Show WASTE LAND MADE FERTILE remarkable results have followed experiments only Recer Re cei undertaken in egypt an an indication of tho the ultimate out como lu the great delta of 0 egypt where acres acrea of wash salt bait land awaits development ebward tho the end of 1912 about SOO aaros acre of absolute ly waste land at blala biala were taken in hand the land was waa so go heavily im with salt that tor for ages noth ing had grown on an it A scientific system of irrigation and drainage was laid cut under direction of biord kitchener at a cost coal of 50 an acre and it was then handed banded over to the fellaheen in live five acre plots tor 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 distribution was measured anil am the pimen tage was considerably reduced tv tu the great astonishment of 0 the fellaheen cultivators a permanent had bad been achieved la one year which under the ordinary system prevailing in the country would have hava taken thre or four years to accola accomplish cotton Is now therefore being satisfactorily grown on a fair air proportion of this area and it ts Is expected that it will bring from on an acre |