| Show RESULT OF BAD agriculture in BAbY lODIa IB 18 the cub report of SM spates tes con jett tt of a at bagdad to the be state sul ul department ha calls attention to the fact that thai in ancient times mesopotamia whole country between the the tigris and the or of persia and was irrigated arli aril delally and wat that the fertility or of the soil was B suen buon out bat it yielded an aa much ab fold or even more mor it if a two isu hundred odred can be relied upon at present mr Su odberg says aye when than tour lour little more to the acre in and only patches of country to the rivers site cultivate J proun bly LO 10 more striking evidence W the ue resu ltd f dd bad government onu be given this the tuat an vently occupied thug that auntry dow dew the soil immense imai enee wealth whick akst catlow of the to build tta bleu them aud and babylon witt the won aers of aront tor for which these toey took a leak ake viere ere the of if tb ib jg role roje among te nations nation ab nb I 1 in 0 fait the babylonian empire at the time ot or very the bead oi 01 itty haa ban boon been called ju 1 9 in this be great lmke or of the kink nig mae of the world as nil I 1 by Bucce calve ages but today Very ining lu in wilt country la is changed the population tio fearing to accumulate them to anything wat might unusual extortions extort ions from the turkish contented 1 ii are government govern meni V cauby living IB ol 01 bained the firm ers f like any aruba I 1 io a syria sya is the ground with a stick put in the grain and Irrl itaLe by means meana ot of water raised irom from the river in ekine oxen omen supply supplying ipg the motive power cower elee 16 1 a primitive the grain is threshed under the me boneh bor selb hoofs and then thea hidden in eaves where robbers robben and tax collectors way may not flod find it to muke make it into bread the grain Is ig pounded in a mortar and towed tossed up into the air to separate ep arate it from the chaff women Kene mene rally perform the work the fl jur thus ol 01 talked la Is mixed with river water no yeast to la used the dough is ie formed into cakes and baked on bit ashes to in a mud oven probably these facts fact show abow clearly enough the general condition to the people have been reduced babylonians rolden golden age was terminated by too tae per lan coot cai quests but even as ae late as an during atie roman buman rule itt wonderful irrigation canala and reservoirs were kept in repair mud and the soil oil wao wa made to yield it alte ri rillies elies with turkish dominion every dmark t tf f former industry indu atry was wab gradus gradually lly fiand effaced fia od and now not only mesopotamia but the whole country from the west coast of syria to the be border ot of persia Is braland a land in ruins ruine but with a little encouragement given to agrical lure this bla whole regain regi jn might again be converted into a garder garde millions million ot of merse are but waiting tur for mud aud with comparatively small mall effort they would yield more than must molt of the regions on which the world now do de pende panda fur its if supply of broad bread |
