THE STATUS OF DRY-FARMING ABROAD 397 
to date, have been eminently successful and that the 
prospects now are that modern dry-farming will soon 
be conducted on a large scale in the Ottoman Empire. 
Palestine 
The whole of Palestine is essentially arid and semi- 
arid and dry-farming there has been practiced for cen- 
turies. With the application of modern methods it 
should be more successful than ever before. Dr. 
Aaronsohn states that the original wild wheat from 
which the present varieties of wheat have descended 
has been discovered to be a native of Palestine. 
China 
China is also interested in dry-farming. The cli- 
mate of the drier portions of China is much like that 
of the Dakotas. Dry-farming there is of high antiq- 
uity, though, of course, the methods are not those 
that have been developed in recent years. Under 
the influence of the more modern methods dry-farm- 
ing should spread extensively throughout China and 
become a great source of profit to the empire. The 
results of dry-farming in China are among the best. 
These countries have been mentioned simply be- 
cause they have been represented at the recent Dry- 
farming Congresses. Nearly all of the great coun- 
tries of the world having extensive semiarid areas are 
