
ing is interesti ing :—4A gentleman of standing at Suez, | one of the £ 1 е helps, and bol rec irri- p animals. thus despised, coo Met Up in an old 
fi - — the French ens made the cutting | gate ted i it may be 15 t time s be fore the great heats кан Soon began to suffer from too great a growth of 
for supplement of the great | cor | hoof for their heavy bodies, which superinduced бо 
vo) that though a good co coating of sand was on the | "The p m oxen, and donkeys, goats, and | rot, so tha ey gradually drooped and died, This 
of the land, clay was the subsoi all p ut on Burseem in the spring; its rich | scheme, that if properly carried out, would have increased 
у bringing the clay to the surface Ъу а ее p) Led g| wonderfully, their nature | the wealth of the country, there being no diffculty 
thus rendering it fit for cultivation, and converting the | Dec comes renova ad zo БЕ are enabled to Rd from the climate, was thus rendered abortive. З 
arid, barren port of Suez into а ‘flourishing дош. {һе summer heat. of Burseem ree The black pig mH flourish, but religious prejudice 
tural distric the Ni m water was let been sent to England: at Piel tine it would be | is opposed to his increase. Dogs are under the same 
canal all Suez rejoiced and glorified the Fren = че. advantageon to know СЕ M has gr бра - | law, вы numerou: A instances of sneaking kindness 
had made it. They sent thei n fou | to thes animals on the part of the natives, show 
and esce osea that for im future | the I " the Nie мин "Indian "Cori; pcd that they possess the human friendliness for б 
instead of buying me by the — ko Moses’ | and M | race, although opposed {о their creed, 
Well, nine miles away, they would 1 аб ег On Se n ieties of Sug: dpa the тео w and the | turkeys, fowls, pigeons, doves, and plover, 
doors, gratis, S»on, Mice it n pt E brackisb, | purple and white, as zn = " Rico space will not permit Snipe, quail, wild ducks, and ; goate are m in 
and shortly became so salt as not to be potable. Every | to treat, but should the po prices for Cotton "bte, Es season, though the latter have a sardine- 
foll 
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day as the water evaporated, the Nile running low ће European capital in try may be Шеп К ру. d ре, үзе Б abundant iere 
ceasing eed the canal, thick incrustations of salt | attracted by these important r^ Ча | of lem e Bedouins dio bring desert hares 
were found on the banks which the Arabs stole an | Weeds growing ona fallow feld perish completely | to nike ‘which n little йау 
sold. Itis still however an open qnestion whether in the summer from the heat, Hasheesh, “ше „weed, * 4. Labou Takin usd iig i о considera. 
some salt-absorbing plants might not be found which, is well known ; ‘tion, an English. farmer with capital would soon 
being constantly grown and ploughed in, would after The na atives smoke a few of m leaves on tbal r pi pes, make a fortune in Egypt after studying the climate 
а time produce a soil fit for cultivation. jan after a few whiffs become affected and start for | for a time, provided he could make вше 
Produce.—The agricultu бг produce of Egypt із pleasant dreamland, The weed when green i is pressed, | labour. god minced eM AE a mild gay 
эстет varied, аз of old. ards, „succulent roots, ! and its inspissated juice i | inoffensi ith plenty of Mahomedan bigotry, 
Melons, Onions, the h} MER It is taken after meals to produce its ан | [е understanding the poem laws 4 ыру» с йу 
M Oranges and Lemons Egypt might rival Seville and effect, but it is best never to touch i Flower rS e been ад ег 80 gro und dow сне 
the Azores; tł the practica g that a low 
nning Hii We 
painfal to hier Gratitude Er are ААД | with; 
it is quite unknown to them, and this pos А often die 
Europeans ; they are lazy аа 
tinat 
Gardens are particu ularly delicious, and would fetch a utility i in what cannot be eaten d 
