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The height of the flood permits of easy irrigation even when it is lift. 
The plants grow to a great size but have many bolls. The following 
table will show the growth of the plants. 
Date of planting. 
No of waterings 
First picking. 
Last picking. 
25 June 
16 
1st J anuary 
March 15 
3 July 
16 
15th January . . 
March 31 
30 July 
15 
15th February . . 
April 15 
“The yield of a good field is 5 cwt. per acre. The fibre is better 
than that of the cotton sown in March and April. 
“ I consider that June and July are the best months for sowing, and 
that cotton sown from well -selected seed and well cultivated will prove 
itself a cotton of superior quality, ranking with Egyptian cottons. 
“ The following table gives the kinds of crops, other than cotton 
which can be profitably grown in the Sudan 
Crop 
Time of sowing. 
Time of ripening. 
N° 
of waterings 
Produce 
Egyptian wheat . . 
Nov. & Dec. 
April 
3 
54 
ardebs 
Indian wheat 
December 
» 
3 
5 
» 
Egyptian barley 
» 
March 31 
2 
11 
» 
Australian barley 
» 
» 
2 
5 
» 
Beans . . 
» 
» 
3 
5 
» 
Lentils 
» 
» 
3 
34 
» 
Earthnuts . . 
July 
J anuary 
9 
9 
» 
Indian corn 
» 
September 
4 
6 
» 
American maize 
October 
7 
4 
» 
Potatoes 
November 
March 
3 
150 kantars 
Lucerne 
March 
March year 
12 
1800 > 
in 12 cuttings 
of 150 kantars 
each. 
Fodder crops such as birseem and vetches (gilban) when well 
watered are satisfactory. 
“ If the land is not well tilled, manured and looked after, wheat will 
require 6 waterings and barley 4 waterings. 
“ If water can be obtained in the Sudan, the agricultural problem is 
very easy.” 
I cannot do better than close this chapter with this thoroughly 
Egyptian remark of Ibrahim Effendi Fehmy. 
