Show S ALGIERS IRRIGATED Good Gool Wrought b- b by br Artesian Wells Wens InS In la S Northern Africa a. a Artesian wells have wrought won wonders ers In Algeria Since 1556 1555 In the provinces of Algiers Oran and Constantine Constantino over wells have been bored borell tenth one of of- them at at government ex ex- pense These wells These wells range from seventy five feet to feet II In depth and the low pressure common to the majority of them forces the water over the small smaIl board casings t to a dIstance distance distance dis dIs- dis- dis tance of only about two feet above the ground The water Is collected In small reservoirs from which It Is conveyed to vineyards vineyard dato date plantations and fields of durra millet and wheat which comprise the chief cereals of the colony About acres s of desert land have been reclaimed In this way Under this Irrigation and reclamation scheme AlgerIa ia has become a great grent wine wine- growing country The total area under colonization colonization colonization col col- col- col or settled occupation In Algeria In 1 1887 81 was acres and of ot this area arca over o acres were under cultivation by Irrigation for wheat barley oats wine olives dates tobacco etc Verily the b well Is a grand tion In the words of Is Isaiah Iah The wider wider- ness and the the solitary place shall be bo glad for them and the desert shall rejoice and blossom blossom blos bbs som as the rose rosc In the wilderness shall waters break breakout out and streams In the tho desert And the parched ground shall become become become be be- come come a pool and the land springs of ot water |