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volcanic rocks, which are well known to be rich in plant 

 food. An acre of land in this locality only requires half a 

 bushel of wheat seed to produce 20 to 24 bushels of grain. 

 This degree of fertility is all the more remarkable when it is 

 remembered that, the country being destitute of trees, all 

 dung is required for fuel, and none is available for agricul- 

 tural purposes. On the other hand, it is to be observed that, 

 in consequence of the great extent of arable land, the same 

 soil is only sown once in every four years. 



Barley ranks next in importance among the cereals in the 

 Hauran district, and yields from 16 to 32 bushels per acre. 

 The other corn crops are a small variety of maize known 

 locally as "rezzineh," two species of vetch, and a small 

 quantity of chick peas. 



The Jebel Druse district is almost as fertile as the Hauran, 

 the agricultural products in the two districts being very 

 similar. The " Jebel," however, has one advantage over its 

 neighbour, more especially in an exceptionally dry summer 

 like that of 1901, in that the land, owing to the heavy fall of 

 dew at night, can to a large extent dispense with other 

 moisture. 



The Ajlun Caza, again, is a very rich district, and is much 

 better watered than either of the two above mentioned. It 

 also produces a greater variety of crops, although its soil is 

 not really so rich as either the Hauran or the " Jebel." The 

 district is the most thickly-wooded part of Syria, and all the 

 best charcoal produced in the vilayet comes from this part 



The ten villages of the southern part of the Central Caza of 

 Damascus, the remainder being left out of consideration as 

 being too remote from the railway, not only produce a large 

 quantity of corn, but also devote a great amount of attention 

 to fruit-growing. The total annual fruit crop of this district 

 is put at 3,410 tons, the greater portion of this consisting of 

 grapes. 



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The Foreign Office has recently published a report by 

 Dr. Frederick Rose, His Majesty's Consul at Stuttgart, on 



