Show POOR SYSTEM OF FARMING agriculturists in palestine cling to primitive and highly unde custom consul wallace at jerusalem writes as follows of agricultural meth of today in palestine the land Is rented and farmed in a primitive way which Is able to both landlord and tenant alike the lands are rented tor for one third ot of the crop pro li teel ce 1 after the harvest the grain is immediately threshed the tithes or government tax are first taken which are one tenth of the whole crop and then the remainder is divided the landlord receiving his one third share the farmer has generally pledged a good portion of the expected crop virtually selling it at a greatly re deuced i r ce tor for the purpose ot of se curing gonei n one in advance for his necessities it if grain is one dollar a bushel on an advance to him of he will agree to deliver to the party who advances the money or bushels of giali after the harvest I 1 tl e crop tall fall it Is carried over to the next year but inder a new contract in which 30 per cent Is added to the original amount the nati natt e farmers of the plains live in villages and under a communal gy baem calculated to destroy ei acry try in bentive for the improvement of the land it is apportioned by lot every three years and each person is free to do as he pl paes with ith his portion in some of the communities each vil lager or tan fan ily oi s a portion of the farm lands ahe original farm is sub divi deviled led among the survivors in each succeeding on i eien eventual ly it is in very small patches the tanner classes have no zing sense of the injustice done them in matters of business rhey are thus kept destitute and poor and caa can hardly provide themselves with the common necessaries of life the tools and implements used by them are lit tie tle different f from rom those used by the patriarchs |