Show WASTE LAND MADE FERTILE remarkable results have followed experiments only recently undertaken in egypt As aa a an V indication of the ultimate nate outcome in the great delta of egypt where acres of wash salt land awaits development toward tho the end nd of 1912 about acres of absolutely waste land at blala biala were taken in hand the land was so heavily lin with salt that f 0 or r aged ages noth ing had grown on it A scientific mys tern tem of irrigation and drainage was laid out under direction of lord kitchener aner at a cost of 50 an acre and it t was then thed handed over to the fellaheen la in five acro acre plots for cultivation last year the land was washed and a crop of rice was grown giving a satisfactory yield after the rice crop the salt bait distribution was measured and tho the percentage was considerably reduced to the great astonishment of tho the fellaheen fell abeen cultivators a permanent result had been achieved in one ayal yal which under the ordinary system prevailing in III the country would have taken thre or tour four years to accordi ac accomplish corri cotton Is no now therefore being satisfactorily grown on a fair proportion on of tilts this area and it Is expected that it will bring from 76 75 to an acre |