high price in Covent Garden. Peaches, Apricots, | PoS: Ani mals. .—The chief animal of modern as of ancient 
ini Figs, Bananas, Prickiy Pe ears, grow E 
ejh 
1 
| р 
ag tl queen d, it is exceedin gly : Bo rose and danger us, | ture; sensual, dirty, and obs inal e; other 
powerful sun. Grapes and Pine Apples do not succeed | biting vicious vA and kicking when provoked in ps hand, they are Woliderfülly ft song out 
eel on account of the sudden fall of temperaturo possible direction, which, Her tie peculiar conformation, | in the fields during the full p^ of the м 
дарда night; the пиона Taau g An enraged camel tearing about is | with nothing on them save a ering for the 
10° in short space of d : glass irme have|by no means rare in the strcets of Cairo. In their|]oins, and а camel's hair bonnet ; sink meni and 
H " " faz] 
y | 
ола уш: ont at of the princes. | excesses of passion they frequently e T wound | considering their religious 
i e. As a can be got to work 
* pad) bui meril 
heir character, Th саб Way to mij At 
ning; it often se n the wet | fear, being at the same time just ап thful, The 
m pays ns r to iom Go | breaking Ez ba ck. Transport women and children work almost as much as the m 
hey are (sia eA Mx m the Dates growing over by eamel in towns is and bear fatigue UN It is just to say. 
lusters e. the tuft. ot oem the pum enis | though the dads oc fe will carry 24, tremendous ; ре four the English workmen who have gone oub tô work 
ion, up with thein bare hands and feet to gather | bales of cotton, weighing 300 lbs. to 380 Ibs. stea ERA ОН" gins, &c., have generally 
Though t| e Palm grows to such : height, | | balig {е requ ed Seen. dies АБЫ shy P bedly, beating gie ы getting drunk, and working 
E d le mol, and is „Боору ipd Bux its | only € understood by tlie Vea. it does SAR ittle, ka ori uy n from 20/7. to 307. a. mon th, 
s tough, Sycamore | breed in towns. The price of a averages fro uM rd and récit gay the Arabs, these 
s aro sidi in t largo quantities, An alley of these trees | 107. to 12 a their food is е chopped ны NEM eat our Е and throw the stones in 
ve three miles long, — OR Cairo to Shoubra, mem little Burseem ha, ay. The dromedary bears a 
dota comp e arcade lelds а good revenue; ü me Tol tion to the camel as the race-horse to t Ч T eatest nuisance in dealing with the natives is 
ks 200 усте 014, аи zu was only planted 40 years | pere horse; the а very easy system of backshish which perv vades all classes. 
) d Mehemet Ali. hour Lee m cost about 2 Euro ropean intercourse is, however, improving this state 
The staple products of f the country are Wheat, Indian The and bu fal alos prs fine Jure sized strong | of things. 
Peu or Doura ape d ough producing| Labour might be o de e ed from Greeks and Maltese, 
e made, or of a men's wives grinding little mik. Es have the ета p drooping | but, they are a treac and unsafe people to ded 
suficient meal. every ped bue the mud-hovel doo and a very do tx They | with, though "ey ате ihe Ae dew of working ot 
Clover, Flax, Sugar-ca cane, chief y|d he yo oke Frid ay, which the native Should а any farmer 
in Saeed or Upper Egypt, Rice in Lower Eo and | | passing in front ot а Y bes peculiar © them. | think of proce Mik to ет Eus k "and wish to ask any 
ight ll th g | Bu {Тао butter is white and hard, with. little flavour. questions, the writer will be happy to answer them to 
ridges, so that "еу: сап be easily irrigate xl. For Cott i fhi 
the ridges are set out from 3 ft. 6 in. to 4 ft. apart, jatura 
^ gr to centre; the seed is uie in at distances of | heo careful ru so that no d ida p miik 
i ds 
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wns are 
rnm nii diim hen loaded, 
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рерна оог 
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482 EC! 
