OCR Text |
Show See Riches in Swamps. The Russian department of agriculture agricul-ture has founded at the Riga Polytechnic Poly-technic a school for specialists in swamp cultivation. The North Pechora Pe-chora expedition Worked many years, with great success in the deserted desert-ed region of the northern swamps, and proved that the swamps of the Archangel Arch-angel province are full of wealth, and that millions of peasants, devoured by poverty and hunger in their native places, can find food and shelter iu the swampy regions after their cultivation. culti-vation. With small expense the swamps can be turned into land cov-ered cov-ered with rich grass. |