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DRY-LAND OLIVE CULTURE IN NORTHERN AFRICA. 



Tage. 



Cuttings, olive, imported, from Sfax by Agricultural Department, 1905, 



history, etc 21 



securing, care, etc 21 



See also Truncheons. 

 Drappier, Louis, recommendation of use of cactus pads in planting 



olive truncheons 24 



Dry-land agriculture, importance of arboriculture 38 



in ancient Africa 8-12 



olive culture in modern Tunis 12-30 



tree culture, relation to wealth of ancient Tunis 11 



seasons, effect on yield of olives 34 



"Dust mulch, olive orchards, necessity 25. 39 



El Oudiane, oasis, olive production 37 



Exports of olive oil from Sfax, 1S05-1904 33 



1906 34 



Factory, olive oil, treatment of fruit before pressing 31 



Fertilizers, chemical, not used in Sfax olive orchards , 28 



Fig, cultivation in ancient Tunis 11 



Foreman, olive orchards, Sfax, requirements 36 



France, Provence, olive trees, production of oil compared to Sfax trees 32 



Fruit, value of olive trees 20 years old at Sfax 32 



yield at different ages of olive tree, average 31-32 



Gabes, oasis, annual rainfall 37 



Gafsa, oasis, annual rainfall 37 



Grain crops in olive orchards 27 



Grass, Bermuda, extirpation, methods at Sfax . 25-27 



troublesome weed in Sfax region 22 



Harvest time, olives, at Sfax 30 



Harvesting, olive, gathering by hand 30 



method at Sfax 30-31, 39 



Holes for planting olive trees, number dug per day by one laborer 23 



Horse beans, growing in olive orchard 27 



Introduction to bulletin 7-8 



Irrigation, ancient Tunis, not practicable 10 



Italy, Bari district, oil content of olives 19 



" Kaffiz," measure for selling olives, size, etc 31 



Labor, olive growing, cost by day at Sfax 24 



management at Sfax 34 



remuneration at Sfax 35 



requirements of mrharcis at Sfax 35 



Ladder, use in olive harvesting 30 



Lands, Tunis, purchase from government, rates, conditions, etc 13 



Lime content, soils of Sfax region IS 



Limestone regions, suitability for olive culture 19 



" Maacha," use by Arabs in eradication of Bermuda grass from olive 



orchards 25 



Manure, barnyard, application to olive trees, method 2S 



use in olive orchards 28 



Marketing, olive, variation in prices at Sfax 31 



" Meskas," Susa region 37 



Mesquite, New Mexico, resemblance to Christ thorn of Sfax 17 



" Messaba," use in gathering rootstocks of Bermuda grass at Sfax 25 



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