INDEX. 



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rage. 



Mills, olive oil, Sfax, number, equipment, etc 32 



Minangoin, N., number of wells to given orchard recommended 24 



recommendation for extirpation of Bermuda grass 25 



table showing average yield of olives and oil per tree 



at Sfax : 31 



Moisture, conservation in olive orchards, methods in Susa region 37 



suggestion of French tenant ■ 27 



Tunis 39 



use of basins and trenches 2G-27 



" M'rharci " contract, relation of Bermuda grass 26 



" M'rharcis," contracts for planting olive orchards, conditions, Sfax 34 



remuneration for ten years' care of orchard 35 



Mulch, dust, necessity in Sfax olive orchards 25, 39 



New Mexico, eastern, topography compared with Sfax region 17 



Nitrogen content, soils of Sfax region IS 



Oases, southern Tunis, olive culture 37 



Oil conduit, ancient Tunis 12 



content of Chemlaly olive 19 



olive in Europe at northern limit of production 19 



influence of climate 19 



mills, ancient Tunis, construction 11 



ruins in Tunis 11 



Sfax, numbers, equipment, control, etc 13, 32 



olive, exports from Sfax, 1895-1906 33 



1906 34 



from oases of Sahara Desert, resemblance to that of northern 



Tunis, cause 20 



percentage of weight of fruit and average yield at different 



ages of tree 31-32 



produced in limestone regions, quality 19 



supply of ancient Rome from Tunis 11 



trade, southern Tunis, decline, causes 12 



yearly production of southern Tunis 13 



Olive, Chemlaly, adaptability to hot, dry climate 20 



culture, adaptation to dry regions 3S 



ancient Africa 38 



congress held at Tunis, 1888, decision as to orchards and 



yield of Tunis orchards , 13 



introduction of present sytem 12 



methods of dry-culture in Tunis 14 



northern Tunis 36-38 



southern Tunis, revival 3S 



Susa region, methods 37-38 



without irrigation, possibilities of dry climates 34 



orchard. See Orchard, olive. 



production, yearly, Sfax, 1895-1904 33 



1906 34 



tree, age for bearing 24 



trees aged, in Tunis 11 



Chemlaly, causes of large yield at Sfax 20 



number planted, 1892-1904 13 



variety grown in Sfax region 39 



Olives, marketing, variation in prices, etc 31 



pickling varieties, need of abundant water 20 



prices 31 



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