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Show WHEAT FOR ARID REGIONS. Wild Wheat Found on the Slopes of Mount Hebron. Washington. To investigate tho agriculture of ancient Palestine with a view to finding plants that will resist re-sist drouth In tho United States an American company capitalized at $70,000 is being formed horo by Dr. Allron Aaronsohn, a Turkish agrono-mist. agrono-mist. Dr. Aaronsohn, who has onllstod tho co-operation of tho dopartmont of agriculture, recently announced tho discovery of a wild wheat on the slopes of Mount Hebron, which ho declares is tho protype of tho modorn wheat and a hardy, drouth resistant, posslblo of dovelopmont in tho arid and semi-arid regions of tho world. Turkoy will share with the United States In carrying on tho agricultural exploration thrqugh a Jewish experiment experi-ment station at Haifa. Plant industry indus-try and meterologlcal data will be exchanged ex-changed between Washington and Haifa, ..;'fciiir .... .- , |