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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 emj^ire. 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 



