Show TREE CROPS foft FOR DRY LANDS olives of tunie tunis have a spread and nd depth of root roots which enables them to uce use stored moisture Mote ture the french colony of 0 tunis la Is producing more than gallons of per year and nod expects to double that output within the next decide A large part of the crop snore more than halt of 14 it according to gome some estimates la is produced on land where the average rainfall la fa about tto tta inches per year this Is the point which has an abid ipg fps interest for a country with as much semiarid land aa as the united states only a tiny part of our dry regions ic in suitable for olive culture cultured but that la Is not the only tree which hu has proved itself able to realist drought why not snake make a efte erste matic effort to develop the commercial value of other tree ercus which can bo railed raised in the th tend land of little rain min orain grain lived or dies according to the Mo wo lature it receive receives in a eingle single mea son on and two months of rainless weather may way destroy a crop the olives 11 of tunis have a pread spread and depth of roots which enables them to we use the grout d water stored in wet season for time times of exceptional drought ie in it not pes sible to develop some other useful tree or shrub which can ism go without rein rvin aa as well aa as the olive live and which enn stand tho the climate of our western plains i |