ix 
ng afterwar Home Corresponden 
hoed. The seed is all by the end of March, the The horses as companions and steeds are admirable, | — Agricultural roles —1 enti р agre he 
young plants mide e g^ few days afterwards; the | but of little use pe emis d for draught, petig уы | н. to which Mr. Edmunds Mas m ү 
-wW and pump then begin work, the fields | and fiery. The Arabs spoil the stride Dy tà зш Шеш ess before the M. ndon II. Club Я Pues 
posi: м every 10 or 12 days, though at greater | to stop suddenly when r^ full gallop, pulling on | s eek's Agricultural Gazette, viz., that 
the plant is high. e Piellahcen are|their h зва and checking them with а ve m5 АИЫ Зеу "should estabiish a collego é roi 
Pedes A ые, the water, and when their fields | curb. 'Тозһозу their skill they яа, pe at ful iss science of agriculture is tcugl he practice 
are too small for. a water-wheel they will irrigate | against а dead wall, reining MÀ to be gathered where it amy a ud Е 
i or b. emb ton-plant is | when a few inches bokt. CAS еа h i bs within the ыыы of the sons of farmers. Sucha 
9 feet high, fall ot pods — beautiful yellow "over € the wal N — e, can! à m Kd scheme was urged on the notici i d P 
between which time and the end of December four | тапу a ined to walk in the camel fashion by|but from dificulti ies in the way 
pickings take place, the average weight gathered veing | mmi eieh Tire and "hind leg roped together. Ногѕев | а5 the time the Charter for балот Y was as obtained 
5 to 7 суб. per acre. All the boys and girls of t ith this pace are much na ут by effete old | Well would it have been if it had been then саг ried out. 
е ; я Ў 
i ur y 
[ 1 е гроѕе inte! 0 
Italian, Maltese, Greek, Syrian, Armenian, Albanian, | from 67. to 107, The sheikhs = аре people ride interested to obtain it. Until it is sought, 
Native, and even American ginning factories, where | mares. The tian donkey r — a development | demanded, it is not к, d ko of the Nin 
lie Cotton is ginned for the seed and a small sum per|both of mind and body u к фе i еә avoured Societies will go s out of t : 
-— ог ewt.—in times of competition for the seed |climes; he сап live on less food, atin greater wid provide such "institutions. If, oiv, sy Y з то 
‹ EN i colle: 
m clean Cotton th en goes to Minet-el-Bassal, | more continuous fatigue than the horse, and eat set PEU establish чой «T eges, I for one tm 
rcd, By Ming relig 
T , Where it | almost as beavy a burthen ; his only deficiency is want | their success would “е 
9 "bes from 97. to 127. per cw The | pro roduce of | of speed. Не, too, hasthe camel motion, and his ра а І wn their кент, p 80, 
п acre ol Cotton may be "t: at 501. оп an average, | аге e e same as those of the horse. 'Owin g to his | existing institu tions. These colleges, if set d amit 
ing t üd tivi 
e E ТС wear hi 13, lectu: rers to teach 
tion, ; picking, ое а Йгйеһ” or land-tax of out than use him well. Af. a European riding а donkey as applied to agrieultu lture, animal and м 
ет асте, to come to 15/., а very high estimate and а knowledge of the авес pen 
clear profit per acre is 35Z— presuming there |a donkey in Cairo as a “ Hansom ” in London), the best | and ‚ animals : "while there ought to s n 
аге no poll tax, ship money, benevolences, or viceregal | thing is to give his steed the rein, and without fail it | showing in what way the' practios of agricilt of 
invitations to take shares in Egyptian companies, which it | will find 8-4 nearest way back to x station. Тһе price | can be better understood when a кое aa 
із not yet quite safe to ignore. Мапу of the gineing | | of a good donkey with ecd иш w 127. — ter these €— Mee of knowledge has ik 
factories above named have from 150 to 200 gins, witk |a high price, however ; for че а white Meccan | acquired. sions of five months. 
hydraulic presses for baling the Cotton, oil pr esses for ass, ridden by the Sultan in m Garden of Shoubra | with say five Тан " aeliyeribig perhaps five lectures 
